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Platform Engineer

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Sep 2, 2026
1 position

$50–$70 / hour

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Apply by: Oct 2, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Design and operate a scalable cloud platform across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments to support internal product teams. Implement SRE concepts, automate infrastructure via IaC, and monitor system health to ensure high availability.

Job details

Hiring: Cloud Platform Engineer Location: Toronto, ON (Local candidates preferred) Contract: 6 Months (Initial engagement with potential for extension) Rate: Between $50-$70/HR (depending on the years of experience) Swoon is partnering with a client in Sports & Entertainment industry to expand the digital innovation side of their business. The Venture's team is looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to help build scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and developer tooling that will power the client's next generation of digital experiences. If you are passionate about applying SRE concepts, automating infrastructure, and working in a highly collaborative, fast-moving environment, we want to hear from you! What You Will Do Design & Build: Develop and operate the cloud platform across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and on-prem technologies to deliver highly available infrastructure for internal product teams. Automate & Scale: Apply SRE concepts to build highly available services, leveraging IaC and CI/CD pipelines to ensure the platform scales with demand. Monitor & Maintain: Ensure system health, measuring availability and latency using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog. Participate in an on-call schedule for incident escalation. Collaborate & Guide: Work closely with cross-functional development and operations teams. Establish design patterns and drive knowledge transfer of technical practices and developer enablement. Innovate: Evaluate and leverage AI-powered development tools to improve engineering workflows, and participate in the ongoing transition from on-prem to cloud-first environments. The Must-Haves Cloud Expertise: 5+ years of operational experience (DevOps, SRE, or Software Engineering) with extensive, hands-on experience in AWS. Containerization & Orchestration: Strong background with Docker and enterprise Kubernetes platforms. Infrastructure as Code: Deep knowledge of Terraform and Ansible. CI/CD & GitOps: Hands-on experience with declarative management tools like Helm, Flux, or ArgoCD, alongside SCM tools like GitHub. Programming/Scripting: Proficiency in Python and/or Go. OS: Solid experience working in Linux-based environments. Bonus Points Experience managing both Linux and Windows servers in production. Familiarity with identity and access management integrations (e.g., Azure Identity) and building automations using the Microsoft Graph API. Solid understanding of general networking principles and common protocols. Experience with operational incident management tools (ServiceNow, PagerDuty). Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and advanced AI engineering workflow tools. Interested? Please apply directly to get the conversation started! Let’s build the future of sports and entertainment tech together. #CloudPlatformEngineer #DevOps #SRE #AWS #Kubernetes #Terraform #TorontoTechJobs #SwoonStaffing #TechCareers #Hiring

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires over 5 years of operational experience in DevOps or SRE with deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Proficiency in Python or Go and experience with Linux environments are essential.