Cloud Engineer - Terraform, IaC, GKE

FP Inc.

Toronto, ON, Canada
Contract
Hybrid
C$80 - C$100

Typical Day in Role:

  • Develop, maintain and optimize infrastructure as Code (IaC) Modules to provision and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments such as Azure and GCP
  • Deploy and manage core cloud primitives – VPCs/VNets, subnets, firewall rules, IAM roles/service accounts, storage, databases and compute
  • Create and maintain automated deployments pipelines that validate, test and deploy Terraform code while enforcing infrastructure governance and compliance requirements
  • Integrate security best practices, IAM, network security, encryption and policy enforcement into infrastructure designs and deployment processes
  • Diagnose and resolve infrastructure-level failures across GCP and Azure – including networking misconfigurations, IAM permission errors and state file issues

Must have

  • 3+ Years of hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices including modular design, remote state management, module versioning, workspace strategy, CI/CD integration plan and multi-environment deployments
  • 3 years of hands-on depth across GCP services – Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, VPC networking, Cloud IAM, Secret management, Cloud Build and Pub/Sub.
  • 3 years experience with core Azure Services – AKS, Virtual Networks, Azure AD/EntraID, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Key Vault, DevOps and ARM/Bicep awareness
  • 10 years of strong understanding of Cloud Network fundamentals, VPs/VNets, subnets, routing tables, firewall rules, peering, DNS, NAT, and hybrid connectivity
  • Experience implementing CI/CD and GitOps workflows using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, Helm or similar automation platforms

Nice to have

  • Ability to implement IAM, workload identity, encryption best practice and Policy-as-code
  • Strong knowledge of containerization technologies including Docker, Kubernetes networking, ingress controller, autoscaling and service mesh concepts.
  • Experienced with Cloud and Kubernetes security best practices including RBAC, workload identity, secrets management, vulnerability management and policy enforcement.
  • Strong Scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or similar languages.
  • Solid knowledge of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and compliance frameworks.

Soft skills

Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Strong work ethic and reliability

  • Excellent communication and time management skills
  • Experience delivering training using virtual conferencing
  • Ability to develop technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, configuration guides, and operational procedures.
  • Ability to prepare communications, briefings, and technical summaries for senior stakeholders when required.
  • Proven success working within a matrix organization and collaborating across cross‑functional teams.
  • Strong prioritizing, planning, analytical, presentation, project/change management, and relationship-building skills