Senior Cloud Architect - Multi-Cloud Platform & Governance

Socket.dev; Markham; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Xplore Inc. is leading Canada’s fibre, 5G and satellite broadband efforts to bring improved rural connectivity across the country.

The Senior Cloud Architect will own enterprise cloud landing zones, drive secure, scalable multi-cloud environments, and partner with Digital and GTM teams to enable growth. The role requires deep expertise in Azure, AWS, and GCP, plus hands‑on capability with Terraform, IaC, and security governance.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 8–10 years of experience in a Cloud Architect or similar role.
• 5–7+ years of hands‑on cloud architecture and design experience in large, distributed enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Engage with internal stakeholders to capture business requirements and translate them into secure, scalable 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 transition of solutions from sandbox to production with governance and operational readiness.
• Provide architectural leadership for deployment of complex cloud solutions with hands‑on involvement.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and managed partners to deliver standardized cloud services.
• Provide architectural oversight for cloud migration initiatives with design reviews and optimization guidance.
• Participate in architecture and change governance forums.
• Support requirements capture and solution delivery for multiple teams (Application, Platform, Digital/GTM).
• Coordinate with Security, Infrastructure, and Network teams on identity, access management, and compliance.

Skills

Multi-cloud architecture

IaC/CI-CD

Terraform

Azure

AWS

GCP

Security & governance

Communication

Cost optimization

Cloud strategy

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Terraform

Bicep/ARM

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Cloud-init

Azure CLI

AWS CLI

gcloud CLI

Python

PowerShell

Git / GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE)

Job description

Xplore Inc. is leading Canada’s fibre, 5G and satellite broadband efforts to bring improved rural connectivity across the country.

The Senior Cloud Architect will own enterprise cloud landing zones, drive secure, scalable multi-cloud environments, and partner with Digital and GTM teams to enable growth. The role requires deep expertise in Azure, AWS, and GCP, plus hands‑on capability with Terraform, IaC, and security governance.