Mandatory technical skills include:

• Strong to expert knowledge of supporting GCP including GKE workloads.

• GKE, AKS, CI/CD, Google Cloud Run, Google GKE Autopilot, and Anthos Service Mesh.

GKE Specifics:

• 3+ years of experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE),AKS, Docker, Podman.
• Familiarity with Cloud PaaS services such as Google Cloud Run, Google GKE Autopilot, and Anthos Service Mesh.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines using technologies such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins.
• Strong understanding of network security principles, encryption protocols and identity management concepts.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes resource types (i.e. cluster roles, services, deployments etc.).

Experience developing Helm Charts.

• Experience implementing Kubernetes technologies such as network policies, service mesh, certificate manager, ingress controllers.

• Experience developing compliance policies/scripts using tools such as Google Org Policy, Aquasec, Wiz.

Experience supporting GCP services such as GKE, BigQuery, Cloud SQL (SQL/PostgreSQL), REDIS, Cassandra, BigTable, Cloud Filestore, Persistent Storage, Apigee, Kafka, Dataflow, GCS.

• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Datadog, etc.
• Experience and knowledge supporting an Azure Public Cloud environment (while not necessary) would be valuable.
• Thorough problem determination skills to troubleshoot and resolve business application issues.
• Knowledge of OS technologies (RedHat Linux, Windows).
• DevOps and Agile understanding.
• Working knowledge of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN).
• Comfortable with working in a rapidly changing, technically complex environment.
• Knowledge of scripting languages and tools such as Python, JavaScript, Powershell, Bash.
• Comfortable with the Agile methodology.
• Responsible for DEV to PROD GCP Cloud Containers/PaaS/IaaS/etc. support and processes. This is to ensure quality, performance, and availability of Public Cloud services (GCP).
• The successful candidate must have demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and processes, resolve incidents, and solving problems by collaborating with others.
• The candidate will be responsible for providing operational support for platforms and infrastructure hosted on TD's GCP Public Cloud. The role requires familiarity with ITIL processes (change, incident, and problem management) and availability for off-hours escalated support.
• Manage non-standard/complex P1, P2 (major incidents), and P3 and P4 incidents and service requests.
• Drive root cause analysis on repeatable incidents to help prevent issues in the future.
• Ensure customer service satisfaction and enable continuous improvements.
• Oversee vendor’s service delivery and escalation.
• Provide operational consultancy for future-state technologies.
• Stay updated with emerging security threats and industry best practices related to container security and cloud-native technologies.
• Participate in incident response activities, security incident investigations, and post-mortem analysis to improve incident handling processes.
• Monitor containerized environments to optimize performance and utilization.
• Critical thinker with strong research and analytics skills.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Certified Terraform Associate.

We're eager to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in various ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the required skills listed. Your transferable skills and experiences matter—help us see how you the right person for this role.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Working arrangements

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in city, province. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

Post closing date

Applications will be accepted until Oct 17, 2025.