Job Specifications
Principal Cloud Engineer (Senior/Lead)
Toronto, ON
Contract
Job Overview
Lead the architecture of "Always-On" event-driven ecosystems that power real-time organizational intelligence. This principal role owns distributed systems design, Kafka/Solace streaming platforms, and Kubernetes-orchestrated microservices at enterprise scale.
Architecture Ownership
Event-Driven Platforms
Kafka: Multi-DC clusters, MirrorMaker2, Schema Registry, exactly-once semantics
Solace: PubSub+ event mesh, dynamic topics, guaranteed delivery
MQ: High-availability queueing, XA transactions, JMS standards
Cloud-Native Infrastructure
AKS: Multi-cluster federation, autoscaling, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
Docker: Multi-stage builds, security scanning, registry management
Hadoop: Hybrid migration (HDFS → ADLS), Hive metastore federation
IaC: Terraform, Bicep, Azure Policy as Code
Microservices Excellence
REST Standards: OpenAPI 3.0, OAuth2/JWT, API gateway patterns
Event Schemas: Avro/Protobuf, backward/forward compatibility
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger distributed tracing
Required Expertise (6-10 years)
3+ years production Kafka (KRaft mode, tiered storage, Connect framework)
2+ years Kubernetes (AKS cluster management, HPA/VPA, network policies)
Azure architecture (AKS, Event Hubs, Cosmos DB, hybrid connectivity)
Solace/MQ production (event mesh, guaranteed messaging, QoS levels)
Hadoop migration experience (HDFS → ADLS Gen2, Hive → Synapse)
Technical leadership (mentoring, architecture reviews, standards definition)
Demonstrated Impact
Designed Kafka clusters processing 1M+ events/sec with 99.99% uptime
Led monolith → microservices migration reducing deployment time 80%
Implemented hybrid Hadoop-Azure patterns serving petabyte workloads
Established enterprise API standards adopted across 50+ services
About the Company
VDart - We are a global, emerging technology staffing solutions provider with expertise in SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud), Enterprise Resource Planning (Oracle Applications, SAP), Business Intelligence (Hyperion), and Infrastructure services. We work with leading System Integrators in, the private and public sectors. We have deep industry expertise and focus in BFSI, Manufacturing, Energy & Utility, Healthcare and Technology sector. Our scope, knowledge, industry expertise, and global footprint have enabled us to p...
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