Lead Infrastructure Architect

Establishesandmaintainscloud architecture governance, including resource standards, tagging conventions, cost controls, and security guardrails.

Leads long-term infrastructure roadmapstrategicplanning in partnership with enterprise architecture and business leadership.

Buildsscalable, secure, and cost-optimized environments that support enterprise platforms such as Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Office 365.

Leads end-to-endcapacity forecasting and scaling strategies.

Oversees enterprise performance engineering, capacity planning, and automated scaling strategies to ensure high availability and resilience.

Establishesproactive observability and alerting using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or similar tools.

Leads enterprise automation initiatives using Power Shell, Azure Automation, andIaC(Terraform/Bicep) toeliminatemanual tasks and increase deployment consistency.

Strengthens

FSRA’s security posture through effective identity management, access control, encryption, and data protection.

Maintainsenterprisedisaster recovery, backup, and failover plans to support business continuityin a hybrid environment.

Establishes reliability engineering practices, such as SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and post-incident reviews.

Leads architecture reviews and technical governance boards, ensuring alignment with engineering standards.

Establishes and overseeslifecycle management for infrastructure platforms (patching strategy, end-of-life planning, modernization).

Operatesas the technical lead for infrastructure delivery, mentoring engineers and guiding solution design and implementation.

Leads major incident response, conductingroot cause analysis, and drivinglong-term corrective actions across teams.

Defines andmaintainsinfrastructure standards, patterns, and documentation to guide consistent, high-quality delivery.

Aligns infrastructurestrategies andoperations with compliance and audit standards, ensuring policies are followed and controls are enforced.

Owns key components of the infrastructure modernization roadmap and leads feasibility evaluations,PoCs, and adoption strategies.

Works closely with architecture, development, and data teams to plan environments, coordinate releases, andmaintainreadiness.

Collaborateswith cross-functional teams, stakeholders (including senior management and external vendors), to define requirements,provideexpert advice, and ensure effective project delivery and issue resolution.

Interactswith vendors and managed service providersensuring SLAs are met and evaluates vendor capabilities against strategicobjectives.

Postsecondarydegree in information technology, Computer Science, ora relatedfield.

10+ years ofprogressiveexperience in infrastructure engineering, including at least 5 years in a senior or lead technical rolewith a strong focus on design, implementation, and maintenancewithin an enterprise or hybrid cloud environment.

Certifications:

Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate,Azure Dev Ops Engineer Expert, Terraform Associate. Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert,an asset.

Extensivehands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, automation, monitoring, and cost optimization).

Strongexpertiseacross core infrastructure domains: networking,compute, storage, virtualization, identity, and security.

Deep understanding of hybrid cloud architectures, high availability, scalability, and resilience patterns.

Demonstrated ability to think strategically…