Associate Director, Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer

RBC Capital Markets is a leading global investment banking company dedicated to providing services in banking, finance, and capital markets to corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, and governments globally. We are seeking a highly skilled Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team in Montreal. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the evolution of our infrastructure.

As a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our Kubernetes-based infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize and scale our platform, ensuring high availability, reliability, and security.

What will you do?

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters for various environments (development, testing, production) based on industry best practices.

• Automate deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications using Kubernetes and related tools.

• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure the health and performance of Kubernetes clusters and applications.

• Collaborate with development teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and enhance the efficiency of software delivery.

• Work closely with the DevOps team to integrate Kubernetes with existing infrastructure components.

• Implement security best practices and policies for Kubernetes clusters, ensuring compliance with company standards.

• In this role, you will communicate and interact frequently with RBC partners and/or employees located across Canada and/or worldwide

What do you need succeed?

Must-have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 3+ years’ experience working as a Kubernetes Platform Engineer.

• Proficiency in containerization technologies such as Docker, container orchestration tools, and microservices architecture.

• Strong expertise in designing, deploying, and managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments and/or experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD), and version control systems (e.g., Git).

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with Python Web based applications (Fast API/Flask)

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible is a plus.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

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Job Skills

Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Additional Job Details

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeCAPITAL MARKETSRegularSalaried2026-07-232026-07-31

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.