# IT Automation Architect **Company**: WSP **Location**: Montreal, QC **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $135,200 - $179,100 **Category**: IT **Industry**: Consulting **Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/96573?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_53b24013-6a8 ## Description ## Job Description We are seeking an IT Automation Architect to help define, build, and scale a new Automation Centre of Excellence at WSP. As an IT Automation Architect, you will shape WSP's IT automation ecosystem by architecting enterprise frameworks, reusable patterns, standards, and guardrails. ### Responsibilities #### Automation Strategy & Governance - Define and evolve the IT automation strategy, target architecture, standards, governance framework, and technology roadmap for the Automation Centre of Excellence (CoE). - Identify, assess, and prioritise automation opportunities that improve operational efficiency, service quality, and user experience. - Establish and maintain automation policies, standards, reusable patterns, and governance processes to drive consistency, scalability, and compliance across IT. #### Automation Architecture & Design - Architect enterprise automation solutions across infrastructure, cloud, network, cybersecurity, identity, end-user computing, IT service management, and operations. - Develop reference architectures, design standards, integration patterns, and implementation guidance that enable IT teams to deliver secure and scalable automation solutions. - Evaluate and recommend automation technologies and platforms that align with organisational objectives and enterprise architecture principles. #### Technical Leadership & Assurance - Provide architectural leadership, design guidance, and technical assurance for automation initiatives delivered by IT teams. - Lead architecture reviews, design workshops, and governance activities to ensure solutions align with approved standards, security requirements, and operational objectives. - Establish guardrails that enable innovation while maintaining security, compliance, resilience, and operational integrity. #### Stakeholder Engagement & Enablement - Partner with IT stakeholders to develop automation roadmaps, validate requirements, and align initiatives with organisational priorities. - Act as the subject matter expert for automation architecture, promoting best practices, capability development, and an automation-first culture across IT. - Mentor technical teams and facilitate knowledge sharing to increase automation maturity and adoption. #### Value Realisation & Continuous Improvement - Maintain visibility of the automation portfolio, including priorities, risks, dependencies, and realised benefits. - Define and monitor success measures for automation initiatives, including productivity gains, operational efficiency, service quality, reliability, and cost optimisation. - Drive continuous improvement of automation capabilities, standards, and practices across the organisation. ### Requirements #### Education & Professional Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline. - Relevant industry certifications in enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, automation, IT service management, or cybersecurity are considered an asset. - Professional certifications such as TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, ITIL, CISSP, or equivalent are desirable. #### Experience - 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud, platform engineering, operations, enterprise architecture, automation, or related technology disciplines. - Demonstrated experience designing and governing enterprise-scale automation solutions across multiple IT domains, including infrastructure, cloud, networks, cybersecurity, identity, end-user computing, and IT service management. - Experience establishing or contributing to automation governance frameworks, standards, operating models, and Centres of Excellence (CoE). - Proven ability to identify, prioritise, and drive automation initiatives that deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, service quality, reliability, and operational maturity. - Experience evaluating automation platforms, integration technologies, orchestration tools, and infrastructure-as-code capabilities, and defining enterprise adoption standards. - Strong understanding of modern automation concepts, including workflow orchestration, APIs, infrastructure as code, event-driven automation, platform automation, AI-assisted automation, and observability. - Experience leading architecture reviews, design workshops, technical governance forums, and stakeholder engagement activities. - Proven ability to influence technical teams and stakeholders without direct authority and drive adoption of enterprise standards and architectural principles. - Experience operating within large, complex, multi-disciplinary IT environments with multiple technology teams and service owners. #### Knowledge & Skills - Strong enterprise architecture and solution architecture capabilities. - Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, cloud services, networks, cybersecurity, identity and access management, end-user computing, and IT service management practices. - Knowledge of automation platforms, scripting technologies, cloud-native automation capabilities, orchestration frameworks, CI/CD concepts, and infrastructure-as-code approaches. - Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills. - Ability to translate organisational requirements into scalable, secure, and supportable automation architectures. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, governance, and strategic planning capabilities. - Ability to develop standards, policies, reference architectures, and technical guidance that can be adopted across multiple teams. ### Nice-to-Have Experience - Experience establishing or leading an Automation Centre of Excellence. - Experience supporting digital transformation, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or operational excellence initiatives. - Experience leveraging AI and generative AI technologies within automation solutions and operational workflows. ### Why Choose WSP? - 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 it’s 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. ### Compensation - Region: Salary range AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $135,200 - $179,100 MB & ON: $123,300 - $169,800 NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $122,100 - $162,200 For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - enterprise architecture - cloud platforms - automation - IT service management - cybersecurity - workflow orchestration - APIs - infrastructure as code - event-driven automation - platform automation - AI-assisted automation - observability ### Nice to have - TOGAF - Azure Solutions Architect - AWS Solutions Architect - ITIL - CISSP - AI - generative AI --- Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/96573?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)