Staff Cloud Engineer - Site Reliability Engineering

About Kinaxis:

About Kinaxis

Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career? At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, we are serious about technology, we are serious about customers, and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you!

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption. With more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries, we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

About the team:

Location

Ottawa and Toronto, Canada - Hybrid

Other Canadian locations - Remote

About the team

The Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team owns the delivery, operation, and monitoring of Kinaxis products and cloud infrastructure, ensuring services remain reliable, performant, and available for global customers 24/7. We build and operate automation at scale using infrastructure-as-code, deployment pipelines, and platform tooling such as Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Ansible.

We’re seeking a Staff Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate resilient systems across cloud environments. You will work closely with Product, Security, Platform, and Support teams while driving an automation-first approach, including building and evolving Hands-on Lab environments to improve consistency and scalability. In this hands-on role, you’ll lead technical initiatives, support incident response, and continuously enhance platform reliability and performance.

About the role:

Vacancy Status

This is an existing job vacancy

What you will do

Build and operate production systems that meet SLA targets and support customer workloads at scale.

Develop and maintain automation across multiple public clouds (Azure, GCP and datacenters), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), deployment pipelines (GitHub Actions and Terraform) and scripting languages (Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Bash).

Own the lifecycle of production and hands-on lab environments, including deployment, resource management, incident triage, and troubleshooting.

Participate in on-call rotation, resolving incidents and driving root cause analysis and long-term fixes.

Work closely with Product, Platform, and Support teams and take ownership of complex operational problems, improving how the platform runs over time.

Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers, helping improve how the team designs, builds, and operates systems.

What we are looking for

Bachelor’s/Master's degree in Engineering with specialization in Computer Science or related discipline or demonstrated equivalent experience.

Prior experience in development and operational roles.

5+ years of experience managing production systems in GCP, Azure or AWS.

5+ years of experience developing managed solutions:

Configuration management (Ansible)

Infrastructure management (Terraform)

CI/CD solutions (ArgoCD)

5+ years of experience developing in scripting languages:

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Knowledge of containers and orchestrators:

Kubernetes

Helm

Ability to share knowledge with others in the company.

Proactive communication and documentation skills.

Ability to work independently, and as part of a team.

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Why join Kinaxis?:

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day, when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Unilever, P&G, ExxonMobil, Cisco and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and here are some of the perks and benefits we offer, which may vary by location and employee:

Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)

Flexible work options

Physical and mental well-being programs

Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes

Mentorship programs, training, and career development

Recognition programs and referral rewards

Hackathons

For more information, visit the Kinaxis website at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com.

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.