Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Proven experience as a Senior Cloud Architect or similar role; Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Requirements:
Contribute towards defining and maintaining cloud architecture standards and design strategies.
Engage with internal stakeholders to capture business requirements, translating them into secure, scalable, cost‑efficient cloud solutions.
Assess current cloud technologies and ensure alignment with business goals and efficiency targets.
Facilitate smooth transition of Digital/GTM solutions from sandbox or development environments into production, ensuring proper governance, deployment practices, and handoff to operations.
Job description
PLEASE NOTE:
It is a 100% Remote position in Canada.
Candidates Preferred from EST/CST Time Zone.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contribute towards defining and maintaining cloud architecture standards and design strategies.
Engage with internal stakeholders to capture business requirements, translating them into secure, scalable, cost‑efficient cloud solutions.
Assess current cloud technologies and ensure alignment with business goals and efficiency targets.
Facilitate smooth transition of Digital/GTM solutions from sandbox or development environments into production, ensuring proper governance, deployment practices, and handoff to operations.
Lead or guide deployment of complex cloud solutions with hands-on ownership where needed and ensure smooth operational transition.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and managed partners to deliver consistent, standardized cloud services.
Produce architecture documents, standards, policies, and operational handover materials.
Participate in governance forums (architecture review, change review).
Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements and implement them in accordance with existing enterprise automation framework & tooling
Interface with operation teams to ensure seamless transition of cloud services into operations
Oversee cloud migration projects, including planning, execution, and optimization.
Review new cloud offerings of interest for organizational alignment
Requirements
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Extensive experience with a wide range of Cloud (Azure) services, such as Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Batch, Container App Environments, etc.
Strong background in cloud architecture best practices, including high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery
Experience with cloud migration strategies and tools, such as Cloud Migrate and database migration services.
Expertise in Azure architecture, automation (IaC, CI/CD), identity, networking, and security best practices.
Extensive experience in IaC and automation tooling including, Terraform, Ansible, Cloud init, Azure CLI, Python/Powershell, Git, GitHub Action Workflows, Docker
Understanding of general & cloud-specific networking stack
Experience in building and implementing Azure Policies
Experience integrating cost‑governance (FinOps) considerations into architecture decisions.
Strong background in producing high‑ and low‑level designs across multi‑vendor cloud ecosystems.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
QUALIFICATIONS:
5–7+ years of hands‑on cloud architecture and design experience in large, distributed enterprise environments.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or experience in a related field.
Proven experience as a Senior Cloud Architect or a similar role.
Relevant certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
