Cloud Architect

SPECTRAFORCE; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in technology seeks a Cloud Architecture Infrastructure Lead for a 6-month contract-to-hire position in Toronto. Candidates should possess a Master's degree and significant experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure design, with a focus on best practices and leadership. The role offers mentorship, a collaborative culture, and opportunities for career advancement as part of a progressive organization.

Benefits

Mentorship & Career Growth

Work / Life Harmony

Inclusive Team Culture

Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or similar.
• 5+ years' experience with cloud adoption/migrations.
• 5+ years' experience in Infrastructure as Code solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide Cloud Architectural Infrastructure Leadership for the Enterprise.
• Architect and design cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, etc.
• Run architectural and design workshops for alignment.

Skills

Cloud Architecture Leadership

Infrastructure as Code

Problem Solving

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

Terraform

Job description

This range is provided by SPECTRAFORCE. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

80.00 / hr - $85.00 / hr

Job Title : Cloud Architecture Infrastructure Lead

Duration : 6 months, Contract-to-hire

Location : Toronto – Bremner, Hybrid 3 days a week

What can you expect :

As a member of the Global Enterprise Architecture team, you will join a group of highly experienced senior individuals who operate collaboratively across the organisation to set technical strategies, approaches, and standards as well as work collaboratively with teams across the enterprise.

In this newly created role, you will join a growing team and have a direct impact on its effectiveness.

As the Cloud Architecture Infrastructure Lead you will help to establish the architecture strategies, design approaches, and best practices for our cloud infrastructure including the design of our IAC (Infrastructure as Code templates), our policies and guardrails.

What’s in it for me :

• Mentorship & Career Growth within a large, progressive, global organisation
• Work / Life Harmony
• Inclusive Team Culture

We will count on you to :

• Provide Cloud Architectural Infrastructure Leadership for the Enterprise
• Architect and design across a variety of cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Oracle, Google)
• Provide Architecture leadership for IAC components / recipes that enable our business solution teams (and working with Engineering teams to realize their implementation)
• Partner with our key control groups like Security and Compliance to design effective built-in guardrails for our Cloud Architecture
• Leverage standard engineering approaches in line with the wider technical strategy and roadmap.
• Find effective solutions for complex problems.
• Run architectural and design workshops for colleagues and customers (including creating training material if required).
• Inform various stakeholders of any problems with technical development and delivery, suggesting alternatives, and mitigating risks.
• Provide regular activity status updates and communication to stakeholders
• Assess and report on the business impact that certain technical choices have.

What you need to have :

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology (or similar working experience)
• 5+ years’ experience architecting cloud adoption and / or migrations for large enterprises in AWS.
• Clear understanding of cloud best practices and anti-patterns.
• 5+ years’ experience designing “infrastructure as code” solutions for the cloud using Azure ARM templates, CloudFormation and / or Terraform.
• Strong ability to select the best cloud PaaS approach to maximize the business value, resilience and performance while minimizing the associated cloud costs.
• Passionate about technology and finding effective solutions for complex problems (not just chasing the next shiny object).
• Self-motivated and driven for excellence.
• Has a thirst for knowledge and is always looking to continuously improve their own skills.
• Able to operate at scale and with senior stakeholders.
• Has a strong technical background and can engage in technical architectural conversations, effectively summarise, and contribute.
• Has excellent written English and can convey complex concepts in easy to understand visually pleasing presentations.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Able to work collaboratively with technical peers from all divisions across client, able to lead discussions and build consensus.
• Has a delivery focused approach and an appetite for change.
• Good organizational skills, ability to create plans and follow up on tasks assigned to others.

What makes you stand out :

• AWS / Azure Architecture Certifications
• CICD Pipeline and Declarative deployment experience
• Experience of collaboration tools such as Zoom, MS teams, Slack, Skype, etc.

Benefits :

SPECTRAFORCE offers a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Program to all eligible employees. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and an employee discount program, which provides exclusive access to thousands of discounts on travel, entertainment, and more. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave, paid holidays, and paid vacation as required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer :

SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered, or any other prohibited grounds as identified by provincial or territorial law.