Cloud Architect

Smartfox | Engineering | Remote (Canada)

Design the Cloud Platforms That Businesses Run On The cloud is only as solid as the architecture behind it. As a Cloud Architect at Smartfox, you’ll design secure, scalable, and cost-efficient environments that power our products and our customers’ businesses. You’ll set the technical direction, guide engineering teams, and turn complex requirements into clear designs that hold up at scale.

What You’ll Do

- Architect: Design end-to-end cloud solutions covering compute, storage, networking, data, and application layers across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Plan: Build cloud strategies, reference architectures, and roadmaps that match business goals and growth.
- Migrate: Lead migrations and modernization efforts, from lift-and-shift to cloud-native redesigns.
- Secure: Embed security from day one with identity and access management, encryption, network segmentation, and compliance controls.
- Meet data requirements: Design for Canadian data residency and privacy needs, including PIPEDA and provincial laws such as Quebec’s Law 25, using Canadian cloud regions where required.
- Build for resilience: Design for high availability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance, and test those designs.
- Automate: Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
- Optimize costs: Apply FinOps practices to monitor spend, right-size resources, and cut waste.
- Standardize: Define landing zones, guardrails, and best practices so teams can build quickly and safely.
- Review: Lead architecture reviews,



assess risks, and guide engineers toward sound technical decisions.
- Advise: Explain trade-offs to engineers, product managers, and executives in clear, practical terms.
- Mentor: Share knowledge and raise the technical bar across the team.

What You Bring

- Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- [8+] years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering, or software architecture, including [3+] years designing cloud solutions
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and working knowledge of others
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipelines
- Solid understanding of cloud networking, identity, security, and compliance frameworks
- Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures
- Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and observability tools
- Proven record of designing and delivering large-scale cloud migrations or platforms
- Excellent communication and cross-team leadership skills in English (French is an asset)
- Legal authorization to work in Canada

Bonus points : Professional-level certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect), multi-cloud or hybrid experience, experience with data platforms or AI/ML workloads, FinOps or security certifications, familiarity with SOC 2, HIPAA, or PCI DSS environments, or bilingual English/French ability.

📌 Cloud Architect (Canada)
🏢 SMARTFOX
📍 Canada