Senior Azure Cloud Solutions Architect

TEKsystems; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 131,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Solutions Architect for a 6-month contract in Calgary, hybrid work arrangement. You will lead design, implementation, and operations of a new Azure environment to support a CAD solution, overseeing identity, security, and enterprise app integrations across City stakeholders.

The role requires hands-on leadership with Entra ID/MFA/SSO, AD/Azure integration, and strong governance and security experience.

Qualifications

• Six+ years in a solutions architecture role managing Azure tenants.
• Azure Cloud Architect, Solution Architect, or Senior Azure technical lead experience.
• Advanced hands-on with Microsoft Entra ID including MFA, CA, SSO and enterprise apps.
• Experience integrating Active Directory, Entra ID, Azure, and Microsoft 365 services.
• Strong knowledge of Azure security, governance, logging, auditing and resiliency.
• Proven ability to move solutions from architecture through implementation and ops.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, configuration, and operationalization of a new Microsoft Azure tenant.
• Design and implement Microsoft Entra ID identity, authentication, and authorization services.
• Configure MFA, Conditional Access, SSO, and enterprise app authentication.
• Integrate on-premises Active Directory with Azure and Entra ID as required.
• Provide Azure architecture leadership for the CAD solution integration.
• Design security, availability, resiliency, auditing, and ops runbooks.
• Lead PoC testing, troubleshooting, configuration, and production-readiness activities.
• Develop architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and runbooks.
• Collaborate with City teams and public-safety partners.
• Provide knowledge transfer and mentorship to City staff.

Skills

Azure architecture

Entra ID

MFA

SSO

AD-Azure integration

Azure security

Tools

Azure AD

Microsoft 365

Job description

Senior Azure Cloud Solutions Architect

Duration: 6-months

Description:

The City of Calgary is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership for the design, implementation, and operationalization of a new Microsoft Azure environment supporting a Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution.

This is a Senior , hands-on consulting role supporting a complex, security-sensitive environment involving multiple City and public-safety stakeholders. The successful consultant will combine strong Azure solution architecture expertise with practical experience implementing and supporting Azure and Microsoft Entra ID services.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the architecture, configuration, and operationalization of a new Microsoft Azure tenant.
2. Design and implement Microsoft Entra ID identity, authentication, and authorization services.
3. Configure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Conditional Access, Single Sign-On (SSO), and enterprise application authentication.
4. Integrate on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft 365 services with Azure and Entra ID as required.
5. Provide Azure architecture leadership for the integration of a new Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution.
6. Design solutions for security, availability, resiliency, auditing, and operational supportability.
7. Lead proof-of-concept testing, technical troubleshooting, configuration, and production-readiness activities.
8. Develop architecture diagrams, technical documentation, operational procedures, and support runbooks.
9. Collaborate with City technology teams, vendors, and public-safety partners, including Calgary Police Service, RCMP, Calgary Fire Department, and Bylaw Services.
10. Provide knowledge transfer, technical guidance, and mentorship to City staff.

The successful consultant will have:

• Significant Senior -level experience architecting, implementing, and operationalizing Microsoft Azure environments.
• Demonstrated experience as an Azure Cloud Architect, Solution Architect, or Senior Azure technical lead.
• Advanced hands‑on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, including MFA, Conditional Access, SSO, enterprise applications, authentication, and authorization.
• Experience integrating Active Directory, Entra ID, Azure, and Microsoft 365 services.
• Strong knowledge of Azure security, identity, governance, logging, auditing, resiliency, and operational best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to move solutions from architecture and design through implementation and operational support.
• Strong technical troubleshooting, documentation, stakeholder‑management, and communication skills.

Ideal Candidate

The City is seeking a Senior Azure professional who can establish the technical architecture, participate directly in implementation and configuration, resolve complex technical issues, and successfully transition the resulting environment to City operational teams.

Essential Skills

1. Six (6) years' experience in a solutions architecture role managing Azure tenants and establishing Identity, operational and application services;
2. Four (4) years managing local Active Directory services, and/or Azure AD (Entra ID) services for organization(s);
3. Four (4) years' architecting experience with Identity management, Single Sign-on, Access management and Customer Identity and Access management (CIAM) solution for organizations of more than 5,000 employees;
4. Four (4) years' experience leading and establishing security practices for cloud applications
5. Four (4) years' experience leading and establishing operational guidelines for Azure Cloud services, establishing Proof‑of‑Concept test cases, validation and remediation.

Desired Skills

1. Four (4) years' architecting experience with Microsoft Azure AD Single Sign On, MFA, and conditional Access operations.
2. Three (3) years' hands‑on development and customization experience on SSO solutions with SAML, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect protocols.
3. Five (5) years' system analysis experience including requirement gathering, workshop facilitating, solution recommendation and validation, test plan creation on Identity and Access managemnt solutions.
4. Demonstrated knowledge about a variety of Cloud tenant solutions (Azure, AWS, GCP).
5. Demonstrated knowledge working with life safety Organizations (Police/RCMP/Fire)
6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate both internally and externally with personnel at all levels8. Previous work experience in the public sector or large organizations.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Calgary, AB.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $95.00 - $115.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Calgary, AB.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Calgary,AB.

À propos de TEKsystems et TEKsystems Global Services

Nous sommes un fournisseur de services aux entreprises et de technologies. Nous accélérons la transformation de nos clients. Notre compétence en stratégie, conception, exécution et opérations libère la valeur de lentreprise par un éventail de solutions. Nous sommes une équipe de 80 000 personnes qui collaborent avec plus de 60 000 clients, notamment 80 % du Fortune 500 en Amérique du Nord, Europe et Asie, qui collaborent avec nous dans le cadre de nos capacités full-stack et notre rythme. Nous sommes des penseurs stratégiques, des collaborateurs pratiques qui aident les clients à exploiter le changement et maîtriser le dynamisme de la technologie. Nous bâtissons le futur en livrant les résultats et en créant un impact positif dans nos communautés mondiales. TEKsystems et TEKsystems Global Services sont des entreprises dAllegis Group. Découvrez dautres informations à TEKsystems.com.

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Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full‑stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands‑on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

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