Cloud Architect at STACK IT Recruitment in Hamilton, Ontario, CA

🏗️ Are you a cloud architect who can design a platform from a blank page and stay hands-on to build it?

We're hiring a Cloud Solutions Architect to join an established Canadian software company whose production-monitoring and reporting software is used by packaged goods manufacturers. Its products currently run on customer servers; this role designs and builds the company's first cloud-hosted offering from the ground up, from collecting manufacturing data at customer sites to the reporting customers use.

The role offers a greenfield product to own end-to-end, with the autonomy to make the architectural calls that shape it.

💻 Who You Are

• An architect who understands the full pipeline, from data collection at the source to customer-facing reporting, and how each part affects the others
• Someone who stays hands-on, building and deploying what they design rather than handing it off
• A self-starter who takes ownership in a small division where one person carries broad responsibility
• Comfortable making sound decisions before every requirement is fully defined
• A clear technical communicator who turns requirements into designs an engineering team can build

📍 Work Type

• Location: Oakville, ON (Hybrid, 2 days per week)
• Vacancy Type: This role is a newly created position

🎯 What You'll Do

• Design the architecture for a new multi-tenant SaaS product, from data ingestion at customer sites through cloud-hosted services to customer-facing reporting
• Build, deploy, and maintain the cloud infrastructure and backend components hands-on while the engineering team is hired
• Design data pipelines that move operational data from on-premises manufacturing environments into the cloud reliably and securely
• Define patterns for multi-tenancy, customer data isolation, scalability, and security
• Evaluate cloud platforms and technology options, recommending where to start small and how to scale based on cost and long-term maintainability
• Learn how the company's existing on-premises product works and carry that knowledge into a lighter cloud offering
• Deliver a starting proposal for the platform and the roles needed to build it within the first three months
• Stand up CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and monitoring for the new platform
• Work with a small group of early customers to identify what the product needs first

⭐ What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience as a cloud or solutions architect, designing systems and making the platform and technology calls behind them
• Experience designing and building cloud systems end to end, not just contributing to a single layer
• Experience with more than one major cloud platform, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
• Experience building systems that ingest and process high volumes of operational data
• Significant experience designing and deploying databases at scale, including schema design, query performance, and storage trade-offs
• Strong grasp of distributed systems: data flow, service boundaries, failure modes, and resilience patterns
• Experience integrating cloud platforms with on-premises or operationally constrained environments
• Familiarity with SaaS patterns such as multi-tenancy, customer data isolation, and subscription-based delivery
• Experience producing cost analyses and platform recommendations that balance a small start against future growth

Nice to have:

• Experience in industrial, IoT or manufacturing environments
• Experience with .NET and SQL Server
• Experience building or anchoring a new engineering team

🔥 What Makes This Role Exciting

• Architect and Builder: A role for someone who wants to design a platform and write the code behind it, rather than choose between the two

• Build the Team: You'll have direct input on which roles are hired next, and in what order, as a new product team takes shape

• Customer Input: Early anchor customers help decide what the product delivers first, giving the design a direct line to real users

• Clear Direction: Business requirements and an MVP target are already defined, so the work starts with a destination

• Long-Term Pipeline: Further cloud initiatives are planned after this first product, with more architecture work to follow

• Base Salary: $165,000 – $195,000

• Paid Time Off: Competitive vacation and personal days to maintain a healthy work-life balance

• Health Benefits: Medical and dental benefits with fully employer-paid premiums to support your overall well-being

• RRSP Matching: Employer contributions to a group RRSP program, supporting your long-term financial security

📩 Ready to Architect and Build a Cloud Platform from the Ground Up? Apply Now!

At STACK IT Recruitment, we connect top talent with standout opportunities. If you meet at least 70% of the qualifications, we encourage you to apply — we'd love to chat!

Know someone perfect for this role? Share it with your network — you might just help someone take the next big step in their career.

✨ We're proud to support diversity and inclusion. Need accommodation during the hiring process? Just let us know — we're here to support you!

AI Use Disclosure: STACK IT uses AI-enhanced tools to support initial candidate screening and interview note analysis. All assessments and hiring decisions remain human-led.