Role : Principal Cloud Engineer (Senior / Lead).
Location : Toronto, ON (Onsite).
Duration : Long Term Contract.
Job Overview
Lead the architecture of "Always-On" event-driven ecosystems that power real-time organizational intelligence. This principal role owns distributed systems design, Kafka / Solace streaming platforms, and Kubernetes-orchestrated microservices at enterprise scale.
Architecture Ownership
Event-Driven Platforms
Kafka : Multi-DC clusters, MirrorMaker2, Schema Registry, exactly-once semanticsSolace : PubSub+ event mesh, dynamic topics, guaranteed deliveryMQ : High-availability queueing, XA transactions, JMS standardsCloud-Native Infrastructure
AKS : Multi-cluster federation, autoscaling, service mesh (Istio / Linkerd)Docker : Multi-stage builds, security scanning, registry managementHadoop : Hybrid migration (HDFS ADLS), Hive metastore federationIaC : Terraform, Bicep, Azure Policy as CodeMicroservices Excellence
REST Standards : OpenAPI 3.0, OAuth2 / JWT, API gateway patternsEvent Schemas : Avro / Protobuf, backward / forward compatibilityObservability : Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger distributed tracingRequired Expertise (6-10 years)
3+ years production Kafka (KRaft mode, tiered storage, Connect framework)2+ years Kubernetes (AKS cluster management, HPA / VPA, network policies)Azure architecture (AKS, Event Hubs, Cosmos DB, hybrid connectivity)Solace / MQ production (event mesh, guaranteed messaging, QoS levels)Hadoop migration experience (HDFS ADLS Gen2, Hive Synapse)Technical leadership (mentoring, architecture reviews, standards definition)Demonstrated Impact
Designed Kafka clusters processing 1M+ events / sec with 99.99% uptimeLed monolith microservices migration reducing deployment time 80%Implemented hybrid Hadoop-Azure patterns serving petabyte workloadsEstablished enterprise API standards adopted across 50+ services
