Cloud Security Architect (REQ #337)

WSP
Canada
Workplace: HybridFull timeCAD 103,500 - 151,800 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Problem-solving","Documentation","Analytical"]

Senior cloud security architect leading Azure security design across regions, embedding governance, and aligning security controls with enterprise standards. The role focuses on zero-trust posture, vendor security patterns, compliance mapping, and telemetry strategy, partnering with engineering, security, and vendor teams to secure WSP’s digital services across Canada and beyond.

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WSP
4 months ago

Cloud Security Architect (REQ #337)

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Job Summary

Senior cloud security architect leading Azure security design across regions, embedding governance, and aligning security controls with enterprise standards. The role focuses on zero-trust posture, vendor security patterns, compliance mapping, and telemetry strategy, partnering with engineering, security, and vendor teams to secure WSP’s digital services across Canada and beyond.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and maintain the Azure security architecture across all regions, including network segmentation, Private Endpoints, and zero-trust posture.
  • •Architect security controls that align with enterprise security, compliance, and operational standards.
  • •Define security patterns for vendor teams covering authentication, secrets management, API security, and encryption standards.
  • •Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities across Azure environments.
  • •Contribute to standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
  • •Design and govern detection engineering and define end-to-end security telemetry strategy.
  • •Implement corporate security and compliance requirements using policy-as-code and automated evidence capture.
  • •Build compliance evidence architecture enabling continuous audit readiness.
  • •Own exception governance, assess risks, and document approvals.
  • •Define horizontal security architecture standards across platform engineering, vendor development, and DevOps teams.
  • •Review and approve vendor security patterns and access models.
  • •Serve as the security escalation point for incidents across the platform engineering team.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 103,500 - 151,800 annually

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience, including 7+ years in information security and cloud security architecture.
  • •Deep experience designing Azure security architecture, including Azure Landing Zones and enterprise-scale frameworks.
  • •Proven ability to translate regulatory and compliance requirements into enforceable technical controls.
  • •Familiarity with zero-trust principles and Microsoft security platforms.
  • •Hands-on experience with security architecture documentation, ADRs, security governance, and patterns.
Experience:10+ yearsInformation securityCloud securityAzure
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingDocumentationAnalytical
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AzureAzure Landing ZonesZero TrustMicrosoft security platformsPolicy-as-code

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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