Azure Cloud Architect - Manager

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The opportunity 

We are seeking a self-driven Cloud Architect or a Cloud Manager to plan and design the technology solution for client engagements.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

Your Key Responsibilities

You will enable, drive and lead initiatives focusing on establishing and embedding cloud architecture & design governance across the organization.

Key functions include:

• Lead cloud assessments, architecture workshops and technical strategy discussions, translating findings into actionable transformation roadmaps.
• Lead the initiatives to identify right set of cloud technologies to be used for specific type of solutions and drive the effort to templatize and automate those technologies to be used at scale in all products and applications across organization.
• Architect & Design solutions for cloud (e.g. AWS, Azure) which are optimal, secure, efficient, scalable, resilient and reliable, and at the same time. are compliant with EY cloud standards and policies.   
• Architect and build AI-enabled cloud platforms using AI Engineering best practices, including LLMs, RAG and agents, with scalability, security and responsible AI embedded by design.
• Lead the operationalization of AI solutions through automated delivery, evaluation, guardrails and AI observability to manage quality, reliability, performance and cost.
• Establish reusable cloud platform patterns, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, CI/CD and engineering automation.
• Design strategies and tools to deploy, monitor, and administer Cloud applications and the underlying services for Cloud (e.g. Azure, AWS, private cloud)
• Architect and implement DevOps processes and CI/CD pipelines using tools like VSTS, Jira, Ansible, Jenkins, Chef.
• Build quick POCs and write some code for exploring new technology solutions.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Cloud Architecture: Deep experience architecting enterprise cloud platforms (preferably Azure) across compute, networking, storage, identity, security, data and managed services. Experience with AWS or other cloud experience is an asset.
• Cloud Native: Strong architecture and hands-on experience with AKS/Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, microservices and distributed platforms across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Reliability & Resilience: Strong understanding of SRE, high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, incident management, capacity, performance and production readiness.
• Security & Governance: Experience architecting secure cloud and container environments using identity, RBAC, secrets management, network security, policy and compliance controls.
• Business & Client Leadership: Strong business acumen, executive communication and stakeholder management, translating organizational strategy into architecture decisions and actionable roadmaps.
• Automation & Platform Engineering: Strong experience with Terraform/Bicep, GitOps, CI/CD, Python/PowerShell and reusable cloud platform patterns and engineering automation.
• Software Engineering: Experience across the product lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, testing, debugging, build, deployment and operations.
• Application & Integration Engineering: Experience with one or more programming languages, such as Python, C# or Java, along with REST APIs, web services and scalable, multi-tenant application integration patterns.
• Cloud Observability: Strong experience with Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry and Azure Monitor, including telemetry architecture, metrics, logs, distributed tracing, SLOs and root-cause analysis.
• Architecture Leadership: Ability to lead technical assessments, architecture workshops, design governance and multidisciplinary engineering teams through complex cloud engagements.
• Cloud Modernization: Experience defining application, infrastructure and platform modernization and migration strategies aligned with business and operational priorities.
• Supporting Technologies: Familiarity with Linux, SQL, XML/JSON, data ingestion and analytics, React/Angular, and complementary logging, search and build tools.
• AI Engineering: Experience architecting and operationalizing AI-enabled cloud platforms using LLMs, RAG, vector search, agents, evaluation, guardrails, responsible AI and AI observability.

To Qualify for the role, you must have

• At least 3-5 years of deep technology experience at very large enterprises or web scale product companies.
• At least 3-5 years of architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed applications (i.e. having an architectural sense for ensuring availability, reliability, etc.) on cloud.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management and ability to translate technology strategy into actionable roadmaps.
• Consulting experience is a plus.
• Experience in presenting ideas, papers, patents to varied audiences.
• Certificates requirements:
  • Microsoft Azure related certifications
  • Other cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud are accepted

What we look for 

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization.

What we offer

At EY, our Total Rewards package supports our commitment to creating a leading people culture - built on high-performance teaming - where everyone can achieve their potential and contribute to building a better working world for our people, our clients and our communities. It's one of the many reasons we repeatedly win awards for being a great place to work. 

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future.  Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

The salary range for this job in Ontario and British Columbia is $110,000 to $160,000/ Victoria – $100,00 to $150,000. Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and work location city.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and consulting services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. Recognized as one of Canada's top employers, EY continually strives to be a great place to work and with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

Inclusiveness at EY

Inclusiveness is at the heart of who we are and how we work. We’re committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and our people feel a sense of belonging. We embrace diversity and are committed to combating systemic racism, advancing gender equity and women in leadership, advocating for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, promoting our neuroinclusion and accessibility initiatives, and are dedicated to amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) nationally as we strive towards reconciliation. Our diverse experiences, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives make our people unique and help guide us. Because when people feel free to be their authentic selves at work, they bring their best and are empowered to build a better working world. 

Learn about our commitment to Inclusiveness at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/about-us/corporate-responsibility/equity 

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