Xplore is building a world-class fibre optic and 5G wireless network to enable innovative broadband services for better every day rural living, for today and future generations.

The Senior Cloud

Architect is the technical authority and design owner for Xplore’s multi-cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP). Working closely with application, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders, the Senior Cloud Architect ensures multi-cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) are well governed, cost-effective, and aligned with enterprise and regulatory requirements. This role enables Digital and GTM teams through cloud platform architecture, standards, and governance and does not own product roadmaps or business outcomes.

This includes ownership of enterprise cloud landing zone design and configuration (identity, networking, security, and governance baselines). This is a senior individual contributor role.

The Senior Cloud

Architect provides leadership through technical authority, architecture reviews, standards definition, and operational transition ownership rather than direct people management. Facilitate the transition of Digital and GTM solutions from sandbox or development environments into production by defining architectural requirements, governance controls, and operational readiness criteria, ensuring transparent handoff to operations Provide architectural leadership and guidance for deployment of complex cloud solutions, with hands‑on technical involvement where required to ensure alignment with platform standards and operational readiness Provide architectural oversight for cloud migration initiatives, including standards definition, design review, and optimization guidance in partnership with delivery teams Application, Platform,



and Digital/GTM Teams – Requirements capture and solution delivery support Infrastructure and Network Teams – Platform integration and dependencies Extensive experience across Azure, AWS, and GCP services including compute, storage, networking, and platform services ~ Expertise in Azure architecture, automation (IaC/CI‑CD), identity, networking, and security best practices ~ Extensive experience with Terraform (primary), Bicep/ARM, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Cloud-Init, Azure CLI, AWS CLI, gcloud CLI, Python, PowerShell, Git, GitHub Actions, and Docker; Deep understanding of multi-cloud networking (VNet/VPC design, peering, private endpoints, segmentation, hybrid connectivity, and firewalling) ~ Experience implementing policy frameworks including Azure Policy, AWS SCPs, and GCP Organization Policies ~ Strong experience producing high- and low-level architectural designs across multi-cloud ecosystems (Azure, AWS, GCP) ~ 8–10 years of experience in a Cloud Architect or similar role ~ Experience providing technical leadership or leading teams in a matrixed or advisory capacity ~ Experience building cloud governance models, standards, and architectural frameworks ~Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert are strongly preferred. ~ Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience. As a condition of employment and in order to comply with industry related data security standards, this position is subject to the successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

Xplore is committed to creating an accessible environment and will accommodate disabilities during the selection process.

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