Lead Cloud Operations Engineer – Azure & Kubernetes Lead Cloud Operations Engineer to provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on in the design, implementation, and support of enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure . This role is ideal for a senior cloud professional who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, mentoring engineering teams, and driving automation, scalability, security, and operational excellence.

The successful candidate will play a key role in building and maintaining highly available, secure, and scalable cloud environments while partnering closely with engineering, DevOps, and customer-facing teams.

Lead technical direction and best practices for Azure cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes (AKS) environments.

Build, deploy, and support Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) production environments.

Implement GitOps deployment strategies utilizing Helm , and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Develop automation using Python , Monitor infrastructure health, performance, availability, and security across cloud environments.

Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), problem resolution, and post-incident reviews.

Optimize Azure infrastructure for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency (FinOps).

Troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters, networking, storage, identity, and authentication issues.

Mentor junior engineers through technical leadership,



architecture guidance, and code reviews.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers to support cloud operations and platform initiatives.

Support high availability, disaster recovery, backup strategies, and multi-region cloud deployments.

of Cloud Infrastructure or Cloud Operations Engineering experience.

of hands-on Microsoft Azure experience within enterprise production environments.

Azure DevOps ArgoCD , GitOps deployment methodologies, and Robust Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.

Proficiency with automation scripting using Python , Solid understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, VPNs, load balancing, and network troubleshooting.

Proven experience leading technical initiatives while mentoring engineering teams.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Microsoft Azure Certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, or equivalent).

Experience with cloud security platforms such as Microsoft Defender or Wiz.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning (Azure Backup, Site Recovery).

Experience working within regulated enterprise environments (financial services, banking, healthcare, insurance, etc.).

Technical Environment Microsoft Azure

Azure DevOps

Linux

Python

📌 Lead Cloud Operations Engineer - Azure & Kubernetes (Toronto)
🏢 Myticas Consulting
📍 Toronto