Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Kubernetes

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Kubernetes at Dayforce

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.

Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.

Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

About The Opportunity

Shape the Future of Our Global Kubernetes Platform!

We are looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Kubernetes to take on AKS platform engineering and Day2 within our Cloud Kubernetes Engineering team. This is an opportunity to play a contributing role in supporting how we build, operate, and scale our Kubernetes Service (AKS) platform globally.

If you have in-depth expertise in Kubernetes engineering and operations, cloud architecture and operations, and Azure infrastructure, and you enjoy taking ownership and making an impact, solving complex challenges, and thrive in a place where you can design and troubleshoot, we want to hear from you.

Location: Anywhere in the United States and Canada.

Citizenship Requirement For US Candidates

• Must be a US citizen.
• Ability to obtain US security clearance.

Citizenship Requirement For Canadian Candidates

• Ability to obtain or currently possess Canadian Protected B security clearance is mandatory.
• Must possess 5+ years of residency in Canada.
• Applicant must be Canadian citizen and able to work Government of Canada and USA Government projects.

What You'll Do

Support AKS Platform Strategy & Operational Excellence

• Help with the technical implementation of our AKS platform, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and future-proofing.
• Provide input into how our global Kubernetes platform operates, helping to refine, implement, and validate best practices, and contributing to decision-making.
• Assist and implement AKS platform standards enforcement.
• Work with platform team members, security teams, infra engineering teams, and other stakeholders to align Kubernetes strategies with business needs.

Kubernetes Technical Operations & Proactive Problem-Solving

• Take ownership of incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for AKS-related issues.
• Provide internal customer AKS/Kubernetes support and provide subject expertise.
• Help ensure AKS clusters are up to date, secure, and in sync, minimizing drift across environments.
• Help identify potential scaling, security, or operational risks before they become issues, and proactively implement solutions.
• Provide Day2 support and operational efficiency of the Kubernetes clusters.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Terraform

• Work on automation of cluster lifecycle management, including provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and decommissioning.
• Improve and standardize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) implementations using Terraform, ArgoCD, and GitHub workflows.
• Help with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows to streamline Kubernetes deployments, and work within the CKE team and with Release Engineering for internal customer-facing integrations.
• Drive consistency in AKS configurations across all environments.

Expertise, Communication & Cross-Team Collaboration

• Provide technical input within the Kubernetes team, supporting a culture of learning and innovation.
• Be an effective communicator, able to articulate technical decisions and trade-offs to your team.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure AKS platform adoption and adherence to best practices.
• Help us drive continuous improvement initiatives for our Kubernetes platform.
• Assist with both greenfield onboarding of containerized applications and microservices, and lift-and-shifts.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure design and implementation, with deep expertise in Azure cloud architecture.
• 3+ years of hands-on in-depth experience managing Kubernetes in dev/qa/prod, including deep troubleshooting of platform and workloads and Day2 operations.
• 3+ years of cloud and/or Kubernetes operations experience.
• Good understanding of AKS, including cluster operations, networking, identity, and security best practices.
• An ability to identify future challenges and proactively design and implement solutions to mitigate risks before they become issues is a real plus.
• Good hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ArgoCD), and CI/CD automation.
• Understanding of Kubernetes internals, operations, controllers, networking (CNI), is required, and observability tools is a plus.
• Proven experience in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and proactive problem resolution in Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with defining and enforcing Kubernetes platform standards across multiple teams and clusters is also a plus.
• Proactive problem solver – capable of anticipating challenges and addressing them before they impact operations.
• Strong communicator – able to explain complex technical concepts in a clear, accessible way.

What would make you really stand out (Experience Over Certifications):

Skills

While certifications are a plus, we value real-world experience more than credentials. That said, these certifications and skills may be beneficial:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

What’s In It For You

Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.

We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.

Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.

With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.

Key skills/competency

• Kubernetes Engineering
• Azure Cloud Architecture
• AKS Platform Operations
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Terraform
• GitOps
• CI/CD Automation
• Incident Response
• Troubleshooting
• Containerization (Docker)