Senior Azure Cloud Solution Architect to oversee solution architecture activities back-office system program Job Regina area,Saskatchewan

Position: Senior Azure Cloud Solution Architect to oversee solution architecture activities for a new back-office system program

Our crown corporation client is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Solution Architect to oversee solution architecture activities for a new back-office system program ensuring effective coordination across cloud, container, database, integration, security, and operations teams!

Initial 2-year contract opportunity with strong possibility of a 1-year extension. Candidates with the ability to work on-site 12 days/month in Ottawa will be preferred, however % remote options are available. 7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

Oversee core technology services solution architecture activities for a new back-office system program ensuring effective coordination across cloud, container, database, integration, security, and operations teams

Develop, maintain, and govern the end-to-end Solution Architecture Document (SAD) and architecture decision records ensuring architecture deliverables remain current, complete, and aligned with program objectives

Facilitate architecture reviews, technical assessments, risk identification, and governance activities, supporting compliance with architectural standards, governance committees, and project approval requirements

Ensure solution delivery alignment across Azure, Open Shift, SQL, IBM MQ, networking, security, and observability workstreams to support successful program outcomes

Coordinate the resolution of cross-functional technical dependencies, issues, and risks to enable progression through development, testing, deployment, and production milestones

Collaborate with business stakeholders, project teams, platform services, and engineering teams to deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and supportable technology solutions that meet business and operational requirements

Relevant Experience /

Education:

10+ years of demonstrated experience in information technology, with at least 5 years of experience in Solution Architecture supporting complex enterprise technology environments

5+ years of recent demonstrated experience architecting and delivering cloud-native and container-based solutions using Azure
, Azure Red Hat Open Shift
, Red Hat Open Shift, and/or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including both server-based and serverless application architectures

Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Azure IaaS infrastructure, networking, security, data protection, and workload portability solutions, with the ability to advise on cloud deployment models and architectural best practices

Demonstrated experience architecting highly available, resilient, and scalable multi-site, multi-region, and multi-cloud solutions
, including the use of Azure Availability Zones
, Availability Sets, Site Recovery, and Azure Well-Architected Framework principles

Demonstrated experience applying cloud financial management (
Fin Ops
) principles, cost optimization strategies, governance practices, and risk management while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure and operationally supportable solutions

Demonstrated experience supporting the full system development lifecycle (SDLC) and resolving complex technical risks, issues, and dependencies while collaborating across architecture, engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations teams

Technical

Skills:

Demonstrated expertise in enterprise solution architecture, including architecture governance, technical assessments, architecture documentation, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)

Demonstrated knowledge of security, networking, high availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, observability, and cloud infrastructure required to support mission-critical enterprise applications