Staff Engineer, Cloud Engineering
Quick Summary
Join a Challenger Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing, so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians.
As a Staff Cloud Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical expert supporting EQ Bank’s Microsoft cloud platforms with a focus on Power Platform (30%), Azure Cloud Engineering (30%), AKS and DevOps Enablement (20%), and Platform Process Improvement (20%). Reporting to the Director, Cloud Operations, you will design, implement, and improve reusable platform capabilities that empower both professional and citizen developers across the bank.
You will work hands-on with GCP and Azure services , PaaS workloads, Kubernetes, and DevOps toolchains, while also contributing to Power Platform governance and lifecycle enablement. As a technical leader, you’ll collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and business stakeholders to drive platform maturity, automation, scalability, and compliance across our cloud environments.
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Design, build, and optimize Azure platform components including App Services, Azure Functions, Key Vaults, and API Management.
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Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or Bicep for scalable and secure resource provisioning.
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Implement observability patterns across infrastructure and workloads using tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
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Collaborate with architecture, security, and operations teams to ensure platforms meet SLAs, DR/RTO requirements, and compliance expectations.
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Develop and maintain automation for Power Platform lifecycle management, including ALM pipelines and environment provisioning.
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Implement data loss prevention (DLP) policies, app usage reporting, and licensing optimization for Power Platform components.
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Collaborate with Governance and Security teams to establish safe, compliant citizen development frameworks.
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Provide technical guidance to Power Platform users and support solution acceleration across the organization.
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Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps to deploy containerized workloads into AKS.
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Implement secure AKS architectures, including ingress, autoscaling, monitoring, and security controls.
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Enable GitOps patterns and promote modern deployment practices in collaboration with product engineering teams.
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Contribute to DevSecOps initiatives and embed security, performance, and resiliency into deployment pipelines.
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Lead initiatives to improve cloud platform operational processes, including incident management, platform health, and self-service enablement.
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Define platform engineering standards and reusable blueprints to reduce manual effort and increase team efficiency.
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Contribute to FinOps and cost optimization practices through resource tagging, usage reporting, and automation.
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Promote knowledge sharing and engineering excellence across teams through documentation, workshops, and reusable patterns.
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Post-Secondary education, preferably in the areas of Technology.
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8+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering roles in enterprise environments.
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Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure, PaaS services, Power Platform, and AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service).
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Knowledge of GCP is considered an asset.
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Strong experience with Terraform/Bicep, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.
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Strong background in cloud solution architecture and development of low‑level design documentation
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Practical understanding of DevOps and SRE practices including automation, observability, and incident response.
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Experience supporting Power Platform governance (DLP, ALM, monitoring) and citizen development enablement.
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Skilled in designing secure and scalable AKS workloads and containerized platform services.
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Excellent collaboration, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.
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Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Bash) and YAML/JSON-based configurations.
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- May 8, 2026
- First seen
- May 8, 2026
- Last seen
- May 8, 2026
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- 62%
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- May 8, 2026
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