Capgemini is hiring an Applications & Infrastructure Cloud Architect to lead the design and delivery of cloud platform capabilities across application and infrastructure domains. You will be responsible for architecting secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized solutions, with Microsoft Azure as the primary platform and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as secondary.
What You'll Do
- Design end-to-end cloud architecture covering applications, infrastructure, networking, security, identity, and integrations across Azure and GCP.
- Define cloud reference architectures, landing zones, and platform blueprints aligned with enterprise standards.
- Architect hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, including connectivity, identity federation, and workload portability.
- Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements such as scalability, resiliency, availability, security, and performance.
- Lead the build and delivery of cloud platforms and workloads, working hands-on with engineering teams.
- Guide application modernization initiatives including rehost, replatform, refactor, and cloud-native development.
- Drive adoption of PaaS, containerization, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures.
- Provide technical leadership during delivery execution, ensuring architecture integrity from design through deployment.
- Architect and govern cloud infrastructure services including compute, storage, networking, IAM, security, and observability.
- Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or ARM/Bicep.
- Define and implement DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure.
- Establish operational readiness, including monitoring, logging, backup, DR, and cost optimization.
- Define enterprise integration and API strategies, including event-driven and message-based architectures.
- Architect integrations using Azure Integration Services (API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid) and GCP equivalents.
- Ensure secure, scalable integration patterns across SaaS, PaaS, legacy, and on-prem systems.
- Ensure architectures comply with security, privacy, regulatory, and industry standards.
- Collaborate with security teams to implement Zero Trust, IAM, network security, encryption, and compliance controls.
- Contribute to architecture governance, standards, and design reviews.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in solution or cloud architecture, with multiple large-scale cloud delivery engagements.
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure across IaaS, PaaS, and integration services.
- Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for application and infrastructure workloads.
- Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native application architectures, microservices, containers, and serverless.
- Strong experience in cloud infrastructure design: networking, security, identity, storage, compute.
- Hands-on experience with IaC, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.
- Proven experience designing enterprise integrations and API-led architectures.
- Experience with application modernization and cloud migration programs.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence technical and business decisions.
- Leadership mindset with a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
- Comfortable operating in complex, multi-team, multi-vendor environments.
Nice to Have
- Experience in client-facing or consulting roles is strongly preferred.
- Preferred experience in Retail and/or Utilities industries, including domain-specific scalability, resiliency, and regulatory considerations.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.
- TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
Technical Stack
- Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, ARM/Bicep
- Development Tools: Visual Studio
- Frameworks/Languages: .NET Framework, .NET Core, C#
- API & Architecture: RESTful APIs, Microservices
- Data Formats: XML, JSON
- Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes
- Integration Services: Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $76,366 - $179,088 CAD
- Paid time off based on employee grade: Vacation (12-25 days), Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in the Greater Toronto Area.
Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.
