AKS Platform Engineer (1891) $85-95/hr

Hybrid | Toronto, ON - 2 days on-site per week

Type: 6-month contract

Rate: $85–95/hr | 7.5 hours/day | 37.5 hours/week

Industry: Banking

Key Skills: 6+ years as a Platform Engineer, AKS, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Helm, Jenkins, Key Vault, DevSecOps, Terraform, Bicep, ARM

Description

We are seeking a Platform Engineer with strong experience in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes platform engineering, and deployment automation to support the implementation of a modern gateway and application platform.

This role will be responsible for deploying, configuring, and optimizing platform components in AKS, and for building the supporting CI/CD pipelines and operational capabilities required for secure, scalable, and repeatable delivery. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, AKS, gateway and traffic management platforms, deployment automation, observability, and DevSecOps practices.

Requirements

• Strong experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes-focused Infrastructure Engineer
• Proven hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes platform deployment, configuration, and operational support
• Experience deploying and managing gateway, ingress, service mesh, API management, or traffic management platforms in Kubernetes environments
• Experience supporting platforms that manage application or API traffic routing, control, and security
• Experience building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for deployment, packaging, release automation, and lifecycle management
• Strong experience with deployment automation using Helm, Kubernetes manifests, templates, or similar tooling
• Experience with infrastructure as code such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or similar technologies
• Experience integrating security scanning and controls into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Experience implementing logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability for Kubernetes-based platforms
• Strong understanding of the infrastructure, networking, and operational components required to deploy and support a platform in AKS
• Ability to work independently and deliver platform capabilities from initial deployment through production readiness

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure platform components in an AKS environment
• Optimize the platform for reliability, scalability, maintainability, and secure operations
• Build the full CI/CD pipeline to support packaging, deployment automation, 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
• Ensure the platform is configured to support secure and scalable traffic management
• Support all platform engineering activities associated with deploying and operationalizing the platform in AKS

Ideal Background

• Experience in cloud platform engineering within Azure environments
• Strong Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting experience
• Experience with gateway, ingress, service mesh, or API management technologies
• Familiarity with modern platform requirements for high-volume, secure, and scalable traffic management
• Experience working across platform engineering, security, release engineering, and runtime operations
• Ability to define and implement a complete deployment and operational model with limited oversight

Preferred Skills

• Experience with enterprise-grade gateway or traffic management platforms
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tooling
• Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Container Registry, Key Vault, or related Azure-native services
• Experience embedding DevSecOps practices into platform engineering workflows
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes, networking, deployment pipelines, and observability tooling

Note: As part of our hiring process, we use AI-based systems to support initial applicant screening.

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