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About the role

  • Seeking an experienced Cloud Architect for Applications & Infrastructure specializing in Microsoft Azure and GCP. Drive cloud solutions for Retail and Utilities industries with hands-on leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Design end-to-end cloud architecture covering applications, infrastructure, networking, security, identity, and integrations across Azure and GCP.
  • Define cloud reference architectures, landing zones, and platform blueprints aligned with enterprise standards and industry best practices.
  • Architect hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, including connectivity, identity federation, and workload portability.
  • Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements such as scalability, resiliency, availability, security, and performance.
  • Lead the build and delivery of cloud platforms and workloads, working hands-on with engineering teams when required.
  • Guide application modernization initiatives including rehost, replatform, refactor, and cloud-native development.
  • Drive adoption of PaaS, containerization, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures.
  • Provide technical leadership during delivery execution, ensuring architecture integrity from design through deployment.
  • Architect and govern cloud infrastructure services including compute, storage, networking, IAM, security, and observability.
  • Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or equivalent.
  • Define and implement DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure.
  • Establish operational readiness, including monitoring, logging, backup, DR, and cost optimization.
  • Define enterprise integration and API strategies, including event-driven and message-based architectures.
  • Ensure secure, scalable integration patterns across SaaS, PaaS, legacy, and on-prem systems.
  • Ensure architectures comply with security, privacy, regulatory, and industry standards, especially relevant to Retail and Utilities.
  • Collaborate with security teams to implement Zero Trust, IAM, network security, encryption, and compliance controls.
  • Contribute to architecture governance, standards, and design reviews.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in solution or cloud architecture, with multiple large-scale cloud delivery engagements.
  • Experience in client-facing or consulting roles is strongly preferred.
  • Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (primary) across IaaS, PaaS, and integration services.
  • Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for application and infrastructure workloads.
  • Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native application architectures, microservices, containers, and serverless.
  • Strong experience in cloud infrastructure design: networking, security, identity, storage, compute.
  • Hands-on experience with IaC, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.
  • Proven experience designing enterprise integrations and API-led architectures.
  • Experience with application modernization and cloud migration programs.
  • Preferred experience in Retail and/or Utilities industries, including domain-specific scalability, resiliency, and regulatory considerations.
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred).
  • Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (preferred).
  • TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification (nice to have).

Benefits

  • Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
  • Company paid holidays
  • Personal Days
  • Sick Leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
  • Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

CA$76,366 - CA$179,088 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservicesTerraform

Location requirements

HybridMississaugaCanada

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