Senior Platform Engineer - IAC, Terraform, Kubernetes

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility

Hybrid

Contract Details

- Position Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 6 months
- Pay Rate: C$90.00–C$100.00 / Hour (CAD)
- Shift / Schedule: 37.5 Hours/week, 9–5 Monday to Friday

Job Summary The Senior Platform Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and supporting reusable cloud platform capabilities in Azure . This role focuses on enabling cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and emerging AI workloads through infrastructure automation, platform standardization, and engineering best practices. The successful candidate will have strong experience with Azure, Terraform , Kubernetes , Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Python scripting, observability, and secure platform design. They will partner closely with engineering, architecture, security, and delivery teams to create scalable, resilient, and automated platform solutions while continuously improving deployment and operational processes.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, build, and support reusable cloud platform capabilities in Azure
- Enable cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and emerging AI workloads through infrastructure automation and platform standardization
- Support the design, build, and enhancement of Azure-based platform services, focusing on infrastructure automation, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD modernization, observability improvements, and cloud-native application enablement, including support for emerging AI and GenAI use cases
- Partner closely with engineering, architecture, security, and delivery teams to create scalable, resilient, and automated platform solutions
- Continuously improve deployment and operational processes
- Work on a daily basis with Platform Engineers, Software Engineers, Cloud Architects, Security Teams, DevOps Teams, Delivery Partners, and ML Engineers

Required Skills

- 8 years total experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering
- Designing and supporting Azure cloud environments




- Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform
- Kubernetes and Docker container platforms
- CI/CD pipeline development and optimization
- Automation scripting using Python
- Cloud platform operations, scalability, resiliency, and security
- Monitoring, logging, and observability solutions
- Authentication, authorization, and access control implementation
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent collaboration across engineering, architecture, and security teams
- Problem-solving and troubleshooting mindset
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Continuous improvement mentality
- Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing skills

Preferred Skills

- Experience supporting GenAI, AI/ML, or RAG platforms
- Azure API Management (APIM)
- Bash scripting
- Databricks
- Experience building reusable enterprise platform services
- Financial services or banking experience

About the Client This client is a large, full-service multinational financial institution offering a comprehensive range of banking, wealth management, and capital markets products and services to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients.

The organization serves millions of clients across its home market and operates internationally, with significant commercial and investment banking presence in the United States and other global markets — making it one of the more prominent institutions in North American financial services. The institution employs a wide range of professionals including platform engineers, DevOps engineers, cloud architects, business analysts, and enterprise technology specialists who collaborate across agile, cross-functional teams in a structured, purpose-driven workplace.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-12376 Industry: Engineering

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📌 Senior Platform Engineer - IAC, Terraform, Kubernetes (Toronto)
🏢 Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000
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