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The Opportunity
Your Impact Starts Here.
As a Cloud Security Architect, you will help shape the secure foundation that powers WSP's global Digital Services vision. This role will guide, influence, and design cloud security capabilities that protect critical business platforms used across Canada and beyond. In this senior hands-on position, you will architect secure Azure environments, embed governance, and serve as a trusted advisor across engineering, vendor teams, and Corporate Security & Compliance.
Your Impact

• 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.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• 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.
• Experience with ADRs, security architecture documentation, and governance forums.
• Hands-on experience in regulated SaaS, multi-region environments, or with vendor development teams (preferred).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills, with the ability to operate autonomously in a global environment.

Why Choose WSP?
We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.

• Proudly Canadian - we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds - your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition - because your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.
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Compensation
AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT:
$114,600 - $151,800

MB & ON:
$104,500 - $143,900

NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC:
$103,500 - $137,400

Disclosure:
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Transform Your Career With Us
Shape the future of secure cloud platforms and make an impact that reaches across Canada and beyond. Join us and help redefine what's possible.

#LI-HybridAt WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.

It's why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what's possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.

As one of the world's leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you'll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.

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Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here .

Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here .