Cloud Architecture & Engineering, Director

At PwC, our people in infrastructure focus on designing and implementing robust, secure IT systems that support business operations. They enable the smooth functioning of networks, servers, and data centres to optimise performance and minimise downtime. Those in site reliability engineering at PwC will focus on enabling the reliability, scalability, and performance of organisational technology infrastructure. This will include working to automate processes, monitor systems, and resolve incidents to maintain a seamless user experience.

As a Director, Cloud Architecture & Engineering, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high-quality client service and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

You will play a pivotal leadership role at the intersection of cloud strategy, architecture, engineering, and client engagement. This role combines deep technical cloud expertise with strategic leadership, practice development, and team coaching. You will shape and scale cloud capabilities, guide clients through complex transformation journeys, and help drive PwC’s cloud first vision. You will be responsible for designing and governing enterprise grade cloud architectures while also driving advisory engagements, leading teams, strengthening client relationships, and contributing to the innovation pipeline for cloud-based solutions and assets.

Cloud Architecture & Engineering Leadership

• Lead the design, governance, and implementation of end-to-end cloud architectures aligned to business goals and industry best practices.
• Architect scalable, secure, and cost optimized cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Develop cloud foundation blueprints, reference architectures, and reusable patterns.
• Oversee the design and optimization of Kubernetes platforms (EKS, AKS, GKE) and containerized environments.
• Guide the development and automation of cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, ARM, etc.).
• Provide technical guidance on compute, storage, networking, security, identity, data services, and DevOps tooling.

Cloud Advisory & Client Engagement

• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive-level stakeholders, helping them define and execute cloud strategies and operating models.
• Assess existing environments, develop modernization roadmaps, and oversee cloud migration programs.
• Lead proposal creation, solutioning activities, statements of work, and client presentations.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to nontechnical audiences clearly and effectively.
• Identify and prioritize client use-cases and translate business requirements into architectural approaches and execution plans.

Practice & Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and mentor teams of cloud architects, engineers, and technical specialists.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and cloud innovation.
• Recruit and grow diverse technical talent, ensuring strong career development and retention.
• Collaborate with practice leadership to define strategic direction, emerging offerings, and go-to-market assets.
• Lead initiatives that strengthen practice foundations: capability models, delivery frameworks, accelerators, patterns, and reusable assets.

Innovation, Delivery & Thought Leadership

• Lead technical innovation cycles to evaluate, test, and showcase new cloud technologies, tools, and architectures.
• Drive and participate in hands-on cloud prototyping, labbing, and solution validation.
• Develop technical demos, asset-driven solutions, and market-aligned accelerators.
• Present at internal and external events, contributing to PwC’s thought leadership presence.
• Maintain active engagement with cloud provider alliances and product engineering teams to share early insights and influence product evolution.

Experiences and skillsTechnical Expertise

• Extensive experience in cloud architecture and engineering across AWS (primary), Azure, and/or GCP.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, microservices, serverless architectures, and modern DevOps practices.
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform strongly preferred), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo, etc.), and automated deployment patterns.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, network segmentation, encryption, monitoring, cost optimization, and governance frameworks.
• Experience supporting modernization programs such as application migration, refactoring, API strategies, and technical debt remediation.
• AI-assisted development and prior experience deploying agentic workloads and MLOps pipelines is an asset.

Leadership & Consulting Skills

• Demonstrated experience leading cloud-focused teams and initiatives in a complex, multistakeholder environment.
• Strong executive communication skills suitable for client-facing consulting environments.
• Ability to bridge business and technical perspectives and articulate value propositions, architecture decisions, and tradeoffs.
• Strategic mindset with a bias toward execution, innovation, and measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Significant cloud architecture and engineering leadership experience.
• Preferred: AWS Solutions Architect (Professional); Azure or GCP Architect certifications; Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKAD; Terraform Associate Certification.
• Ability to obtain Government of Canada Security Clearance; Level 2 security clearance is an asset.

This role does not require professional engineering licensure and is not classified as a formal engineering position under provincial regulatory definitions. While individuals with a P.Eng designation are welcome to apply, the responsibilities of this role do not involve the practice of professional engineering as defined by applicable legislation.

PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer.

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member. The salary range for this position is $197,000 - $247,000. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you’ll love PwC: We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life.

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started, so we know you have questions about how and why we use it. At certain points in our recruiting process, we rely on AI to improve your experience. This could be during resume review or curating personalized job recommendations, asking you clarifying questions via a chatbot or during our interview scheduling to improve your experience. Our use of AI helps ensure we combat bias by evaluating candidates equally and fairly, without seeing identity information, such as your name, or gender for example). AI also helps us better predict successful hires by reviewing all applicants for a role and the relationship between your skills, experience and likely success at PwC Canada. While AI supports parts of our recruitment process, final hiring decisions always involve human review.