Cloud Architect (Remote, ON, CA)

Req ID:350866

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Cloud Architect (remote) to join our team in Remote, Ontario (CA-ON), Canada (CA).

We are currently seeking a Cloud Architect to join our team in Toronto, ON (remote).

Overview

Provides executive leadership for the organization’s Managed Services portfolio, owning vision, strategy, delivery, and overall performance. Responsible for service operations, customer experience, and technical delivery across cloud, modern workplace, security, and infrastructure services. Ensures scalable, profitable, and high‑quality service delivery aligned to SLAs, Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) standards, and measurable business outcomes. Accountable for establishing and maintaining delivery excellence across the entire Managed Services portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner directly with clients to define managed services strategy, roadmap, and service catalog across cloud platforms, EUC/Intune, identity, security, and infrastructure.
• Own the managed services operating model, including organizational structure, roles, and service delivery framework.
• Lead and inspire service managers, technical leads, engineers, and support teams to drive operational excellence and consistent achievement of SLAs and SLOs.
• Define, implement, and own KPIs and performance metrics across managed services contracts, ensuring transparency and continuous improvement.
• Establish clear accountability for technical leaders and managers; define, maintain, and evolve role definitions and responsibilities.
• Partner with technical leadership to design and maintain standardized processes, runbooks, automation patterns, and governance frameworks that enable consistent, repeatable service delivery at scale.
• Oversee client onboarding, quarterly business reviews, service escalations, customer retention, and long‑term account health.
• Mentor and develop service leaders, team leads, and technical staff, building strong leadership pipelines and technical depth across the organization.
• Actively contribute as a senior member of the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), influencing standards, best practices, and strategic direction.
• Own and manage strategic vendor relationships, with primary accountability for Microsoft partnerships.
• Contribute to projects, serving as Lead Architect or Technical Lead where required.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in Modern Workplace / Endpoint / EUC engineering/Azure, including 3–5+ years in technical leadership for production services.
• Deep knowledge of Entra ID and Conditional Access, Zero Trust device access patterns, and integration with endpoint security tooling.
• Strong ITSM background (Incident/Problem/Change), CAB governance, change risk assessment, and RCA/postmortem leadership.
• Demonstrated SRE mindset: monitoring/alerting, reliability improvements, and automation-driven operational excellence.
• Azure platform operational experience (governance, RBAC, policy, monitoring, reliability).
• Certifications preferred: ITIL 4; MD-102; SC-300; AZ-104/AZ-305; AZ-500/SC-100 (as applicable).

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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