Principal Cloud Platform Engineer
At a glance
Highlights
- Onsite Toronto office
- Principal technical authority for Azure platform
- Competitive salary range
Heads up
- 10+ years experience required
Why this role might suit you
A senior cloud engineer with deep Azure expertise and strong multi‑cloud experience will thrive leading the design and delivery of BMO's enterprise‑scale, self‑serve platform, shaping technical vision and mentoring a growing team.
Skills
About the role
Application Deadline:
05/30/2026
Address: 33 Dundas Street West
Job Family Group:
Technology
We are seeking a Principal Cloud Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Azure Cloud and strong working knowledge of AWS. This leader will architect, build, and evolve our cloud Platform‑as‑a‑Product, including deployment architecture, Platform‑as‑Code (PaC), and enterprise-grade CI/CD deployment pipelines.
This role will define the technical vision for a scalable self‑serve cloud platform and provide expert-level guidance to engineers building automated, secure, compliant, and resilient environments.
Key Responsibilities
Lead architecture of the Azure cloud platform, ensuring scalable and secure landing zones, automated provisioning, and best‑practice governance.
Own and evolve Platform-as-Code (PaC) frameworks for infrastructure, identity, networking, and guardrails (Azure-focused; AWS optional).
Design and implement deployment pipelines supporting multi-environment delivery, including standardized GitHub Actions, ADO, or Jenkins workflows.
Act as the principal technical authority for Azure platform engineering, including automation standards, cloud patterns, and reusable components.
Build foundational modules/components enabling a self‑serve platform experience for application and data teams.
Collaborate with security, networking, and DevOps teams to ensure enterprise-grade compliance and operational excellence.
Handon development of various deployment patterns and self-serve modules.
Provide technical mentorship to mid‑level and junior engineers.
Drive cloud platform innovation through modern tooling, IaC best practices, governance automation, and inner-source contributions.
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years in cloud engineering/DevOps/Platform engineering roles.
Deep hands-on expertise with Azure (compute, networking, identity, storage, security, policy, AKS, pipelines).
Professional exposure to AWS (IAM, EC2, VPC, ECS/EKS, CDK, etc.).
Strong programming skills with TypeScript or Node.js; advanced Python also acceptable.
Hands-on experience with Containers (Docker) and Orchestration (Kubernetes/AKS).
Strong background in IaC and PaC using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi, CDK, or similar.
Expertise building and operating CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
Proven experience designing multi-tenant, secure, enterprise-scale cloud platforms.
Exceptional communication and leadership capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Azure Solutions Architect Expert or DevOps Engineer Expert certifications.
Experience building enterprise self‑service cloud platforms.
Architecture experience across networking, security, compliance, and governance.
Salary:
$94,600.00 - $176,000.00
Pay Type:
Salaried
The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.
Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.
BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards
Compensation
This Platform Engineer role pays $95k-$176k/yr. Within typical range for platform engineer roles in Canada.
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