Senior Cloud Architect (REQ #291) at WSP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 May, 26

Salary

144900.0

Posted On

17 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Azure Cloud Services, VMs, App Services, SQL Database, AKS, Storage, Batch, Container App Environments, Cloud Architecture Best Practices, HA, Scalability, Security, Disaster Recovery, IaC, Terraform, Ansible

Industry

Professional Services

Description

What if you could redefine what’s possible? With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it. We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers. With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science‑based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions. We are pathfinders and impact makers. We are Visioneers. We are WSP. The Opportunity Your Impact Starts Here – Are you ready to tackle complex, high‑impact cloud challenges? In this role, you’ll help shape the digital backbone of a global organization, guiding the evolution of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud environments that support our people, our clients, and communities everywhere. Your Impact In this role, you will: Contribute to defining and maintaining enterprise‑wide cloud architecture standards and design strategies. Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and cost‑efficient Azure‑based cloud solutions. Assess cloud technologies to ensure alignment with long‑term business goals and efficiency targets. Guide Digital/GTM solutions from development to production through strong governance and transition practices. Lead or support deployment of complex cloud solutions with hands‑on ownership when needed. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and managed partners to deliver standardized cloud services. Produce architecture documents, standards, policies, and operational handover materials. Participate in architecture and change governance forums to guide decisions. Identify and implement automation and efficiency improvements aligned to enterprise automation frameworks. Oversee cloud migration projects from planning through optimization, ensuring seamless operational transition. The Skills That Set You Apart You bring deep experience across Azure cloud services including VMs, App Services, SQL Database, AKS, Storage, Batch, and Container App Environments. You have a strong foundation in cloud architecture best practices, including HA, scalability, security, and disaster recovery. You’re adept in IaC and automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible, Cloud‑init, Azure CLI), scripting (Python, PowerShell), CI/CD, and modern DevOps workflows. You understand cloud networking and have experience building and managing Azure Policies and FinOps‑aligned architectures. You excel at translating technical designs into high‑ and low‑level documentation across multi‑vendor cloud ecosystems. You bring 5 to 7 years of hands‑on cloud architecture experience in large enterprise environments and hold relevant Azure certifications. Why Choose WSP? We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026. A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach. Limitless opportunities start here. We help you tailor your role to match your ambition—because your growth drives ours. Flexible work, real balance – we encourage you to prioritize balance in your life. #WeAreWSP Compensation: AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $107,800 – $144,900 MB & ON: $98,400 – $137,400 NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $97,400 – $131,200 Disclosure: The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes. Make Your Mark with WSP If you're driven by purpose and impact, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us. #LI-Hybrid WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments. We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future. At WSP: We value our people and our reputation We are locally dedicated with international scale We are future focused and challenge the status quo We foster collaboration in everything we do We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable Please Note: Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits). WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted. WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.

Responsibilities

This role involves defining and maintaining enterprise-wide cloud architecture standards and translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-efficient Azure-based cloud solutions. Responsibilities also include guiding solutions from development to production, leading deployments, and producing necessary architecture documentation and policies.