Senior Cloud Network Architect

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Senior Cloud Network Architect; you will shape, standardize, and deliver secure, scalable Azure networking solutions across Canada.

This position combines architectural leadership with hands-on Dev Ops execution- empowering you to define enterprise guardrails while building reusable, production-ready network platforms that drive innovation and reliability at scale.

• Your Impact
• Define, document, and govern Azure networking reference architectures, standards, guardrails, and reusable patterns (segmentation, routing, DNS, private access, and network security).
• Provide architectural review and formal sign-off on Azure network designs, ensuring consistency, scalability, resiliency, and security alignment, including Zero Trust principles.
• Architect and maintain global connectivity patterns and cloud connectivity services supporting enterprise and hybrid environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Ia C) for cloud network provisioning and champion reusable modules for scalable, self-service networking.
• Integrate network provisioning into CI/CD workflows, including state management, drift detection, and automated validation to enforce consistency.
• Implement automated baseline checks, compliance controls, configuration consistency, and telemetry pipelines for network services.
• Implement hub-spoke and Virtual WAN architectures across Azure regions, including private connectivity solutions (Private Endpoints, Private DNS, NSG/UDR patterns).
• Enable secure external and internal routing patterns using Azure Front Door and Azure Firewall technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud and hybrid network issues across environments.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and security telemetry using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Support incident response, runbooks, and change/release coordination for network and platform services.
• Validate resiliency, disaster recovery, and continuity plans through hands-on testing and operational readiness practices.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and standardization, reducing lead times and improving reliability.
• Collaborate with Security, Identity, and Platform Architecture teams to evolve guardrails and enable secure delivery.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to roadmap development for scalable, reusable network platform services.
• The Skills That Set You Apart
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8-10+ years of hands-on network engineering and architecture experience.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure networking, including segmentation, routing, DNS, private access, and network security.
• Expert-level knowledge of BGP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, SD-WAN, VPN/IPSec, IPv4/IPv6, and enterprise-scale troubleshooting.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code and automated network deployment pipelines.
• Extensive experience with Dev Ops automation and CI/CD best practices for infrastructure delivery.
• Experience participating in architecture governance and review forums.
• Strong written communication skills, including authoring architecture documents, ADRs, and technical standards.
• Ability to operate independently and collaborate across globally distributed teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and documentation skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of information security practices in infrastructure delivery and operations.
• Experience ensuring compliance with enterprise-level information security requirements.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Preferred

• Experience managing multi-region Azure environments with data residency considerations.
• Experience working with third-party vendor development teams.
• Exposure to Fin Ops and cost-optimization in cloud automation.

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