Position OpsGuru, a Carbon60 Company is a global engineering and consulting group. We are experts in the data, machine learning/artificial intelligence, and cloud-native technologies space. OpsGuru empowers customers with technology to solve their unique business challenges, navigating them towards success in their digital transformation.

OpsGuru's value to our customers centers around our ability to provide deep technical guidance based on their business needs.

Principal

Data&AI; Architects are expected to provide deep business and technical expertise with focus on Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning including Data Governance and Compliance.

Principal

Data&AI; Architects are expected to have strong general business acumen, enabling them to confidently discuss every stage of the technology adoption cycle with stakeholders ranging from the CEO down to individual contributors and should be able to bridge technical solutions to measurable business outcomes—such as revenue growth, operational efficiencies, or improved customer experiences.

OpsGuru Principal Data&AI; Architects are assigned to several strategic accounts and are expected to work with their clients to become trusted technical advisors. Our Principal Architects are thought leaders and are able to guide and challenge clients in a respectful manner to ensure they receive the highest level of value from their technology investments.

Principal Architects are expected to have experience participating in the sales process, typically in a pre-sales or equivalent capacity. They will work alongside our Account Executives and Presales Architects to scope and provide SME support on creating statements of work for our clients and will be heavily involved in account management.

Principal Architects may also be required to act as team leaders and people managers for architects and engineers, and could require ~10% of your time working to support and develop a team of direct reports.

Qualification & Skills Technical and Consulting:

The ideal candidate applying for the Principal Data&AI; Architect Role has the following:

7+ years of experience delivering Professional Services on major cloud providers (Amazon Web Services - must, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure - nice to have) focusing on the following programs (3 minimum):

Large Scale workload migrations (on prem to cloud, cloud to cloud)

Enterprise Data Platform modernisation

Modern, large scale Lakehouse Implementations

Data Security, Governance and Compliance

Machine Learning and/or Artificial Intelligence Implementations

Technological Exposure

Previous hands on experience with AWS (Must) , Azure / Google Cloud (Nice to have)

Python for Data Analytics

Relational databases design, tuning and migration

Experience with Enterprise Data Warehouses

Data Lakes, Data Pipelines and ETL’s

Stream & Batch Processing with frameworks like Spark

Data modeling for both transactional and analytics

BI Dashboards & Data Visualizations

Data Quality gates, Data Lineage, Data Catalogue

Experience with Machine Learning and MLOps Frameworks (ex: Sagemaker)





Experience with Generative AI, Agentic AI and foundational models

10+ years of experience in a relevant Information Technology environment A history of delivering presentations to a wide ranging audience including CxO,VP, Director level executives A history of managing multiple complex projects with a wide variety of stakeholders ,simultaneously

Technical Pre-Sales experience with the ability to provide robust SME guidance in customer-facing sales and presales conversations.

Able to confidently model costs and explain the total cost of ownership model of a proposed solution.

A history of holding a budget and is able to model project costs and provide resourcing plans A history of handling customer requests and escalations and is able to confidently resolve challenges on projects effectively and swiftly.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

People Management

Ability to adapt your communication style to individual team members

Be an ambassador for the company by being able to explain our business value to customers, mission, and values

Able to provide candid and constructive feedback to team members

Have a bias to take ownership of challenges facing your team and see them through to conclusion An instinct to ask why to get deeper understanding of problems

Ability to establish trust with your team and invest in building professional relationships

Able to have gap analysis conversations and help team members define effective goals

Ability to inspire and motivate others without needing to micromanage

Strong emotional intelligence and listening skills A desire to operate in a mentorship capacity, enabling others’ success

Experience leading technical teams and providing quality control at both the macro and micro level.

Participate in recruiting efforts, including crafting job descriptions, interviewing candidates, and evaluating new hires to build a high-performing team

Oversee the onboarding process, ensuring new team members have the resources, training, and support needed to succeed

Roles and Responsibilities Principal Data&AI; Architects are expected to provide deep business and technical expertise across Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Governance & AI & ML areas.

As part of the role you will:

Report directly to OpsGuru Engineering Leadership.

Confidently discuss every stage of the technology adoption cycle all the way from the CEO to the developer, across multiple technical domains.

Assigned to a number of accounts and are expected to work with their clients to become a trusted technical advisor.

Thought leadership.

Contribute to internal and external evangelism by creating and sharing content such as blog posts, whitepapers,



and case studies that highlight best practices and success stories

Represent OpsGuru at conferences and industry events as a speaker, panelist, or subject matter expert, as appropriate

Guide and challenge clients in a respectful manner to ensure they receive the highest level of value from their technology investments.

Provide oversight to project teams to ensure technical outcomes align to solving customer business problems within project budgets and timelines

Work with Engagement Managers to help manage project scope, and work with project teams and customers to help manage project expectations and delivery quality

Comfortably discuss budget considerations and ROI with stakeholders, ensuring clients understand how recommended technologies align with financial and strategic goals

Participate in the sales process, typically in a pre-sales or equivalent capacity.

Work alongside our Account Executives and Presales Architects to scope and provide support on creating statements of works for our clients, as well as being heavily involved in account management.

While this role is largely focused around technical and consulting based delivery directly with customers, the Principal Data&AI; Architect may also be required to act as a people manager for a team of several direct reports of Architects and Engineers. This would include tasks such as having regular one-to-one meetings, having professional development and goal setting conversations, and acting as part of a communication and feedback system with your direct team. Additionally you would help to elevate administrative or project related issues brought to your attention, and provide recommendations towards performance reviews and promotions for your team.

What's in it for you: Compensation & Perks

Competitive compensation package (CAD 180K-220K / year)

Retirement Savings Matching Program (RRSP)

Access to the latest tech

Partnership with Perkopolis Discounts

Flexibility & Time Off

Remote first work environment

Flexible work hours & location

Paid parental leave options

Equipment allowance

Health & Wellness

Employer paid health & dental premiums

Partnership with GreenShield+ Counselling Mental Health provider

$500 in Health Care Spending Account annually

Growth & Development

Training reimbursement (e.g courses on Udemy, Coursera,a-cloud-guru etc.)

Peer recognition rewards

At OpsGuru, we encourage employees to bring their whole, authentic selves to work. By sharing and embracing unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, we learn from each other, innovate, and create a dynamic environment where we can be and achieve our best.

We're dedicated to ensuring each member feels a sense of belonging, safety, and respect. At OpsGuru, your unique voice is heard and embraced, and you meaningfully contribute to decision-making and the organization's growth.

OpsGuru is committed to an equitable employee experience, opportunity, and support.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this exciting opportunity. Only candidates that meet the qualifications will be contacted for an interview.

📌 Principal Data&AI Architect (Toronto)
🏢 Carbon60
📍 Toronto