The IBM – Public Sector Resourcing Team is seeking a Senior Cloud Solution Architect for a contract chance in the Ottawa area.

HYBRID WORK

Role description:

The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

- Oversee the Bank’s core technology services solution architecture activities for a new back-office system program ensuring effective coordination across cloud, container, database, integration, security, and operations teams

- Develop, maintain, and govern the end-to-end Solution Architecture Document (SAD) and architecture decision records ensuring architecture deliverables remain current, complete, and aligned with program objectives

- Facilitate architecture reviews, technical assessments, risk identification, and governance activities, supporting compliance with architectural standards, governance committees, and project approval requirements

- Ensure solution delivery alignment across Azure, OpenShift, SQL, IBM MQ, networking, security, and observability workstreams to support successful program outcomes

- Coordinate the resolution of cross-functional technical dependencies, issues, and risks to enable progression through development, testing, deployment, and production milestones

- Collaborate with business stakeholders, project teams, platform services, and engineering teams to deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and supportable technology solutions that meet business and operational requirements

- Related activities and deliverables, as required

Mandatory Skills:

Canadian Federal Government Security Clearance – Reliability Status

Education and Certifications

- University degree or college diploma in computer science or a related discipline

Relevant Experience

- A minimum of ten (10) years of demonstrated experience in information technology,



with at least 5 years of experience in Solution Architecture supporting complex enterprise technology environments
- A minimum of five (5) years of recent demonstrated experience architecting and delivering cloud-native and container-based solutions using Azure, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift, and/or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including both server-based and serverless application architectures

- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Azure IaaS infrastructure, networking, security, data protection, and workload portability solutions, with the ability to advise on cloud deployment models and architectural best practices

- Demonstrated experience architecting highly available, resilient, and scalable multi-site, multi-region, and multi-cloud solutions, including the use of Azure Availability Zones, Availability Sets, Site Recovery, and Azure Well-Architected Framework principles

- Demonstrated experience applying cloud financial management (FinOps) principles, cost optimization strategies, governance practices, and risk management while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure and operationally supportable solutions

- Demonstrated experience supporting the full system development lifecycle (SDLC) and resolving complex technical risks, issues, and dependencies while collaborating across architecture, engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations teams

Technical Skills

- Demonstrated expertise in enterprise solution architecture, including architecture governance, technical assessments, architecture documentation, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)

- Demonstrated knowledge of security, networking, high availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, observability, and cloud infrastructure required to support mission-critical enterprise applications

We wish to thank all applicants for applying for this position, however, only candidates selected for prelim interviews will be contacted.

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📌 Senior Cloud Solution Architect (Ottawa)
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