Your Impact at Willowdale Asset Management

At Willowdale Asset Management, we’re looking for passionate professionals who are eager to help us shape the future of our industry.

The Cloud Architect is responsible for developing strategic cloud capabilities and designing solutions. They will own all architecture deliverables necessary to evolve the cloud technology landscape that supports our applications and business functions, following reference architecture frameworks and industry best practices to help drive cloud adoption, evolution and transformation.

This role is located at our Head Office in Vaughan, ON. This posting is for a new 12-month contract position. The expected annual salary range for this role in $102,000- $123,000/year.

Please note the compensation information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, candidate’s geographical location, as well as market and business considerations.

What We Are Looking For

Your drive for excellence and entrepreneurial spirit will be cornerstones of your success. Here’s what else we’d love to see:

• University Degree in the field of Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management, or a College Diploma in Information Technology or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience delivering enterprise-grade cloud and complex infrastructure solutions, with expertise in architectural design, hands-on implementation, high availability, disaster recovery, database platforms, and security.
• Azure Solution Architect Expert certification required.
• Expertise in Azure IaaS and PaaS design, implementation and support, including connectivity, security, networking, and disaster recovery.
• Hands on experience with all Azure IaaS constructs (resource groups, VMs, VNETs, blob storage etc.), and Azure data services such as Azure SQL, Data Lake, Data Factory.
• Hands on experience with infrastructure automation and coding – Terraform, Bash/PowerShell scripting, Python, Ansible, Puppet, Azure ARM templates, version control (GitHub, GitLab).

The Willowdale Asset Management Experience:

Joining Willowdale Asset Management means joining a team that goes beyond expectations. Not only are we leaders in real estate investment performance, but we’re also invested in your personal and professional growth. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support your success, including:

• The opportunity to collaborate with other skilled and visionary professionals.
• Exclusive discounts through our Employee Home Ownership Program.
• Support for your wellbeing through our employer-paid benefits.
• Employer sponsored RRSP plans to help you invest in your future.
• Ongoing support for continuing education and opportunities for learning and development to help you grow your career.
• Organic Produce from our Community Supported Agriculture Program.
• Engaging social events throughout the year to celebrate our team.
• Recognition of achievements and milestones every step of the way.
• A company that values your time outside of work just as much as your time spent at work.

What You’ll Be Doing Each Day

• Design and implement a multi-region Azure hosting platform, incorporating Microsoft landing zone best practices supporting core infrastructure services and IaaS/PaaS workloads.
• Lead the Data Centre Migration to Azure project, including the assessment of all on-prem applications, cloud disposition planning, solution design, migration planning and execution.
• Develop innovative solutions using native cloud services, incorporating functional and non-functional requirements into scalable, secure, and efficient designs.
• Define architecture models and reusable solution design patterns that enable rapid deployment of cloud services for diverse business entities.
• Guide, support and oversee the imp