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Lead Infrastructure Architect

FSRA8 open roles

Pay
$130,000 – $150,000 a year
Where
Toronto, ON
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13.8% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. FSRA postings stay open a median of 14 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.2%1 day
  2. 4.7%3 days
  3. 13.8%7 days
  4. 22.3%14 days
  5. 37.8%30 days
  6. 59.0%60 days
This job: posted 9 days ago

FSRA median: 14 days open

The posting

At FSRA, our vision is to ensure financial safety, fairness, and choice for Ontarians. As a financial services regulator, we’re passionate about protecting consumers. Our principles-based approach means we can quickly and effectively respond to the changing needs of consumers and the industry.

Our team combines industry expertise with commitment to public service. We attract individuals who are interested in meaningful work and who measure success through outcomes, not inputs.

At FSRA, we invest in the personal and professional growth of our team. We offer a competitive compensation package that includes an employer-matched defined benefit pension plan, and a comprehensive and competitive benefits plan. We prioritize learning and development, wellbeing, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and community giving.

Join FSRA and help us shape the future of regulation for generations to come!

Job Description:

Hiring Range: $130,000-$150,000

Please note that this position's classification is under review through the AMAPCEO job evaluation process. The hiring range remains unchanged.

PURPOSE OF POSITION

The Lead Infrastructure Architect plays a key role in shaping and maintaining FSRA’s hybrid cloud environment. This role provides technical leadership and oversight to ensure the organization’s technology platforms are secure, stable, and built to scale with FSRA’s modernization goals. The position focuses on developing and maintaining a reliable and well-governed infrastructure foundation that supports FSRA’s day-to-day operations and long-term digital transformation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Planning & Leadership:

  • Establishes and maintains cloud architecture governance, including resource standards, tagging conventions, cost controls, and security guardrails.
  • Leads long-term infrastructure roadmap strategic planning in partnership with enterprise architecture and business leadership.
  • Builds scalable, secure, and cost-optimized environments that support enterprise platforms such as Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Office 365.
  • Leads end-to-end capacity forecasting and scaling strategies.
  • Oversees enterprise performance engineering, capacity planning, and automated scaling strategies to ensure high availability and resilience.
  • Establishes proactive observability and alerting using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or similar tools.

Automation & Efficiency

  • Leads enterprise automation initiatives using PowerShell, Azure Automation, and IaC (Terraform/Bicep) to eliminate manual tasks and increase deployment consistency.
  • Strengthens FSRA’s security posture through effective identity management, access control, encryption, and data protection.
  • Maintains enterprise disaster recovery, backup, and failover plans to support business continuity in a hybrid environment.

Technical Expertise & Problem Solving

  • Establishes reliability engineering practices, such as SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and post-incident reviews.
  • Leads architecture reviews and technical governance boards, ensuring alignment with engineering standards.
  • Establishes and oversees lifecycle management for infrastructure platforms (patching strategy, end-of-life planning, modernization).
  • Operates as the technical lead for infrastructure delivery, mentoring engineers and guiding solution design and implementation.
  • Leads major incident response, conducting root cause analysis, and driving long-term corrective actions across teams.
  • Defines and maintains infrastructure standards, patterns, and documentation to guide consistent, high-quality delivery.
  • Aligns infrastructure strategies and operations with compliance and audit standards, ensuring policies are followed and controls are enforced.
  • Owns key components of the infrastructure modernization roadmap and leads feasibility evaluations, PoCs, and adoption strategies.

Collaboration & Communication:

  • Works closely with architecture, development, and data teams to plan environments, coordinate releases, and maintain readiness.
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams, stakeholders (including senior management and external vendors), to define requirements, provide expert advice, and ensure effective project delivery and issue resolution.
  • Interacts with vendors and managed service providers ensuring SLAs are met and evaluates vendor capabilities against strategic objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

  • Postsecondary degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering, including at least 5 years in a senior or lead technical role with a strong focus on design, implementation, and maintenance within an enterprise or hybrid cloud environment.
  • Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Terraform Associate. Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, an asset.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, automation, monitoring, and cost optimization).

Knowledge & Skills

  • Strong expertise across core infrastructure domains: networking, compute, storage, virtualization, identity, and security.
  • Deep understanding of hybrid cloud architectures, high availability, scalability, and resilience patterns.
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically about infrastructure needs and align them with organizational goals.
  • Deep knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, including cloud computing (Azure/AWS), networking, and data center operations.
  • Strong understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD, DNS, firewalls, and virtual networking.
  • Experience supporting and integrating Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Office 365 within enterprise environments.
  • Knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning for an enterprise hybrid environment.
  • Working knowledge of security best practices, audit and compliance frameworks, and zero-trust principles.
  • Ability to lead teams, provide expert advice, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical executive stakeholders.
  • Strong skills in project planning, control, and budget management, and architectural governance skills.
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills, with a collaborative, problem-solving approach.

*Please note that this position will close at 12AM on the expiry date*

Compensation Grade:

Arbitrator 8 - AMAPCEO

Compensation Range:

$105,370.00

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$165,060.00

Bargaining Unit:

AMAPCEO

Job Code:

Job Code: 8A003

Employment Type:

Regular

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36.25

FSRA is committed to ensuring equity in employment. Our goal is to create a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to ensure our services and communications are accessible to all individuals. Accommodation is available under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

NOTE: ONLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED

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