AWS Architect/ Tech Lead

Job Type: Permanent

Work Model: Hybrid

Reference code: 135239

Primary Location: Toronto, ON

All Available Locations: Toronto, ON; Brossard, QC; Burlington, ON; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Fredericton, NB; Halifax, NS; Kitchener, ON; Laval, QC; Moncton, NB; Montreal, QC; Ottawa, ON; Quebec City, QC; Regina, SK; Saint John, NB; Saskatoon, SK; St. John's, NL; Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC; Winnipeg, MB

Our Purpose

R8dius is an Indigenous majority-owned professional services, technology implementation and managed services business. We are united by the goal of forging a new path for all of us to walk and prosper together.

It’s a rare thing when you get to help build the future. But that’s every day at R8dius. We’re working to turn R8dius into a meeting place, enabled by our shared purpose, where we can learn and grow together.

Our purpose is to “Widen the Circle”, or in other words, to expand the horizons of opportunity and prosperity so that Indigenous Peoples can be leaders in the professional services space. We are compelled to find solutions to challenging problems that drive our people, our company, and our clients forward.

By living our Purpose, together we will make an impact that matters.

• Learn from deep subject matter experts through mentoring and on the job coaching
• Be encouraged to deepen your technical skills…whatever those may be.
• Partner with diverse clients to solve their most complex problems
• Enjoy flexible, proactive, and practical benefits that foster a culture of well-being and connectedness.
• Work in an agile work environment where work is what you do not where you do it

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What will your typical day look like?

• Lead client strategy and discovery workshops focused on data migration, data governance, security, performance benchmarking, target-state architecture, and migration guiding principles to establish a scalable AWS-based data platform vision aligned to business objectives.
• Own end-to-end data migration architecture and solutioning, including migration strategy, architecture blueprints, migration patterns, tooling recommendations, solution alternatives, risk assessments, and roadmap development for large-scale modernization initiatives.
• Drive Architecture Review Board (ARB) and governance approvals by preparing architecture artifacts, presenting solution options, addressing stakeholder concerns, and obtaining sign-off on target-state architecture, security controls, and migration approaches.
• Provide technical leadership and design governance to delivery teams by defining detailed migration architectures, data integration patterns, data models, validation frameworks, performance optimization approaches, and non-functional requirements across the migration lifecycle.
• Establish and enforce data security, governance, and compliance standards by implementing AWS-native security patterns, access controls, encryption strategies, data protection mechanisms, metadata management, lineage, auditing, and monitoring capabilities.
• Enable efficient upstream and downstream data movement through the adoption of reusable automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, data ingestion and orchestration patterns, migration accelerators, and operational controls that improve reliability, scalability, and delivery speed.

About the team

We are seeking an experienced AWS Data Architect Lead to lead the architecture and delivery of complex, enterprise-scale data modernisation and migration programmes on AWS.

In this client-facing leadership role, you will shape data strategy, define target-state architectures, establish migration and governance frameworks, and provide technical direction throughout the transformation lifecycle. You will work closely with senior business and technology stakeholders, architecture governance forums, and delivery teams to translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and high-performing AWS data solutions.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you

• Significant experience designing and leading enterprise data architecture, data modernisation, and large-scale migration initiatives, ideally within complex client environments.
• Deep hands-on architectural knowledge of AWS data services, particularly Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue, AWS Lake Formation, AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, IAM, and KMS.
• Strong understanding of cloud data migration patterns, including ingestion, transformation, integration, orchestration, validation, reconciliation, and performance optimisation.
• Experience designing enterprise data lake, data warehouse, and cloud-native data platform architectures.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, security architecture, access management, encryption, metadata, lineage, auditing, and monitoring.
• Experience working with Architecture Review Boards or equivalent enterprise architecture governance forums, including developing and defending architecture recommendations.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and reusable deployment or migration frameworks within cloud data environments.
• Ability to assess architecture alternatives, identify delivery and technical risks, and translate complex technical decisions into clear recommendations.
• Strong client-facing consulting, workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to provide technical leadership across architecture, engineering, migration, security, and delivery teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate.
• Experience leading complex cloud transformation or data platform modernisation programmes.
• Experience developing reusable architecture patterns, migration accelerators, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Consulting or professional-services experience working with senior technology and business stakeholders is an asset.

Quebec Locations: Bilingualism in French and English is required for this position due to the nature of the role having interactions with National & Global clients and project teams.

Total Rewards

The salary range for this position is $84,000 - $175,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. On top of our regular paid vacation days, some examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days", dedicated days of for learning (known as Development and Innovation Days), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.

Reasons to believe in R8dius are reasons to believe in the future.

We are Indigenous majority-owned.

The brighter future we seek must ensure Indigenous knowledge is the beacon that guides this business forward.

We create new paths.

Combining Indigenous knowledge and worldviews with imaginative solutions and advanced technologies will illuminate new opportunities for individuals, and new

forms of progress for our communities.

We are a national network.

R8dius is a network comprised of Indigenous and Deloitte’s service capabilities. We share values, a focus on long-term change, and the belief that a purpose-led organization can make an impact for all.

Have as many careers as you want.

We are uniquely able to offer you new challenges and roles - and prepare you for them. We bring together people with unique experiences and talents, and we are the place to develop a lasting network of friends, peers, and mentors.

The next step is yours

R8dius is committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where are team members and clients feel like they belong.

Our recruitment advisors and hiring teams will utilize human screening combined with AI technology to help identify the skills and qualities that matter most to our business, while safeguarding your privacy and using AI.

We seek applicants with a range of skills and abilities. We are committed to providing a diverse candidate experience. If you require accommodations, we encourage you to connect with us at [email protected] if you require an accommodation. All other inquires can be sent to [email protected].

We acknowledge that R8dius operates on traditional, treaty, and unceded territories in what is now known as Canada. We recognize that Indigenous Peoples have been the caretakers of this land since time immemorial, nurturing its resources and preserving its natural beauty. We acknowledge this land is still home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples, who continue to maintain their deep connection to the land and its sacred teachings. We humbly acknowledge that we are all Treaty people, and we commit to fostering a new relationship of respect, collaboration, and stewardship.