Cloud Lead - DevOps / Cloud Engineering || Toronto ON || Fulltime FTE

Cloud Lead DevOps / Cloud Engineering

Location: Toronto, ON



Work Model: Hybrid



Employment Type: Full-Time Permanent (FTE)



Experience: 5 8 Years Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Lead / DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Terraform and Python to design, automate, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure. The successful candidate will lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, cloud automation, platform engineering, and infrastructure modernization initiatives while ensuring security, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.

• Provision, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure across development, testing, staging, and production environments.

• Develop Python-based automation for infrastructure deployment, configuration management, integrations, and operational processes.

• Design, build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.

• Develop reusable Terraform modules, templates, and standards to promote consistency, scalability, and maintainability.

• Implement infrastructure monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization solutions.

• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, automation, and configuration issues.

• Collaborate with development, security, networking, and operations teams to deliver reliable and secure cloud solutions.

• Conduct code reviews for Terraform modules and Python automation scripts.

• Establish and enforce DevOps best practices, including version control, automated testing, CI/CD, and release management .

• Maintain technical documentation covering infrastructure architecture, deployment procedures, configurations, and operational runbooks.

• Support cloud migration, modernization, and platform engineering initiatives.

• Design infrastructure solutions that meet high availability, scalability, security, business continuity, and disaster recovery requirements.

• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.

• Provide technical guidance and leadership on cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 5 8 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Strong hands-on expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) .

• Strong proficiency in Python scripting for automation, integration, and operational tasks.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform:

  • AWS

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as:

  • GitHub Actions

  • Azure DevOps

  • Jenkins

  • GitLab CI/CD

• Strong understanding of Git, version control, branching strategies, and source-code management .

• Experience working in Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.

• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes .

• Strong understanding of cloud networking fundamentals, security best practices, and cloud architecture principles .

• Experience creating and maintaining reusable Terraform modules and infrastructure standards.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts, including:

  • Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies

  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

  • Least Privilege Access Model

  • Service Accounts and Access Keys

  • Authentication and Authorization

• Experience with cloud security and governance frameworks.

• Exposure to cloud migration and modernization programs.

• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and observability platforms.

• Knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability architectures.