Senior Platform Engineer
Senior Platform Engineer at Kinross, a Canadian gold mining company, building and modernizing hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premises datacenters and Microsoft Azure. Day-to-day work centers on platform engineering, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, observability/reliability, and enabling AI workloads. Hybrid role based in downtown Toronto.
- Compensation
- CA$135K–CA$150K / yr
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 7+ years in enterprise infrastructure, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or systems engineering
- Strong experience supporting hybrid infrastructure spanning datacenter and cloud platforms
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, cloud integration, and hybrid management technologies
- Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and configuration management
- Scripting and automation experience with PowerShell, Python, or similar
- Strong knowledge of virtualization, compute, storage, networking, backup, and enterprise infrastructure platforms
- Experience with enterprise monitoring, observability, logging, and operational tooling
- Strong troubleshooting, operational support, and incident management capabilities
- Experience in large enterprise, highly regulated, or multi-site environments
- Experience collaborating across infrastructure, cloud, security, networking, and application teams
- Good understanding of DevOps, platform engineering, and service reliability concepts
Nice to have
- Experience with Nutanix AHV, hyperconverged infrastructure, Azure Local, or similar platforms
- Experience in mining, industrial operations, manufacturing, or other distributed operational environments
Full description
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Start Date: ASAPWork Model: Hybrid Location: Downtown Toronto (outside Union Station – TTC & GO accessible)Dress Code: Business Casual A Great Place to Work
Who We Are
Founded in 1993, Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile and Canada. Our focus on delivering value is based on our four core values of Putting People First, Outstanding Corporate Citizenship, High Performance Culture, and Rigorous Financial Discipline.
Mining responsibly is a priority for Kinross, and we foster a culture that makes responsible mining and operational success inseparable. Our values-based approach ensures that sustainability and our environmental, social and governance commitments are a core part of our strategy and plans for future growth. In line with our values, we also aim to build meaningful partnerships with all of our stakeholders, including communities, shareholders, employees, governments and suppliers.
Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC).
Job Description
At Kinross, we are modernizing and transforming our global technology platforms to enable secure, scalable, and resilient operations across corporate and remote mining environments. We are seeking a highly technical and hands-on Senior Platform Engineer to drive the evolution of our hybrid infrastructure ecosystem spanning on-premises datacenters, cloud platforms, automation frameworks, observability tooling, and enterprise integrations.This role combines platform engineering, cloud enablement, automation, architecture, and operational leadership. The successful candidate will work closely with infrastructure, cloud, security, networking, application, and operational teams to build reusable platform capabilities, improve reliability, accelerate delivery, and reduce operational complexity. The ideal candidate is passionate about modern engineering practices, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, platform standardization, cloud adoption, and operational excellence. They will help define technical direction, implement scalable solutions, and mentor teams while remaining deeply involved in hands-on engineering activities.
Key ResponsibilitiesHybrid Infrastructure Modernization
- Design, implement, and support hybrid infrastructure solutions across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Lead modernization initiatives focused on automation, standardization, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
- Contribute to platform lifecycle management, capacity planning, performance optimization, and technology roadmaps.
- Develop and maintain reference architectures, engineering standards, and platform patterns.