AWS Cloud Engineer

Toronto, ON
Hybrid
Posted Oct 28, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Office presence: 3 days per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Apply on LinkedIn (LinkedIn sign-in required)

Job summary

Manage, provision, and optimize AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure, including infrastructure as code, automation, containerized workloads, monitoring, security, and disaster recovery. Troubleshoot production issues, document operational practices, and provide technical guidance while supporting cloud application delivery and continuous improvement.

Job details

Job Title: Cloud Engineer Location: Scarborough, ON Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite Position Summary We are seeking a Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS and Azure cloud platforms to design, implement, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, platform provisioning, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), automation, infrastructure as code, containerization, monitoring tools, and system administration. Key Responsibilities Cloud Infrastructure Management Monitor, maintain, and optimize AWS and Azure cloud environments to ensure high availability, performance, and scalability. Manage and support AWS services, including EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch. Administer Azure infrastructure resources, including virtual machines, networking, storage, and security services. Perform capacity planning and resource optimization to improve performance and control costs. Platform Provisioning and Infrastructure as Code Perform platform provisioning using AWS CDK. Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation. Automate operational and administrative tasks using Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting. Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure deployment automation. Containerization and Application Support Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Docker, ECS, and EKS. Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to deploy, maintain, and modernize cloud-based applications. Ensure application availability, performance, and resilience across environments. Monitoring, Security and Compliance Implement proactive monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and other observability tools. Enforce cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, encryption, patch management, and compliance controls. Conduct vulnerability assessments and support remediation activities. Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and backup validation. Incident Management and Troubleshooting Diagnose and resolve infrastructure, networking, and application-related issues. Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to minimize recurring incidents. Support critical production incidents and provide timely resolution. Documentation and Knowledge Sharing Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and runbooks. Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to junior engineers and support teams. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and cloud adoption strategies. Required Skills and Qualifications Technical Skills Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services: EC2 S3 Lambda VPC IAM CloudWatch Experience with AWS CDK and platform provisioning. Experience managing and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows Server Administration. Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools: Terraform AWS CloudFormation Experience with CI/CD tools and deployment automation. Hands-on experience with containerization technologies: Docker Amazon ECS Amazon EKS Experience with monitoring and observability tools: AWS CloudWatch Dynatrace Other enterprise monitoring platforms Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell. Good understanding of: Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, Routing, VPNs) Security best practices and cloud governance Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires hands-on experience with AWS services, AWS CDK, Azure infrastructure, Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD, and Docker-based container platforms. Candidates should also have Linux and Windows administration experience, strong Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting skills, and knowledge of networking, cloud security, governance, backup, and disaster recovery.