Data Architect - Hybrid

The Senior Cloud Architect role is responsible for defining and advancing the organization's cloud architecture standards, reference models, and technology solutions. This role works closely with business and technology stakeholders to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms that align with enterprise architecture principles, cloud strategies, and technology roadmaps.


Overall alignment with enterprise cloud strategy, a key responsibility involves technology solutions in addition to close collaboration with our international partners
Defining the cloud architecture framework, standards, and principles, including cloud platforms, networking, security, identity and access management, infrastructure automation, resiliency, governance, and operational excellence.
Establishing cloud reference architectures, reusable patterns, and technology standards to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions across the enterprise
Translating business requirements into technical specifications, including cloud architecture patterns, AI/ML frameworks, data ingestion pipelines, system integrations, transformations and migrations
Collaborate with development and engineering teams for GenAI/LLM integration, AI-enabled automation and analytics, and Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)
Identify knowledge gaps and conduct/coordinate/recommend training sessions on new cloud technologies with technology teams
Build “trusted advisor” relationships with development, technology teams and the business
Ensure all architecture documents are complete in accordance with established methodologies
Identify and promote technologies that improve business processes or contribute to new business opportunities
Lead in the design and implementation of core cloud infrastructure components for IS systems
Follow defined processes for software development, integration, and deployment
Active involvement in long-term planning to ensure our client's enterprise IT landscape is well positioned to deliver solutions that meet current and future business needs

Advantages
The Skills You Bring

Deep expertise in enterprise, application, infrastructure, and cloud architecture, including current and emerging cloud-native technologies, patterns, and best practices
Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, Zero Trust security principles, encryption, resiliency, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance requirements
Deep expertise in AWS cloud services and architecture patterns, including compute, networking, storage, databases, container platforms, serverless technologies, security, and observability, with the ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective enterprise solutions
Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and architecting AWS environments using services such as Amazon EC2, VPC, EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, CloudWatch, Bedrock and AWS Organizations
Strong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including confident and engaging presentation abilities

Responsibilities
What We’re Looking For

University Degree/College Diploma, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Minimum 7 years of experience as a Cloud Architect
Experience in the financial sector is an asset
Skilled in AWS cloud platform, hybrid systems, and protocols related to AI governance, data governance and security
Demonstrated experience in platform engineering, including the development of enterprise cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, observability, and developer self-service capabilities to support large-scale cloud adoption and modernization initiatives
Demonstrated expertise with Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies, supporting cloud modernization, microservices adoption, platform engineering initiatives, and DevOps practices
Experience designing and enterprise cloud networking architectures, including multi-region connectivity, hybrid cloud integration, traffic management, network security, and high-availability solutions
Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering complex on-premises to cloud migrations, including legacy application modernization, containerization, platform rehosting, replatforming, and hybrid cloud integration
Strong proficiency in Terraform, cloud automation, and GitOps practices, enabling reliable, repeatable, and auditable deployments across AWS and hybrid cloud environments
Experience working with architecture enterprise management platforms (LeanIX preferred)

Qualifications
The Skills You Bring

Deep expertise in enterprise, application, infrastructure, and cloud architecture, including current and emerging cloud-native technologies, patterns, and best practices
Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, Zero Trust security principles, encryption, resiliency, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance requirements
Deep expertise in AWS cloud services and architecture patterns, including compute, networking, storage, databases, container platforms, serverless technologies, security, and observability, with the ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective enterprise solutions
Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and architecting AWS environments using services such as Amazon EC2, VPC, EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, CloudWatch, Bedrock and AWS Organizations
Strong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including confident and engaging presentation abilities

Summary
The Skills You Bring

Deep expertise in enterprise, application, infrastructure, and cloud architecture, including current and emerging cloud-native technologies, patterns, and best practices
Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, Zero Trust security principles, encryption, resiliency, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance requirements
Deep expertise in AWS cloud services and architecture patterns, including compute, networking, storage, databases, container platforms, serverless technologies, security, and observability, with the ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective enterprise solutions
Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and architecting AWS environments using services such as Amazon EC2, VPC, EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, CloudWatch, Bedrock and AWS Organizations
Strong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including confident and engaging presentation abilities

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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