Cloud Network Architect (346)

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Cloud Network Architect to join WSP’s Global IT organization supporting its internal employees. Reporting to the manager of Network Architecture & Design, you will be responsible for the design, evolution, governance, and implementation of enterprise cloud networking solutions, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Azure networking architectures, including segmentation, routing, DNS, private access, and network security.
• Architect and maintain global cloud connectivity patterns.
• Define cloud networking standards, reference architectures, guardrails, and reusable design patterns.
• Collaborate with Security Architecture to design identity-driven, Zero Trust-aligned network controls.
• Serve as architecture authority for cloud networking across major programs and initiatives.
• Build, configure, and optimize cloud networking components.
• Deploy, tune, and secure cloud firewalls, proxies, and enforcement points.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud and hybrid network issues across L3-L7.
• Validate resiliency, DR, and continuity plans through hands-on testing.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code for cloud network provisioning using modular, reusable patterns.
• Integrate cloud network builds into CI/CD workflows including automated testing and promotion between environments.
• Implement automated baseline checks, compliance controls, configuration consistency, and drift detection using policy-as-code and guardrails.
• Build automation for operational tasks and standard remediation to reduce manual toil.
• Implement and maintain telemetry/observability pipelines to enable proactive detection and performance optimization.
• Champion reusable modules, automation patterns, GitOps practices, and engineering best practices across teams.
• Optimize network performance, routing, and traffic flows across cloud and hybrid landscapes.
• Provide expert guidance to Network Engineers, Cloud Engineers, project managers, and business stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging cloud networking technologies and influence strategic roadmaps.
• Mentor engineering teams developing cloud-first skills and modern automation capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7–10+ years of practical, hands-on network engineering and architecture experience.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure networking.
• Strong understanding of hybrid connectivity patterns and data center interconnect architectures.
• Experience integrating cloud networks with SSE/SASE platforms (Zscaler ZIA/ZPA preferred).
• Strong understanding of segmentation models, identity-based access, and cloud-native security policies.
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience with GitOps practices, modular IaC design, and automated governance controls.
• Scripting and automation skills and experience with API-driven workflows.
• Knowledge of other clouds (AWS, GCP, OCI) is beneficial.
• Experience with container networking is an advantage.
• Strong architectural documentation and diagramming capability.
• Able to communicate complex designs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable collaborating within a large, globally distributed enterprise.

Skills/Competencies/Other Requirements

• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to work independently with low-level supervision and in a global team distributed geographically.
• Strong organization skills and excellent documentation skills.
• Excellent analytical and diagnostic problem-solving skills with the ability of providing solutions to identified problems.
• Demonstrated experience in understanding, designing, delivering, and demonstrating compliance with information security requirements.
• Strong automation mindset; ability to translate manual processes into scalable, repeatable workflows.

Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

Expected Salary (all locations): $102,000.00 - $181,720.00

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.

Schedule

Not specified

Notice to Third Party Agencies

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

About WSP

ABOUT US WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com