Infrastructure Solution Architect, IE&O Application Migration

Position Title:

Sr. Infrastructure Solution Architect, IE&O Application Migration

Position Type:

Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID:

40945

The Senior Infrastructure Solution Architect (Application Migration to Cloud) is a senior technical role responsible for defining, governing, and delivering enterprise-scale cloud migration architecture for critical business applications. This role leads complex modernization initiatives, shapes cloud migration strategy, and ensures solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and long-term business objectives.

Operating as a trusted advisor, the Senior Architect partners with application, development, security, and business leaders to drive modernization decisions, resolve complex architectural challenges, and ensure cloud solutions are resilient, scalable, cost-effective, and operationally sustainable.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the lead architect for complex and high-impact application migration initiatives to cloud platforms (primarily Azure).

Define migration strategies (re-host, re-platform, re-factor, retire, retain).

Perform deep application and platform assessments.

Design and govern target-state cloud and hybrid architectures.

Provide architectural oversight across multiple initiatives.

Collaborate with application owners, development teams, infrastructure, security, and vendors.

Produce and maintain authoritative architecture artifacts.

Act as an escalation point for complex technical issues.

Drive optimization of performance, availability, security, resilience, and cost.

Contribute to cloud migration frameworks, landing zones, and standards.

Mentor solution architects and engineering teams.

Influence technology strategy and roadmaps.

Ensure solutions are designed to be AI ready and aligned to McCain’s enterprise AI platform, governance, and observability standards.

Partner with the AI Platform team to ensure workloads integrate with approved Copilot, agent, and AI service patterns.

Design with clear separation between systems of record and AI augmented experiences.

Measures of Success

Successful delivery of enterprise-scale migrations.

Reduction in technical debt.

Compliance with security and operational standards.

High stakeholder confidence.

Reusable architecture patterns.

Solutions and migrated applications can safely consume or expose AI capabilities without rework.

No unmanaged or non-governed AI usage introduced through solution or migration design.

Key Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

8+ years in architecture roles.

Strong application and cloud background.

Leadership of large-scale migration programs.

Excellent communication and governance skills.

Certifications

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

DevOps Engineer Expert

Azure Security Engineer Associate

Technical Skills

Deep understanding of core Azure Cloud Computing services.

Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing Azure resources.

Knowledge of hybrid connectivity, backup, disaster recovery, and security best practices.

Proficiency in cost management, monitoring, and reporting for cloud resources.

Key Competencies

Enterprise & Systems Thinking

Architectural Leadership

Strategic Problem Solving

Collaboration & Influence

Business Outcome Focus

Compensation Package : $85,500.00 - $114,000.00 CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility.

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits:

At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family:

Information Technology

Location(s):

CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol

Company:

McCain Foods (Canada)

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