WSP is seeking an IT Automation Architect to define, build, and scale the Automation Center of Excellence, focusing on modernizing and automating IT processes across all functions. The successful candidate will architect automation frameworks, drive adoption, and deliver real operational impact through automation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 8–10+ years of hands-on engineering and automation experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong architecture experience with automation platforms, IaC frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and workflow orchestration.
- Proficiency with automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, GitHub/GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, and event-driven automation services.
- Experience implementing governance, standards, code quality controls, and secure automation practices.
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred), networks, identity systems, and infrastructure services.
- Experience contributing to an Automation CoE, platform engineering team, or similar strategic function.
- Strong documentation, diagramming, and architectural storytelling abilities.
- Comfortable working collaboratively across a large, globally distributed enterprise IT environment.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Ability to work independently with low-level supervision and in a global team distributed geographically.
Benefits
- Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.
- 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’ll help you tailor your role to match your ambition—because your growth drives ours.
- We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.
- Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP.
