Kubernetes Architect

Job#: 3042616

Job Description:

Kubernetes Architect (Cloud Platform & DevOps)

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 DevOps 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, DevOps, 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 DevOps practices.
• Partner with application development teams, cloud engineers, and architects to build reliable, secure, and highly automated cloud solutions.
• Drive adoption of GitOps 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, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering environments.
• 8+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Kubernetes, DevOps, 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.

DevOps & CI/CD

• Extensive experience designing CI/CD pipelines and software delivery platforms.
• Strong expertise with:
• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins
• Artifactory
• ArgoCD
• Argo 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
  

GitOps & Platform Engineering

• Experience implementing enterprise GitOps architectures.
• Hands-on expertise with:
• ArgoCD
• Kargo
• Crossplane
• Helm
• Kustomize
  

Networking, Security & Governance

• Strong 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, TypeScript, Node.js, JavaScript, or Backstage.
• Cloud and Kubernetes certifications such as:
• CKA
• CKAD
• CKS
• Azure Certifications
• GCP 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 ClearlyRateds 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.

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