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Azure Platform Architect Manager

Ontario, Canada (On-site)

Azure Platform Architect Manager

2 Months ago • All levels • DevOps

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Job Description

This role requires extensive experience in cloud architecture, project execution, and practice management. You'll collaborate with teams to develop cloud-based solutions, optimize clients' cloud adoption, and build hybrid cloud architectures. Must-have skills include Azure certifications, Kubernetes, Azure Container Registry, and Cloud Build.

Must have:

Azure Certifications
Kubernetes Experience
Cloud Architecture
Project Execution

Good to have:

Azure SQL
Cosmos DB
Terraform
Ansible

Perks:

Hybrid Work
Competitive Package

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Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Technology Strategy

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career within the Cloud Engineering Practice, will provide you with the opportunity to assist leading organizations develop and implement strategies that transform their technology capabilities and solve their most critical business challenges. We take a “cloud first” approach when building assets and delivering technology with an agile operating model. Our mindset is to always look for opportunities to automate technology and business processes. We assist our customers to embrace next generation sourcing strategies to drive success and get “fit the cloud”.

Joining this newly formed team will allow you the opportunity to shape, scale and provide leadership to a group of highly skilled cloud architects and engineers. You will be able to combine your consulting, technical and industry expertise to build and deliver emerging cloud solutions.

With a focus on Cloud and DevOps you will collaborate with internal teams and customers to implement hybrid cloud architectures, leverage cloud services, ensuring a solid foundation to run, manage and scale their critical business applications.

As a Cloud Architect Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues, deliver high quality client service and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Customer Success

Collaborate with cross functional team members to develop and propose to potential customers technical cloud based solutions including proposals and statements of work
Assist to develop reference architectures and best practice approaches to optimize clients’ cloud adoption, application performance, security, and cost models
Analyze business and technical requirements and translate to designs and approach
Participate in meetings and discussions with internal and external customers
Identify and prioritize use cases for implementation
Identify technical requirements for the identified use cases and build an implementation plan
Deliver presentations and technical demonstrations to customers and to the community at industry events

Coaching, Recruiting, and Mentorship

Collaborate with team members and foster an environment where technical professionals can develop their skills and grow their careers; taking on increased responsibility and adding value to the organization
Identify new candidates to join the Cloud Engineering team
Help with ongoing recruiting and technical interview process
Provide coaching and mentoring to fellow team members

Implementation, Innovation (building), and Learning

Take an “always learning” approach to your role, continuing to advance your skills, knowledge and network in Cloud and DevOps
Cloud moves fast and requires a lot of “labbing and learning”, be an out of the box thinker; look for opportunities to learn new software and technology
Maintain up-to-date knowledge on PwC’s Azure offerings
Obtain and maintain relevant certifications as needed for the Cloud Engineering Practice
Collaborate with your team members and contribute as a technical team member while participating in multiple concurrent cloud focused projects, ensuring implementations are well aligned with the overall architecture
Identification and build of reusable and repeatable cloud-based patterns and artifacts that the practice can bring to market
Be an active member in the technology community, provide thought leadership and mentorship, share your knowledge and expertise

Experiences and skills you’ll use to solve

Extensive experience in cloud architecture and business applications, project execution, practice management and an understand of software development
Experience in implementation and scale of cloud based projects with a specific focus on the following:
Cloud technology architectures and solution options aligned to technology strategy and cloud infrastructure use cases, including hybrid cloud and deployment options (PaaS, IaaS, etc)
Change management practices including organizational models, roles / responsibilities and technology tooling and automation
Application modernization strategies and tooling
Working knowledge of supporting the removal of technical debt and legacy applications
Experience working in waterfall, scrum, agile, and other methodologies
Good oral and written communication skills with prior working experience in a consulting environment, including developing business presentations and technical writing with an ability to express complex technical concepts in terms that are understandable to the business
When applying to a Quebec based opportunity, fluency in French is required. Outside of Quebec, fluency in French is an asset

Technical experience in many of the following areas:

Relevant Azure certification
Azure Virtual Machines
Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
Azure Container registry
CodeBuild, Azure Devops, Cloud Build
Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage (Blob, File, Disk)
Azure Geo-Redundancy, Disaster Recovery architecture and design.
Azure Subscription Management, Azure Policies. Azure Landing Zones
Azure Front Door, Azure Gateway, Azure API-M
Cloud Networking (VPC, Subnets, etc)
Infrastructure as code - Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates, Bicep etc.
Configuration management - Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Saltstack, etc.
CI/CD - Jenkins, Tekton, ArgoCD, Flux, Azure DevOps
Azure CLI
Git and various git platforms (GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, etc)
Agile software development and release cycle management
Software testing and test suites
Application monitoring and alerting
Technical presentations and public speaking engagements

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

The most connected firm through activity based working

PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment - one that is collaborative, supportive and productive. We work in-person and virtually, as is best suited for our clients, teams and people. We want you to be intentional with your work, how you do it and where it’s done. PwC offices are hubs of connectivity and learning. We strongly encourage our people to prioritise in-person work, whether it’s in the office or at a client site. This means we expect you to be in-person (either with clients or in the office) at least half of your time. We know that hybrid work is all about balance, and capturing the benefits of in-person work is essential to your growth at the firm. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer.

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Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date

At PwC Canada, our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We’re committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community of solvers where everyone feels that they truly belong. We understand that experience comes in many forms and building trust in society and solving important problems is only possible if we reflect the mosaic of the society we live in.

We’re committed to providing accommodations throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require an accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

To learn more about inclusion and diversity at PwC Canada: https://www.pwc.com/ca/en/about-us/diversity-inclusion.html. Be a part of The New Equation.

Chez PwC Canada, notre atout le plus précieux, c’est notre personnel. Et c’est en apprenant les uns des autres que nous devenons plus forts. Nous avons à cœur de créer une communauté équitable et inclusive de professionnels de la résolution de problèmes, dans laquelle chacun se sent vraiment à sa place. Nous savons que l’expérience peut prendre diverses formes et, pour nous, donner confiance au public et résoudre des problèmes importants n’est possible que si notre milieu de travail reflète la diversité de la société dans laquelle nous vivons.

Nous tenons à répondre à vos besoins tout au long du processus de demande d’emploi, d’entrevue et d’embauche. Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation pour être parfaitement à l’aise, faites-le-nous savoir à l’étape de la demande d’emploi.

Pour en savoir plus sur l’inclusion et la diversité chez PwC Canada: https://www.pwc.com/ca/fr/about-us/diversity-inclusion.html. Faites partie de La Nouvelle équation.

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