Senior Cloud Engineer, Cloud Platform

About Kinaxis

Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career? At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, technology, customers, and not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you!

Location

Ottawa and Toronto, Canada – Hybrid; Other Canadian locations – Remote.

About the Team

Imperative Orchestration, Declarative Automation – The Cloud Platform Engineering Team is responsible for building and running a cloud platform that enables delivery teams to self‑service deployments with reduced lead time and complexity. We also provide secure cloud services and tools that enable internal development teams to build, test and deploy their applications using modern platform tooling like CI/CD pipelines, Terraform and Ansible, with a strong focus on identity, access management, and platform security. These same tools we leverage to ensure our customer environments are automated, secure, and continuously up to date. We are passionate about code and the power of automation to simplify complex processes while maintaining strong security foundations.

As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer , you will play a critical role in advancing our cloud platform capabilities and delivering exceptional experiences to our development and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex challenges as a trusted technical lead.
• Drive a DevOps mindset and collaboration within the Cloud Platform Engineering Team.
• Develop and enhance cloud reference architectures and guide teams on implementation.
• Participate in architectural decisions, improve CI/CD pipelines, and build secure, high‑performing, resilient, and efficient cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to streamline delivery processes, enhance services, and provide a seamless experience through self‑service and modern approaches.
• Mentor and lead team members to achieve excellence in industry best practices.
• Lead code and design reviews for high‑quality deliverables.
• Help plan and coordinate day‑to‑day team activities using Scrum methodologies, including monitoring and triaging work, defining and tracking KPIs, facilitating team discussions and demos, and removing impediments.
• Stay up to date with the latest cloud technologies and trends.

Technologies We Use

• Cloud Service Providers: Azure, GCP & AWS
• Identity & Access Management: IAM, Auth0, Entra ID, Okta
• Developer Productivity & Collaboration: Copilot, JIRA, ServiceNow
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
• Configuration Management: Ansible
• Container Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
• CI/CD Solutions: GitHub Actions, Argo CD
• Secrets Management: HCP Vault
• Artifact Management: JFrog Artifactory
• Observability: Datadog, Prometheus, ELK

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree/diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent related discipline.
• 5 years of experience in senior cloud engineering roles; high‑tech, global environment preferred.
• Experience with public cloud platforms, both console and API (GCP preferred).
• Experience automating cloud solutions (e.g., applications, infrastructure, storage, platforms, and data).
• Experience developing in Go, Python and Shell/Bash.
• Strong knowledge of system design to manage operational and reliability trade‑offs.
• Practical understanding of agile methodologies and Scrum.
• Demonstrated technical experience in software development and operations, developing infrastructure as code.
• Highly adaptable and able to pivot based on prioritization and needs of the business; proactively solicits and delivers feedback to ensure alignment.
• An articulate and professional communicator with the ability to provide clear, concise messaging (verbal and written) to multiple audiences.
• Advanced analytical, problem‑solving, and critical thinking skills with the ability to coordinate input from multiple sources to develop impactful recommendations to achieve results for the business.
• Agile and adaptable; excels at managing and prioritizing workloads in an environment of ongoing urgency, ambiguity, and change.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company‑wide days off)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well‑being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at View email address on ca.talent.com . This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.