IT Automation Architect
Company: WSP
Role summary
IT Automation Architect is a full-time role at WSP in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (hybrid). Posted 2026-10-02. Salary: CAD 122,100–179,100 per year. Experience level: 10+.
- Job title
- IT Automation Architect
- Company
- WSP
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Work arrangement
- hybrid
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Salary
- CAD 122,100–179,100 per year
- Experience level
- 10+
- Date posted
- 2026-10-02
This IT Automation Architect role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of technology within a global company that values innovation and growth. With a generous salary range and the chance to work on impactful projects, it's an ideal position for experienced professionals looking to make their mark.
Job description
What if you could redefine what's possible?
With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.
We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.
With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions.
We are pathfinders and impact makers.
We are Visioneers .
We are WSP
The Opportunity
Design What Comes Next
Help define, build, and scale a new Automation Centre of Excellence that will transform how WSP delivers global IT services, operates platforms, and supports our people.
As IT Automation Architect, you will shape WSP’s IT automation ecosystem by architecting enterprise frameworks, reusable patterns, standards, and guardrails. This role combines deep technical engineering expertise with strategic architectural thinking to enable secure, scalable automation across IT.
If you are energized by architecting automation ecosystems, establishing governance, enabling engineering teams, and delivering measurable operational impact through automation, this opportunity is for you.
Your Impact
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 .
The Skills That Set You Apart
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, orchestra