IT Automation Architect (347)

WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting its engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity. From local beginnings to a globe-spanning presence today, WSP operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 75,000 professionals, known as Visioneers. Together they pioneer solutions and deliver innovative projects in the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, energy, water, and mining and metals sectors. WSP is publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:WSP).

Position Summary
WSP is embarking on an exciting journey to transform the way our global IT organization delivers services, operates platforms, and supports our people. To accelerate this vision, we are establishing a new Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on modernizing and automating processes across all IT functions.

We are seeking a visionary yet deeply technical IT Automation Architect to help define, build, and scale this new capability. The IT Automation Architect will play a pivotal role in defining WSP’s IT automation ecosystem. You will architect automation frameworks, patterns, and guardrails, while driving adoption across all IT teams. This role blends deep technical engineering expertise with strategic architectural thinking. You will set the standards for how IT teams design, build, and deliver automation. This role is strictly focused on automation of IT-owned processes, systems, and operational workflows.

If you’re energized by architecting automation ecosystems, establishing governance, enabling engineering teams, and delivering real operational impact through automation, then this role is for you.

Main Responsibilities

Define enterprise automation architecture, including frameworks, standards, guardrails, reusable patterns, and reference designs.

Establish a unified automation ecosystem across all IT functions aligned to the CoE’s vision and mission.

Develop the technical roadmaps for automation platforms, CI/CD practices, IaC frameworks, integration patterns, and event‑driven automation.

Contribute to building and maturing WSP’s Automation CoE operating model.

Partner with IT teams to identify automation opportunities that improve reliability, reduce manual effort, and enhance service delivery.

Drive adoption of standard toolsets, coding practices, design reviews, and automation quality checks.

Architect automation solutions across IT domains including: Cloud provisioning and lifecycle management; Network and security operations; Identity and access lifecycle workflows; Endpoint automation; ITSM / service request fulfilment; Observability, alerting, and automated remediation.

Develop reusable modules, IaC templates, pipelines, orchestration logic, API integrations, and automation libraries.

Implement automation using modern toolsets (Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, GitHub/GitLab pipelines, ServiceNow workflow automation, Azure Automation, etc.).

Ensure automations are secure, auditable, observable, and scalable.

Define guardrails that enable autonomy while protecting security and compliance.

Embed IAM, secret management, least privilege, and auditability requirements into automation patterns.

Establish version control practices, pipeline controls, code reviews, and lifecycle governance.

Work closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, Cybersecurity, EUC, and Operations teams to uplift automation capability.

Lead architecture reviews, automation workshops, and design sessions.

Mentor engineers and promote an automation‑first culture across IT.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

7–10+ years of hands‑on engineering and automation experience in large‑scale enterprise environments.

Strong architecture experience with automation platforms, IaC frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and workflow orchestration.

Proficiency with automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, GitHub/GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, and event‑driven automation services.

Experience implementing governance, standards, code quality controls, and secure automation practices.

Solid understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred), networks, identity systems, and infrastructure services.

Experience contributing to an Automation CoE, platform engineering team, or similar strategic function.

Strong documentation, diagramming, and architectural storytelling abilities.

Comfortable working collaboratively across a large, globally distributed enterprise IT environment.

Skills / Competencies / Other Requirements

Excellent written and spoken English.

Ability to work independently with low‑level supervision and in a global team distributed geographically.

Strong organizational skills, including prioritization, time management, and multi‑tasking.

Excellent analytical and diagnostic skills with the ability to design solutions to complex automation challenges.

Demonstrated understanding of security, compliance, and governance requirements related to automation.

Strong automation mindset; skilled at converting manual processes into scalable, standardized workflows.

Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Benefits
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $102,000.00 - $181,720.00

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $102,000.00 - $170,500.00

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the worlds leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

Equal Opportunity Employer
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

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