- Company Name
- PwC Canada
- Job Title
- Director, Cloud Architecture & Engineering
- Job Description
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Job title: Director, Cloud Architecture & Engineering
Role Summary:
Senior leader responsible for designing, governing, and deploying enterprise‑grade cloud architectures that align with business objectives. Drives cloud strategy, client advisory, technical innovation, and cross‑functional team development.
Expectations:
- Deliver high‑quality cloud solutions and advisory services to executive stakeholders.
- Lead and grow a high‑performance cloud engineering practice.
- Champion continuous learning, innovation, and thought leadership in cloud technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Architect, govern, and implement end‑to‑end cloud solutions across AWS (primary), Azure, and GCP, ensuring scalability, security, and cost optimization.
2. Design and optimize Kubernetes platforms (EKS, AKS, GKE) and containerized microservices environments.
3. Build cloud foundation blueprints, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and automation via IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, ARM).
4. Drive cloud migration, modernization, refactoring, API strategy, and technical debt remediation roadmaps.
5. Serve as trusted advisor to client executives: assess environments, develop strategies, create proposals, and present solutions.
6. Lead proposal creation, statement of work development, and client presentations.
7. Mentor, recruit, and retain a diverse team of cloud architects, engineers, and specialists; foster culture of experimentation and growth.
8. Collaborate with practice leadership to shape capability models, delivery frameworks, and go‑to‑market assets.
9. Lead technical innovation cycles: prototype new tools/architectures, evaluate emerging cloud services, and develop market‑aligned accelerators.
10. Represent organization at internal/external events; contribute to thought‑leadership content.
11. Maintain relationships with cloud provider alliances and product engineering teams to influence product road‑maps.
Required Skills:
- Extensive experience architecting and engineering across AWS (primary), Azure, GCP, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, containers, serverless, and microservices.
- Hands‑on proficiency with IaC (Terraform strongly preferred), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo), and automation patterns.
- Deep knowledge of cloud security, IAM, networking, encryption, monitoring, cost optimization, and governance frameworks.
- Proven leadership of cloud‑focused teams in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments.
- Strong executive‑level communication, consulting, and client‑facing presentation skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into architectural and execution plans.
- Experience developing reusable patterns, reference architectures, and delivery frameworks.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Professional cloud certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (preferred), Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud Architect.
- Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA) or similar.
- Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM) and/or DevOps certifications are advantageous.