Azure -Solutions Architect

Relevance Lab; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Relevance Lab is seeking a Solution Architect to design and govern a cloud-native platform on Azure, focusing on AKS, microservices, secure integrations, and scalable customer-facing solutions. You will translate business needs into architecture that is production-ready and aligned to enterprise standards.

Collaborating with engineering, DevOps, and security teams, you will drive architecture reviews, establish API-first patterns, and ensure observability, compliance, and disaster recovery

Qualifications

• 10+ years in solution architecture with cloud-native design
• 5+ years designing solutions on Microsoft Azure
• Experience with secure integrations and API-first ecosystems
• Strong collaboration with engineering, DevOps, security, and business teams

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architectures across AKS-based microservices platform
• Lead architecture reviews and design authority checkpoints
• Ensure Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD, release automation)
• Design secure access patterns using Azure Entra ID and OAuth2/OIDC
• Ensure compliance with Zero Trust principles and cloud governance

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure

Microservices

Security integration

DevOps collaboration

Tools

AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

Azure DevOps

Job description

Our client is committed to providing innovative healthcare solutions and enhancing the customer experience through a cloud-native digital platform.

About the Role

The Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and evolving client's cloud-native digital platform architecture, with a strong focus on Azure, microservices, secure integrations, and scalable customer-facing solutions. This role translates business and product requirements into secure, resilient, and scalable architecture patterns, aligned with Azure landing zone, AKS platform, and API-driven ecosystem. The architect partners closely with engineering, DevOps, security, and business teams to ensure solutions are production-ready, observable, and aligned to enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures across:


• AKS-based microservices platform


• API Gateway and integration layer


• Produce architecture artifacts: logical/physical diagrams, standards, and design blueprints


• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and cloud governance frameworks


• Lead architecture reviews and design authority checkpoints


• Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD, release automation)


• Partner with DevOps teams on:


• Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, resiliency, and fault tolerance


• Security & Identity Integration


• Design secure access patterns using:


• Azure Entra ID (internal and external tenants)


• OAuth2, OIDC, SAML-based integrations


• Ensure compliance with:


• Zero Trust principles


• Network isolation (Private Endpoints, NSGs)


• Incorporate DDoS protection, WAF policies, and network segmentation


• Define and govern API-first design patterns


• Architect integrations across:


• Internal services (AKS microservices)


• External partners (Propel, payment gateways, SaaS vendors)


• On-prem systems via VPN / hybrid connectivity

Drive use of:

• REST APIs


• Event-driven patterns (where applicable)


• Establish API governance (versioning, security, throttling)


• Redis caching strategies


• Azure Cognitive Search (where applicable)


• Define data access, tenancy models, and performance optimization strategies

Architect for:

• High availability (multi-zone / regional)


• Disaster recovery (Canada East DR replication strategy)

Define:

• Monitoring & logging (platform observability patterns)


• Backup and recovery strategies


• Ensure alignment with RPO/RTO requirements


• Evaluate and integrate third-party platforms (Boomi, SaaS, CMS, payment providers)


• Provide architecture oversight for vendor-delivered components

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

Collaborate with:

• Product, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams


• Present architectural designs and trade-offs to senior leadership


• Mentor developers and engineers on architecture best practices


• Contribute to architecture standards, reference patterns, and reusable

Qualifications

• 10+ years in solution architecture, with strong cloud-native experience


• 5+ years designing solutions on Microsoft Azure

Required Skills

• Technical Expertise