[Hiring] Senior Azure Cloud Architect @BMO

Role Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate professional for a Senior Azure Cloud Architect position. With extensive experience in AWS and or Azure cloud services, this role will support short- and medium-term business and technology cloud initiatives, with focus on the Bank's 3 to 5 year cloud technology roadmap, facilitating innovation and adoption of next-generation technologies.

You will lead architecture, design, and development of end-to-end cloud-based solutions with a heavy focus on application and data, as well as AI and infrastructure. You are a self-starter, driven and can handle multiple projects and priorities. You are passionate about driving the DevOps mindset and culture in a fast-paced, challenging environment.

As a qualified candidate, you will be part of the team driving BMO’s Azure Cloud implementation.

Your Responsibilities

• Drive holistic design & patterns for secure cloud application environments, Cloud platform enhancements, application architecture, data services, and cloud service integrations.
• Conduct technical audits of existing architectures (Infrastructure, Performance, Developing data security as a function of design, as well as Scalability and more).
• Architect and implement cloud solutions for various application architectures, and programmatic integration of cloud applications, data services, and infrastructure.
• Develop application data architecture models to further enable effective service-oriented delivery.
• Review application solution designs for cloud-fit and optimality and automate deployment patterns for reusability.
• Assist LOBs to architect scalable, highly available application solutions that leverage Cloud services.
• Collaborate with other architects, operational/infrastructure and delivery teams to ensure new services align with application & infrastructure roadmaps.
• Consult and provide technical guidance to LOBs to refactor their application for the cloud using the 12-factor development practices for cloud-native and microservices oriented application deployment.
• Partner with other stakeholders to drive the creation of Cloud migration & transformation strategy and roadmaps across application, information, business and technology landscapes.
• Identify and Analyze Cloud Infrastructure architecture gaps to propose new technologies.
• Establish pilots and POCs for proposed solutions and make recommendations for approvals.
• Document best practices and recommendations and create and maintain templates.
• Drive meetings with subject matter experts from all areas of the business including infrastructure, operations, applications, vendors and leads to seek input from and plan/coordinate migrations, resources requirements and timelines.
• Engage with external vendors to review solutions, new capabilities and product, and service offerings.

Your Mindset

• You are a self-starter, driven and can handle multiple projects and priorities.
• You are passionate about driving the cloud mindset and culture in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
• You are actively looking to improve the solutions you implement and understand the efficacy of collaboration.
• You are keen to work in a team of CI/CD and Infrastructure specialists.
• You possess the ability to inspire yourself and all of our team.
• You will inject new knowledge and skills into an already high performing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Expert Level Azure and AWS Cloud Services and Architectures with a solid Developer background and recent architectural experience.
• Deep Azure Databricks, Fabric, SQL DB, Azure SQL MI, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, RDS, Redshift, DocumentDB, DMS.
• Hands on coding capability (Python, Typescript, Java or NodeJS).
• Exposure to AI/ML workflows, MLOps knowledge.
• Deep understanding of cloud design patterns, Cloud Native Architecture and principles, cloud operations and cloud security models.
• Good Understanding of CDK, AWS Sagemaker Studio (ML), Glue, Managed Airflow, Lakeformation, Athena, S3, ELK / OpenSearch, Docker & Containers.
• Good understanding of visualization tools like AWS Quick Sight and Power BI reporting tool.
• 10+ years experience in Application Development and design with demonstrated hands-on experience in designing and configuring secure and scalable cloud platforms patterns on Azure.
• 3-4 recent years of Architect experience with high concentration in applications, Data, Artificial Intelligence and Infrastructure.
• In-Depth knowledge of cloud services: Application integration, functions, Cloud Databases, data warehouse and analytics, Machine Learning, Developer Tools, Security and identity management.
• Proven and demonstrable experience in architecting, designing and implementing high volume, high availability cloud applications with a very high degree of automation.
• Demonstrated ability to easily deal with both abstract and concrete concepts and be able to reconcile them for the appropriate audience and context.
• Proven ability to maintain both a strategic long-term outlook and enterprise perspective, while also supporting tangible, business driven and IT delivered solutions.
• Quickly understand organizational dynamics and management priorities, and to be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, results-driven company.
• Demonstrate strong facilitation, negotiation, interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead an in-depth client meeting/workshop across a broad range of topics including discovery, cloud compliance, and security.

Salary

$94,600.00 - $176,000.00

Pay Type: Salaried

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type. Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure.

Benefits

• Performance-based incentives.
• Discretionary bonuses.
• Health insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Accident and life insurance.
• Retirement savings plans.