Cloud Architect

Title: Cloud Architect
Department: Information Technology
Location: 6300 Steeles Ave. West, Woodbridge, Ontario

Potential Total Compensation: $120,000-$160,000

Position Summary:

As Cloud Architect, the successful candidate will act as a technical leader for our Infrastructure teams, working to define and implement new patterns to improve our hybrid infrastructure. This role requires significant experience in traditional on‑premise infrastructure, as well as modern cloud platforms, with a primary focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Kubernetes. The successful Cloud Architect helps build a consensus approach with our senior technical staff that navigates between the requirements of our business projects and the evolving state of our infrastructure capabilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design complete cloud architectures using the full range of infrastructure and cloud native services (compute, storage, networking, security, serverless etc).

• Develop hybrid architectures integrating on‑premise environments with cloud platforms.

• Create and maintain architectural roadmaps, reference architectures, and design patterns.

• Recommend modernization strategies including migration, re-platforming, and optimization.

• Design architectures compliant with security best practices, regulatory requirements, and corporate policies.

• Implement identity, access, and data protection controls across cloud and on‑premise environments.

• Collaborate with cybersecurity, audit, and governance teams.

• Works collaboratively to elevate team owned design to standard reusable patterns and components.

• Provide architectural guidance to engineering, DevOps, application development, and operations teams.

• Represent the team and infrastructure direction in architecture design and process.

• Create consensus between senior technical stakeholders.

• Evaluate new technologies and participate in vendor assessments.

• Present architecture strategies and proposals to business stakeholders and senior leadership.

• Mentor technical teams to build cloud and automation skillsets.

• Capable of both clearly identifying and instructing on work to be done while also being hands on keyboard implementing solutions or troubleshooting.

• Ensure solutions are cost-optimized, resilient, and easily available.

• Establish automation strategies using IaC (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Troubleshoot complex cloud and hybrid infrastructure issues.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, or cloud engineering with recent/current experience in cloud architecture.

• Proven experience designing and implementing solutions on AWS and with Kubernetes.

• Strong background in traditional/on‑premise infrastructure, including virtualization, storage, and data center technologies.

• Experience with hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, load balancing, SSO integration) and cloud migration.

• Hands-on expertise with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), automation, and CI/CD tooling.

• Experience in at least one scripting/programming language (particularly but not necessarily Java, Python, Javascript/Typescript, bash).

• Experience or deep understanding of Cloud edge and multi-cloud networking.

• Strong communication skills and ability to influence across technical and business teams.

• AWS certification(s): Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional preferred.

• Familiarity with Azure or other cloud platforms preferred.

• Experience with multiple account structured AWS environments and security controls.

We are actively seeking to fill this role as it is a current vacancy.

About 407 ETR

Highway 407 ETR is an all-electronic open-access toll highway located in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. The highway spans 108 kilometres from Burlington in the west to Pickering in the east. 

407 International Inc. is the sole shareholder of 407 ETR and is owned by: 

• Cintra Global S.E., a subsidiary of Ferrovial S.A. (48.29%)

• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and other institutional investors with non-controlling interests (44.20%)

• Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) (7.51%)

Learn more at 407etr.com

Note: At 407 ETR, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. We value the unique perspectives and backgrounds of all individuals, and we firmly believe that our individual differences make us stronger as a whole.

Our commitment to inclusion extends beyond recruitment and encompasses an inclusive workplace culture through raising awareness, ongoing training, and encouraging feedback. We aim to create a safe and supportive environment where all employees can thrive.

Accommodation for disabilities or other grounds protected by human rights legislation are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the employment selection process.