Senior Azure Cloud Solution Architect to oversee solution architecture activities for a new

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, OpenShift, 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 OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift, 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 (FinOps) 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