Senior Cloud Architect (Consultants)

PLEASE NOTE • It is a 100% Remote position in Canada. • Candidates Preferred from EST/CST Time Zone. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Contribute towards defining and maintaining cloud architecture standards and design strategies. • Engage with internal stakeholders to capture business requirements, translating them into secure, scalable, cost‑efficient cloud solutions. • Assess current cloud technologies and ensure alignment with business goals and efficiency targets. • Facilitate smooth transition of Digital/GTM solutions from sandbox or development environments into production, ensuring proper governance, deployment practices, and handoff to operations. • Lead or guide deployment of complex cloud solutions with hands-on ownership where needed and ensure smooth operational transition. • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and managed partners to deliver consistent, standardized cloud services. • Produce architecture documents, standards, policies, and operational handover materials. • Participate in governance forums (architecture review, change review). • Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements and implement them in accordance with existing enterprise automation framework & tooling • Interface with operation teams to ensure seamless transition of cloud services into operations • Oversee cloud migration projects, including planning, execution, and optimization. • Review new cloud offerings of interest for organizational alignment Requirements TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: • Extensive experience with a wide range of Cloud (Azure) services, such as Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Batch, Container App Environments, etc. • Strong background in cloud architecture best practices, including high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery • Experience with cloud migration strategies and tools, such as Cloud Migrate and database migration services. • Expertise in Azure architecture, automation (IaC, CI/CD), identity, networking, and security best practices. • Extensive experience in IaC and automation tooling including, Terraform, Ansible, Cloud init, Azure CLI, Python/Powershell, Git, GitHub Action Workflows, Docker • Understanding of general & cloud-specific networking stack • Experience in building and implementing Azure Policies • Experience integrating cost‑governance (FinOps) considerations into architecture decisions. • Strong background in producing high‑ and low‑level designs across multi‑vendor cloud ecosystems. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams. QUALIFICATIONS: • 5–7+ years of hands‑on cloud architecture and design experience in large, distributed enterprise environments. • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or experience in a related field. • Proven experience as a Senior Cloud Architect or a similar role. • Relevant certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.