Cloud Platform Engineer – Terraform

4 hours ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada KData Inc. Full-time

KData Inc. | Contract

Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange), Canada | Posted on 10/13/2026

  • City Downtown Toronto (Toronto Dominion Centre / Design Exchange)
  • Country Canada

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer tojoin a platform engineering team supporting enterprise cloud environments andapplication teams.

The role combines hands-on platform engineering with supportfor application teams consuming shared cloud services. The successful candidatewill work with infrastructure-as-code, cloud networking, database services andsupporting platform components, troubleshooting issues and helping applicationteams successfully consume standardized cloud capabilities.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strongTerraform skills, solid cloud infrastructure knowledge and the ability toindependently diagnose infrastructure and connectivity issues.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop,maintain and support reusable infrastructure-as-code componentsusingTerraform.
  • Supportapplication teams consuming shared cloud platform services andtroubleshoot infrastructure-related requests and issues.
  • Workwith managed database services and supporting infrastructure, includingdatabase provisioning, configuration, connectivity and security.
  • Supportcloud security and encryption capabilities includingcustomer-managedkeys (CMK)andKey Vaultintegrations.
  • Diagnoseand resolve cloud networking issues across platform and applicationenvironments.
  • Workwithin GitHub-based engineering workflows, repositories and CI/CDprocesses.
  • Developand maintain automation and supporting tooling usingPython;experience withGois beneficial.
  • Participatein troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across infrastructure,application connectivity and shared platform services.
  • Collaboratewith internal engineering teams and client/application teams, working toexternally driven priorities and delivery timelines.
  • Contributeto the continued development and improvement of reusable cloud platformcapabilities.

Requirements

Required Skills

  • Stronghands-on Terraform experiencedeveloping and maintainingproduction infrastructure.
  • Strongunderstanding ofcloud networking, including networkingconcepts, routing, connectivity, DNS, network security andtroubleshooting.
  • Experiencesupportingmanaged database infrastructure, ideally includingPostgreSQL or similar managed relational database platforms.
  • Experiencewith cloud security services such asKey Vault, encryption andcustomer-managed keys.
  • Strongexperience usingGitHubfor source control andcollaborative engineering.
  • Strongtroubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure and platform services.
  • Abilityto work directly with application/client teams and independently drivetechnical issues through resolution.

Additional Assets

  • ExperiencewithGo.
  • Experiencedeveloping or maintainingGitHub Actionsworkflows.
  • FamiliaritywithKubernetesand container platforms.
  • Experiencebuilding reusable enterprise cloud platform modules and standardizedinfrastructure patterns.
  • Experienceworking in a large, regulated enterprise environment.

Ideal Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on cloud/platform engineerwho is equally comfortable working in Terraform, investigating a database ornetworking problem, and helping an application team consume a shared platformcapability. This person should be capable of working independently,troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems and contributing directly toproduction-grade platform code.