Principal Architect, Compute & Storage Infrastructure

Connor, Clark & Lunn group; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Connor, Clark & Lunn group seeks a Principal Architect to own the Compute & Storage platform domain within Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering. You will define architecture, standards, and guardrails to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient platforms while delivering hands-on technical leadership across on-premises and hybrid environments.

The role focuses on platform ownership with strong delivery credibility in GPUs, AI/ML workloads, Kubernetes-based platforms, and modern compute

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing, implementing, and operating enterprise compute/storage platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and modern infrastructure.
• Experience with on‑premises and hybrid cloud environments and platform modernization.

Responsibilities

• Own the Compute & Storage platform domain, including compute, virtualization, storage, backup/recovery, Kubernetes, and specialized AI/ML and GPU platforms.
• Define and evolve platform architecture, standards, guardrails, and service offerings for scalability, resilience, security, and cost efficiency.
• Establish workload placement, hosting, performance, capacity, and lifecycle management across on‑premises and hybrid environments.
• Develop storage, data lifecycle, backup, and disaster recovery strategies balancing performance, recoverability, compliance, and cost.
• Lead design of platforms supporting large-scale unstructured data, analytics, AI/ML, and research workloads.
• Collaborate with business and engineering teams to translate workload needs into platform capabilities and roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Compute & storage infra

Kubernetes

Hybrid cloud

AI platforms

GPU & AI workloads

Stakeholder management

Tools

Kubernetes

Open-weight LLMs

Job description

Principal Architect, Compute & Storage Infrastructure

Interested in joining one of Canada's top performing asset managers? We are seeking a Principal Architect, Compute & Storage Infrastructure to own the Compute & Storage domain within the Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering organization. This includes compute infrastructure, virtualization platforms, enterprise storage, backup and recovery services, container platforms, and specialized compute environments that support modern application, data, and engineering workloads. This is not a pure management role. The focus is platform ownership: defining architecture, standards, and guardrails, and ensuring platforms are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient. At the same time, strong delivery experience and hands-on technical depth are essential. You are expected to bring practicalexpertise, make sound technical decisions, and guide complex platform work with credibility. Our offices currently operate on a hybrid model with a combination of in-office and remote working days throughout the week.

What You Will Do

• Own the Compute & Storage platform domain, including compute, virtualization, storage, backup/recovery, Kubernetes, and specialized AI/ML and GPU platforms.
• Define and evolve platform architecture, standards, guardrails, and service offerings to ensure scalability, resilience, security, and cost efficiency.
• Establish workload placement, hosting, performance, capacity, and lifecycle management strategies across on-premises and hybrid environments.
• Develop storage, data lifecycle, backup, and disaster recovery strategies that balance performance, recoverability, compliance, and cost.
• Lead the design and evolution of platforms supporting large-scale unstructured data, advanced analytics, AI/ML, and research workloads.
• Own GPU capacity planning, scheduling, and brokerage capabilities to support growing compute-intensive demand.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, including open-weight LLMs, modern compute architectures, and future infrastructure models.
• Partner with business, engineering, and technology teams to translate workload needs into platform capabilities, roadmaps, and investment priorities.
• Collaborate with Security, Operations, Architecture, and other Platform Owners to ensure aligned, integrated platform solutions.
• Guide SMEs and vendors by setting technical direction, reviewing designs, and driving key platform decisions and outcomes.
• Manage platform health through capacity forecasting, performance optimization, availability, recovery readiness, and cost management.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, and operating enterprise compute, storage, and infrastructure platforms.
• Deep expertise in virtualization, compute, storage, backup/recovery, and hybrid infrastructure technologies.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and modern workload hosting environments.
• Experience supporting high-performance, large-scale, or data-intensive environments, including AI/ML, GPU, grid, or research computing platforms.
• Demonstrated success designing storage and compute architectures for large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
• Strong understanding of datacenter technologies, including servers, storage, networking, rack infrastructure, power, and cooling considerations.
• Experience integrating on-premises and cloud platforms and driving long-term infrastructure modernization strategies.
• Proven ability to define architecture standards, influence technical direction, and lead through expertise rather than direct authority.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes.
• Experience working with technology vendors on solution design, lifecycle management, and strategic roadmap planning.
• Builder mindset with the ability to balance standardization, innovation, and flexibility in rapidly evolving environments.
• Curiosity and interest in emerging infrastructure technologies, including GPU orchestration, open-weight AI models, and custom compute approaches.

The expected salary for this position is $140,000 - 150,000 CAD . The salary range provided reflects the base salary range for this position as required by legislation. In addition, there is an annual performance bonus which contributes to the total compensation for this position. Further questions may be directed to the HR team during the interview process.