Cloud Architect

Jobtailor; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 122,360 - 140,598; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great culture

Comprehensive benefits

Career growth

Interesting work

Flexible environment

Job summary

Long View Systems in Edmonton is seeking a Cloud and Infrastructure Architect to design and deliver solutions across infrastructure, M365 and Azure Cloud – Public, Private, datacenter, storage, virtualization and Business Applications. This hands‑on role blends solution architecture, presales leadership, and delivery oversight with clients on complex transformation initiatives.

You will develop IT strategies, create robust designs, and lead engagements from pre‑sales through delivery while

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise solution architecture, consulting, or senior engineering roles.
• Experience delivering multi-technology solutions across architecture domains.
• Proven pre‑sales capabilities and technological leadership.
• Strong ability to capture complex business requirements into technical designs.

Responsibilities

• Define customer solutions and deliver engagements that meet business requirements.
• Lead pre‑sales activities, demonstrations, and product education as required.
• Develop estimates, SOWs and proposals for client requirements.
• Collaborate to develop and enhance project deliverables and transition to operations.

Skills

Enterprise solution architecture

Pre-sales leadership

Multi-technology solutions

Client consulting

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Tools

Citrix

Nutanix

VMware

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic and results-focused Cloud and Infrastructure Architect for our Edmonton branch to design and deliver solutions across infrastructure, M365 and Azure Cloud – Public, Private, datacenter, storage, virtualization and Business Applications. This is a hands‑on role that blends solution architecture, presales leadership, and delivery oversight, working with clients on complex transformation initiatives.

A Day in the Life

• Working with customers and internal stakeholders, defining customer solutions, and delivering engagements that are innovative and exceed business requirements
• Continuously improve team processes to ensure information is of the highest quality, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the team
• Ensure technology designs and implementations solve clients’ requirements and challenges
• Design, and implement standard or custom technical solutions
• Develop complete customer-focused technology solutions for current and new service offerings, considering all aspects of architecture including business and technical requirements, sizing, infrastructure, data protection, security and recovery items
• Create relevant documentation as required including conceptual design, logical and physical designs, bill of materials, as-built diagrams, knowledge transfer materials, FAQs, and transition to operations information
• Collaborate with other team members to develop and enhance deliverables
• Provide pre‑sales technical assistance, demonstrations, and product education as required
• Meet with clients to determine needs and/or identify problem areas
• Develop estimates, Statements of Work (SOWs) and proposals which outline professional services required to meet client requirements
• Represent Long View at vendor and industry events as required
• Participate and contribute including sharing learnings and information with the larger Long View team that is not present at the event
• Assist with hosting presentations and/or education sessions such as Lunch & Learns
• Align with clients to build long term relationships that further business value for both the client and Long View
• Analyze complex requirements and develop IT strategies and multi‑technology solutions that are aligned with industry‑accepted best practices
• Stay abreast of architectural and industry changes, especially in the areas of Cloud

What You Bring

• 10+ years in enterprise solution architecture, consulting, or senior engineering roles with a strong infrastructure technology stack focus (compute, storage, database, containers, serverless, migrations)
• Possess and demonstrate experience in architecting and implementing industry leading technologies and solutions at an enterprise level.
• Expertise in managing client requirements through strong business and technical consulting skills and be proficient in creating complex multi‑technology solutions across multiple architecture domains.
• Work with multiple business units, service delivery practices, and technical disciplines to lead opportunities from pre‑sales through to successful implementation and conclusion, and hand‑off to operational support or PS delivery.
• 5+ years of industry experience multi‑technology solutions through diverse business and technical consulting
• 2+ years of experience designing solutions relating to Microsoft technologies including Azure, Office 365, M365
• In‑depth knowledge of infrastructure support technologies like Citrix, Nutanix, VMWare
• Ability to effectively communicate to different audiences including stakeholders and peers clearly and concisely in written, oral and various presentation formats and situations
• Proven pre‑sales capabilities and technological leadership experience
• Proven ability to understand and capture complex business requirements to create technical solutions
• Familiarity with IT architecture principles and industry frameworks to work within the approved Long View Systems architecture frameworks and methodologies
• Professional services consulting experiences
• Excellent problem‑solving and multitasking skills

What Makes You Extra Awesome

• Technical Certifications for Microsoft: MCSA or MCSE
• Technical Certifications from Citrix, Nutanix, VMWare
• ITIL Certified

Why Work at Long View

• Great people and culture
• Comprehensive benefits package from day one
• Career growth – Permanent staff positions, paid training, career life planning, and relocation and travel opportunities
• Interesting work – Be part of exciting projects while accessing all the latest technologies
• Flexible environment – A workplace that values the importance of flexibility for personal/professional growth, happiness and wellness

$122,360 - $140,598 a year

Expected Salary Range plus 10% variable earnings

Long View is an equal opportunity employer. If you have any accommodation requests for your interview or the role, please let your friendly Recruiter know.