Job#: 3042616 Job Description: Kubernetes Architect (Cloud Platform & Dev

Ops) Location: Greater Toronto Area (GTA), ON Work Model: Hybrid (2 days onsite per week) Engagement: 6-Month Rolling Contract with Strong Contract-to-Hire Potential About the Opportunity We are seeking a highly skilled Kubernetes Architect to join a growing Cloud Engineering team focused on modernizing enterprise platforms and accelerating cloud adoption.

This role is ideal for a hands-on architect who is passionate about cloud-native technologies, platform engineering, automation, and Dev

Ops transformation.

You will play a key role in defining cloud platform strategy, architecting scalable Kubernetes solutions, and enabling development teams through modern CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native best practices.

Key Responsibilities Architect, build, and evolve an Integrated Developer Platform (IDP) that accelerates application delivery through standardized, gated CI/CD pipelines and automation.

Define and champion cloud platform, Dev

Ops, and platform engineering architecture standards across the organization.

Design scalable automation frameworks and tooling for cloud infrastructure and application deployment.

Establish Kubernetes architecture standards, reference implementations, and best practices across enterprise environments.

Lead technical decision-making and provide guidance to engineering teams on Kubernetes, cloud-native architecture, and Dev

Ops practices.

Partner with application development teams, cloud engineers, and architects to build reliable, secure, and highly automated cloud solutions.

Drive adoption of Git

Ops methodologies, Infrastructure as Code, and modern deployment strategies.

Contribute to cloud governance, security, observability, and operational excellence initiatives.





Required Experience 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Dev

Ops, or Cloud Engineering environments. 8+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Kubernetes, Dev

Ops, and CI/CD solutions.

Proven experience owning architecture decisions and technical strategy for cloud-native platforms.

Strong background in full-stack development, platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or infrastructure architecture.

Technical Expertise

Kubernetes & Cloud Platforms Deep expertise designing and managing Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments.

Experience with Kubernetes deployments across public cloud platforms such as Azure and/or GCP.

Strong knowledge of Kubernetes networking, service mesh, ingress management, and cluster governance.

Experience building secure, scalable cloud-native architectures.

Dev

Ops & CI/CD Extensive experience designing CI/CD pipelines and software delivery platforms.

Strong expertise with: Git

Hub Actions

Jenkins

Artifactory

ArgoCDArgo Workflows

GitOps practices and deployment automation Infrastructure as Code & Automation Expert-level experience with: Terraform

Ansible

Python

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)Configuration management and automation frameworks Git

Ops & Platform Engineering Experience implementing enterprise Git

Ops architectures.

Hands-on expertise with: ArgoCDKargo

Crossplane

Helm

Kustomize Networking, Security & Governance Robust understanding of:



Network architecture and routing

User Defined Routes (UDRs)Azure Policies

Kubernetes Network Policies

Security, compliance, and cloud governance controls Experience managing secrets, certificates, and secure workload delivery.

Observability & Monitoring Experience designing modern observability strategies using: Prometheus

Grafana

Logging, metrics, and distributed tracing solutions Nice-to-Have Qualifications Experience with React, Type

Script, , Java

Script, or Backstage.

Cloud and Kubernetes certifications such as: CKACKADCKSAzure CertificationsGCP Certifications Experience leading architecture review boards or technical design reviews.

Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery teams.

Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe.

When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly

Rateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.

📌 Kubernetes Architect (Mississauga)
🏢 Apex Systems
📍 Mississauga