Senior Kubernetes / Cloud Platform Engineer

Location: Remote across Canada

Contract: 12 months

About the Role

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Kubernetes / Cloud Platform Engineer for a 12-month contract opportunity supporting enterprise-scale Kubernetes infrastructure across public cloud and on-premises environments.

This role is ideal for a senior engineer with deep hands-on Kubernetes expertise who enjoys solving complex production issues, automating infrastructure, and supporting highly available platforms. You will work within a global 24x7 support environment, contributing to the deployment, administration, maintenance, automation, and troubleshooting of Kubernetes platforms.

What You’ll Be Doing

- Deploy, administer, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Kubernetes environments
- Support Kubernetes platforms across Azure, AWS, GCP, and/or on-premises infrastructure
- Troubleshoot complex production issues involving clusters, networking, ingress, load balancing, RBAC, security, and application connectivity
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Develop automation using Python, Bash/Shell, and/or PowerShell
- Support CI/CD workflows using Azure DevOps and/or GitLab
- Implement and maintain Kubernetes networking, network policies, ingress controllers, and container security
- Collaborate with global engineering and support teams in a 24x7 operating model
- Create and maintain explicit technical documentation, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guidance

Required Experience

- 8–10 years of relevant infrastructure, platform, cloud, or DevOps engineering experience




- Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting Kubernetes in production

Experience with one or more Kubernetes platforms such as:
- AKS
- EKS
- GKE
- Red Hat OpenShift
- On-premises Kubernetes
- Strong Kubernetes production troubleshooting skills
- Hands-on experience with Terraform

Strong understanding of:
- Kubernetes networking
- Ingress controllers
- Load balancing
- RBAC
- Network policies
- Container security
- Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, and/or GCP
- Scripting experience with Python, Bash/Shell, and/or PowerShell
- CI/CD experience using Azure DevOps and/or GitLab
- Strong communication and technical documentation skills

Nice to Have

- Red Hat OpenShift
- Argo CD / GitOps
- Kubernetes admission controllers and policy tooling
- Ansible or other configuration-management tools
- Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKAD

Compensation: $50/hr to $60/hr

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D.; Employees will also have access to a registered retirement savings account with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Artificial intelligence tools are used to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position.

Vacancy: This posting is for a currently vacant role, and the successful candidate will be hired into an existing open position.

📌 Senior Kubernetes / Cloud Platform Engineer (Canada)
🏢 Insight Global
📍 Canada