Cloud Architecture & Engineering, Director

Role overview

Cloud architecture and client advisory

• Design and govern end-to-end cloud architectures and scalable, secure, cost-optimized solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Develop cloud blueprints and reusable patterns; oversee Kubernetes and container platforms and infrastructure automation.
• Advise executives on cloud strategy, assess environments, develop modernization roadmaps, and oversee migration programs.
• Lead proposals, solutioning, statements of work, presentations, and translation of business requirements into architectural plans.

Practice, team, and innovation leadership

• Build, lead, mentor, recruit, and grow cloud architecture, engineering, and specialist teams.
• Shape practice strategy, offerings, capability models, delivery frameworks, accelerators, and reusable assets.
• Lead cloud technology evaluation, prototyping, lab work, demos, and solution validation.
• Present thought leadership and maintain engagement with cloud provider alliances and product engineering teams.

Technical expertise

• Extensive cloud architecture and engineering experience across AWS (primary), Azure, and/or GCP.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, microservices, serverless architectures, and modern DevOps.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments; Terraform is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, networking, encryption, monitoring, cost optimization, and governance.
• Experience with application migration, refactoring, API strategies, or technical debt remediation.
• AI-assisted development, agentic workloads, and MLOps experience are assets.

Leadership and qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading cloud-focused teams and initiatives in complex, multistakeholder environments.
• Strong executive communication and ability to connect business and technical perspectives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience; significant cloud leadership experience.
• Ability to obtain Government of Canada Security Clearance; Level 2 clearance is an asset.
• AWS Professional, Azure or GCP Architect, CKA or CKAD, and Terraform Associate certifications are preferred.
• Professional engineering licensure is not required; the position is not classified as formal professional engineering.

Workplace

• PwC Canada describes its work environment as hybrid; team-specific expectations can be discussed during the interview.

Compensation

• Salary range is CAD 197,000–247,000; ranges may vary by location and compensation depends on skills, experience, qualifications, and work location.
• Eligible employees may also participate in variable incentive programs.