Senior Cloud Architect

Xplore Inc.; Markham; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Xplore Inc. in Markham, Ontario, is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead design and governance of multi‑cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).

You will set standards, drive secure, scalable cloud environments, and partner with security, infrastructure, and business teams to enable growth and reliable operations. This senior individual contributor role emphasizes technical authority, architecture reviews, and implementation guidance rather than people management.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in Cloud Architect or similar role.
• Experience across Azure, AWS, and GCP services with compute, storage and networking.
• Hands-on multi-cloud architecture design and implementation experience.
• Strong governance and FinOps awareness guiding decisions.

Responsibilities

• Capture business requirements and translate them into secure, scalable cloud solutions.
• Define and maintain cloud architecture standards and design strategies.
• Assess current cloud technologies and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Facilitate transition of solutions to production with governance controls and operational readiness criteria.
• Provide architectural leadership for deployment of complex cloud solutions with hands-on involvement when needed.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and managed partners to deliver standardized cloud services.
• Oversee cloud migration initiatives and governance policy frameworks.
• Participate in architecture and change governance forums.
• Support identity, networking, security, and platform integration across teams.
• Ensure service readiness and robust support models for operations.

Skills

Azure

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Bicep/ARM

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

GitHub Actions

Cloud Init

Azure CLI

Networking

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

Azure CLI

AWS CLI

gcloud CLI

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Ansible

CloudFormation

Bicep/ARM

Cloud Init

Job description

Xplore Inc. is Canada’s fibre, 5G and satellite broadband company for rural living. Xplore is committed to the relentless pursuit of an improved broadband experience for all Canadians. Xplore is building a world-class fibre optic and 5G wireless network to enable innovative broadband services for better every day rural living, for today and future generations.

The Senior Cloud Architect is the technical authority and design owner for Xplore’s multi-cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP). This role leads the architecture, standards, and evolution of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud environments that support business growth and operational reliability. Working closely with application, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders, the Senior Cloud Architect ensures multi-cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) are well governed, cost‑effective, and aligned with enterprise and regulatory requirements. This role enables Digital and GTM teams through cloud platform architecture, standards, and governance and does not own product roadmaps or business outcomes. This includes ownership of enterprise cloud landing zone design and configuration (identity, networking, security, and governance baselines).

This is a senior individual contributor role. The Senior Cloud Architect provides leadership through technical authority, architecture reviews, standards definition, and operational transition ownership rather than direct people management.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Engage with internal stakeholders to capture business requirements and translate them into secure, scalable, and cost‑efficient cloud solutions
• Contribute to defining and maintaining cloud architecture standards and design strategies
• Assess current cloud technologies and ensure alignment with business goals and efficiency targets
• Facilitate the transition of Digital and GTM solutions from sandbox or development environments into production by defining architectural requirements, governance controls, and operational readiness criteria, ensuring clear handoff to operations
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance for deployment of complex cloud solutions, with hands‑on technical involvement where required to ensure alignment with platform standards and operational readiness
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and managed partners to deliver standardized cloud services
• Provide architectural oversight for cloud migration initiatives, including standards definition, design review, and optimization guidance in partnership with delivery teams
• Participate in architecture and change governance forums
• Application, Platform, and Digital/GTM Teams – Requirements capture and solution delivery support
• Security Teams – Identity, access management, and compliance alignment
• Infrastructure and Network Teams – Platform integration and dependencies
• Operations Teams – Service readiness, support models, and operational transition
• Vendors and Managed Service Partners – Architecture support and delivery enablement

An Ideal Candidate Will Possess

• Extensive experience across Azure, AWS, and GCP services including compute, storage, networking, and platform services
• Strong background in cloud architecture best practices including high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery
• Experience with cloud migration strategies and tools
• Expertise in Azure architecture, automation (IaC/CI‑CD), identity, networking, and security best practices
• Extensive experience with Terraform (primary), Bicep/ARM, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Cloud-Init, Azure CLI, AWS CLI, gcloud CLI, Python, PowerShell, Git, GitHub Actions, and Docker; Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE)
• Deep understanding of multi-cloud networking (VNet/VPC design, peering, private endpoints, segmentation, hybrid connectivity, and firewalling)
• Experience implementing policy frameworks including Azure Policy, AWS SCPs, and GCP Organization Policies
• Experience integrating FinOps considerations into architecture decisions
• Strong experience producing high- and low-level architectural designs across multi-cloud ecosystems (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Telecommunications industry experience (nice to have but not required)
• 8–10 years of experience in a Cloud Architect or similar role
• Experience architecting cloud infrastructure with multi‑cloud exposure
• Experience providing technical leadership or leading teams in a matrixed or advisory capacity
• Experience building cloud governance models, standards, and architectural frameworks
• 5–7+ years of hands‑on cloud architecture and design experience in large, distributed enterprise environments.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert are strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience.

Condition Of Employment

As a condition of employment and in order to comply with industry related data security standards, this position is subject to the successful completion of a Criminal Background Check. Details will be supplied to applicants as they move through the selection process.

Xplore is committed to creating an accessible environment and will accommodate disabilities during the selection process. Please let your recruiter know during the selection process of any accommodation needs.