AKS Platform Engineer

Salary: $176,800 - 197,600 per year

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes-focused Infrastructure Engineer; 5 years of platform engineering experience is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), with 5 years preferred, and strong knowledge of Kubernetes deployment, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and operational support.
• Experience deploying and managing gateway, ingress, service mesh, API management, or traffic management platforms in Kubernetes environments, including platforms that route, control, and secure application or API traffic.
• Experience building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for packaging, deployment, release automation, security scanning, and lifecycle management.
• Strong deployment automation experience with Helm, Kubernetes manifests, templates, or similar tools; 1 year of Helm experience is preferred.
• Experience with infrastructure as code such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM; 1 year of Terraform experience is preferred.
• Experience integrating security scanning and controls into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows, and implementing logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability for Kubernetes platforms.
• Understanding of the infrastructure, networking, and operational components needed to deploy and support a platform in AKS.
• Experience in Azure cloud platform engineering, with the ability to deliver platform capabilities from initial deployment through production readiness and work with limited oversight.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools; 5 years of Jenkins experience and 1 year of GitHub Actions experience are preferred.
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Container Registry, Key Vault, or related Azure services; enterprise gateway or traffic management platform experience is preferred.
• Experience embedding DevSecOps practices in platform engineering and working across platform engineering, security, release engineering, and runtime operations.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes, networking, deployment pipelines, and observability tools; familiarity with secure, scalable, high-volume traffic management.
• 1 year of banking industry experience is preferred.
• Ability to commute reliably to Toronto, ON, or plan to relocate before starting, is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy and configure platform components in an AKS environment.
• Optimize the platform for reliability, scalability, maintainability, and secure operations.
• Build CI/CD pipelines for packaging, automated deployment, release management, and security scanning.
• Establish repeatable deployment standards and automation for Kubernetes-based platform components.
• Integrate logging, monitoring, and operational visibility into the platform environment.
• Configure the platform to support secure, scalable traffic management.
• Carry out platform engineering work needed to deploy and operationalize the platform in AKS.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• ARM
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• GitHub
• Helm
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Terraform

More:

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to help implement a modern gateway and application platform in the banking industry. This is a six-month hybrid contract based in Toronto, Ontario, with two days on-site each week and 7.5 hours per day, or 37.5 hours per week. The rate is $85–$95 per hour, and we offer casual dress. As part of our hiring process, we use AI-based systems to support initial applicant screening.

last updated 42 week of 2026