Senior Cloud Network Architect: Azure Networking & Automation

WSP Global Inc.; Montreal; On-site; CAD 122,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Network Architect to lead the design, standardization, and delivery of secure Azure networking across Canada. The role blends architectural leadership with hands‑on DevOps to build production‑ready network platforms and reusable guardrails.

You will define reference architectures, review designs, and implement hub‑spoke/Virtual WAN patterns, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability. Strong IaC, CI/CD, and global collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering or equivalent.
• 8–10+ years of hands‑on network engineering and architecture experience.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure networking (segmentation, routing, DNS, private access, network security).
• Expert knowledge of BGP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, SD‑WAN, VPN/IPSec, IPv4/IPv6 and enterprise‑scale troubleshooting.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code and automated deployment pipelines.
• Extensive experience with DevOps automation and CI/CD for infrastructure delivery.
• Experience in architecture governance and review forums.
• Strong written communication skills (architecture documents, ADRs, standards).
• Ability to operate independently and collaborate across globally distributed teams.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and govern Azure networking reference architectures, standards, guardrails, and reusable patterns.
• Provide architectural review and sign‑off on Azure network designs, ensuring consistency, scalability, resiliency, and security alignment.
• Architect and maintain global connectivity patterns and cloud connectivity services for enterprise and hybrid environments.
• Develop and maintain IaC for cloud network provisioning and champion reusable modules for scalable, self‑service networking.
• Integrate network provisioning into CI/CD workflows with state management, drift detection, and automated validation.
• Implement automated baseline checks, compliance controls, configuration consistency, and telemetry pipelines for network services.
• Implement hub‑spoke and Virtual WAN architectures across Azure regions with private connectivity solutions.
• Enable secure external and internal routing patterns using Azure Front Door and Azure Firewall.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud and hybrid network issues across environments.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and security telemetry using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Support incident response, runbooks, and change/release coordination for network and platform services.
• Validate resiliency, disaster recovery, and continuity plans through testing.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and standardization.
• Collaborate with Security, Identity, and Platform Architecture teams to evolve guardrails.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to roadmap for scalable network platform services.

Skills

Azure networking

BGP/OSPF

IaC

CI/CD

Zero Trust

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Network Architect to lead the design, standardization, and delivery of secure Azure networking across Canada. The role blends architectural leadership with hands‑on DevOps to build production‑ready network platforms and reusable guardrails.

You will define reference architectures, review designs, and implement hub‑spoke/Virtual WAN patterns, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability. Strong IaC, CI/CD, and global collaboration are essential.