Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Enterprise AWS & Global Scale

Appnovation; Montreal; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to scale our AWS platform, design caching tiers, multi-region federation, and secure access controls for sensitive content. You will contribute to architectural decisions, best practices, and technical standards across the team.

You will mentor engineers, produce diagrams, and collaborate with security/compliance to meet enterprise requirements. Strong consulting experience and Life Sciences familiarity are a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years in architecture.
• Senior AWS cloud architecture experience; certification preferred.
• Experience with security architecture and IAM controls.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Architect the platform for enterprise scale (tens of thousands of users) on AWS.
• Evaluate scalability of the Postgres/Supabase backend; design caching tiers, multi-region, and global federation as needed.
• Own the load-testing strategy and responsiveness targets across geographies.
• Ensure the architecture meets security and access-control needs for sensitive content.
• Produce architecture diagrams, decision records, and technical standards.
• Guide and mentor engineers on cloud best practices and patterns.
• Define non-functional requirements (availability, resilience, cost, observability).
• Partner with security and compliance to meet enterprise controls.
• Support build-vs-buy decisions and technology evaluations.

Skills

Caching

Data federation

Performance testing

Security architecture

RBAC/ABAC

IaC (Terraform/CF)

Docker/Kubernetes

Networking/IAM/Observability

Stakeholder communication

Technical leadership

Consulting experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform/CloudFormation

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Appnovation is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to scale our AWS platform, design caching tiers, multi-region federation, and secure access controls for sensitive content. You will contribute to architectural decisions, best practices, and technical standards across the team.

You will mentor engineers, produce diagrams, and collaborate with security/compliance to meet enterprise requirements. Strong consulting experience and Life Sciences familiarity are a plus.