Experienced Cloud Architect

Overview
As an Experienced Cloud Architect, you’ll help design and deliver secure, scalable, and cost‑efficient Azure solutions that support critical digital transformation. You’ll collaborate with teams across the business to translate requirements into cloud architectures, contribute to migrations and hands‑on deployments, and ensure smooth transitions into operations. Working with cross‑functional partners, automation tools, and governance frameworks, you’ll help shape reliable cloud services that make a meaningful impact for our clients and communities.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design and development of secure, scalable, and cost‑efficient cloud solutions by applying established architecture standards and guidelines.efficient cloud solutions by applying established architecture standards and guidelines.

Engage with internal stakeholders to capture business requirements, translating them into secure, scalable, cost‑efficient cloud solutions.

Support assessments of current cloud technologies and assist in aligning solutions with business objectives and efficiency targets.

Participate in the deployment of cloud solutions by performing hands‑on configuration and implementation tasks and supporting smooth transition into operations.

Work with cross functional teams and managed partners to help deliver standardized and consistent cloud services.

Prepare and maintain solution level documentation, including design specifications, configuration guides, and operational handover materials.

Contribute to governance activities (e.g., architecture reviews, change reviews) by providing input and ensuring alignment with established standards.

Interface with operation teams to ensure seamless transition of cloud services into operations.

Assist in cloud migration activities, including discovery, planning, execution tasks, and optimization efforts within defined workstream.

Review new cloud offerings of interest for organizational alignment.

Technical Requirements

Solid experience with core Azure services such as Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, Azure AI Services, and container‑based workloads (AKS or Container Apps considered an asset).

Good understanding of cloud architecture best practices, including scalability, availability, and disaster recovery concepts.

Hands on experience supporting cloud migration initiatives using tools such as Azure Migrate and database migration tooling.

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps preferred).

Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code and Automation Tools (e.g., Terraform, ARM/Bicep, Ansible, Azure CLI, Python/PowerShell, Git).

Understanding of general & cloud‑specific networking stack.

Experience contributing to or implementing Azure Policies.

Exposure to cost governance (FinOps) concepts and the ability to incorporate cost considerations into solution recommendations.

Strong ability to produce structured solution documentation and collaborate effectively across engineering and operational teams.

Required Qualifications

3–5 years of specialization in cloud engineering or architecture roles within enterprise environments.

Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).

Experience contributing to the design and implementation of Azure cloud solutions.

Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ‑104), Azure Solutions Architect (AZ‑305), or equivalent.

Strong communication abilities and collaborative working style.

WSP 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): $75,600.00 - $129,800.00

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): $75,600.00 - $121,770.00

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?

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.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

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