Systems Architect Prin
Apply NowCompany: Ceridian
Location: Toronto, ON M4E 3Y1
Description:
Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce. Our brand promise - Makes Work Life BetterTM- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in the United States or Canada
About the opportunity
Dayforce is looking for an experienced Cloud Architect with deep Azure infrastructure expertise to help drive our cloud innovation and standardization initiatives. You'll be part of the Cloud Innovation and Standards team, responsible for modernizing our cloud environment, adopting emerging technologies, and establishing infrastructure architecture patterns and governance frameworks.
Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Cloud Innovation and Standards, you'll play a critical role in defining the future state of our Azure environment by designing secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support the evolving needs of our product teams and customers. This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll contribute to strategy, standards, and designs, while also guiding engineers through implementation. Your work will have broad impact-from shaping landing zone architectures and hosting models for application workloads, to defining resource-level standards and patterns for secure, well-governed deployments.
You're a cloud infrastructure architect with a strong foundation in engineering and operations. You've built and secured enterprise systems from the ground up and thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and practical execution. You're passionate about infrastructure-as-code, automation, and modern cloud-native patterns-and you know how to bring people together to get them adopted. You're confident in navigating conflicting opinions and bringing clarity and structure to complex problems. You care about standards, governance, and doing things right, but you also know when to make pragmatic decisions to drive delivery forward.
What you'll get to do
Skills and experience we value
What's in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
About the Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate's experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
Fraudulent Recruiting
Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com or @Ceridian.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.dayforce.com/be-aware-of-recruiting-fraud
Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in the United States or Canada
About the opportunity
Dayforce is looking for an experienced Cloud Architect with deep Azure infrastructure expertise to help drive our cloud innovation and standardization initiatives. You'll be part of the Cloud Innovation and Standards team, responsible for modernizing our cloud environment, adopting emerging technologies, and establishing infrastructure architecture patterns and governance frameworks.
Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Cloud Innovation and Standards, you'll play a critical role in defining the future state of our Azure environment by designing secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support the evolving needs of our product teams and customers. This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll contribute to strategy, standards, and designs, while also guiding engineers through implementation. Your work will have broad impact-from shaping landing zone architectures and hosting models for application workloads, to defining resource-level standards and patterns for secure, well-governed deployments.
You're a cloud infrastructure architect with a strong foundation in engineering and operations. You've built and secured enterprise systems from the ground up and thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and practical execution. You're passionate about infrastructure-as-code, automation, and modern cloud-native patterns-and you know how to bring people together to get them adopted. You're confident in navigating conflicting opinions and bringing clarity and structure to complex problems. You care about standards, governance, and doing things right, but you also know when to make pragmatic decisions to drive delivery forward.
What you'll get to do
- Participate in our scrumban process, which includes daily standups, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
- Deliver well-architected solutions based on the pillars of Reliability, Security, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence, and Performance Efficiency.
- Design and document infrastructure architectures-both conceptual models and detailed, as-built configurations.
- Define and champion standards for Azure infrastructure, including network topologies, identity and access, security baselines, and landing zone architectures.
- Provide deep technical consultation on complex infrastructure and cloud architecture topics, supporting multiple product and engineering teams.
- Collaborate across Engineering, Operations, and Development teams to lead design sessions, drive implementation, and ensure solutions align with best practices.
- Lead the development and evolution of our internal architecture pattern libraries and infrastructure standards.
- Drive continuous improvement across tooling, processes, and automation approaches.
- Partner with Product Management to ensure infrastructure requirements are aligned with platform roadmap priorities.
- Share knowledge across the architecture community at Dayforce to promote consistency and learning.
- Represent Dayforce externally as an Azure architecture thought leader, when requested, at conferences or industry events.
Skills and experience we value
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure engineering and operations roles, with 5+ years focused on Azure.
- Deep hands-on experience with:
- Azure Well-Architected Framework
- Azure IaaS, PaaS, and networking services (VMs, VMSS, VNet, App Gateway, App Service, Kubernetes, Private Link, NSGs, etc.)
- Globally available architectures, e.g. HA and DR patterns in Azure
- Infrastructure-as-Code tools like ARM, Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Python, and Azure CLI
- CI/CD pipeline automation in Azure DevOps, GitHub, etc. for application and infra deployment (e.g. Argo CD, helm charts, etc.)
- Secure and compliant architectures aligned with regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, FedRAMP, PBMM, etc.)
- Windows and Linux server platforms
- Identity and access management patterns (e.g., RBAC, Managed Identities, Conditional Access)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven ability to influence, collaborate, and drive consensus across teams.
- Leading teams through the definition of standards, and evangelizing those standards across an organization
- Strong problem-solving skills and a pragmatic mindset.
What's in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
About the Salary Ranges
Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate's experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.
Fraudulent Recruiting
Beware of fraudulent recruiting. Legitimate Dayforce contacts will use an @dayforce.com or @Ceridian.com email address. We do not request money, checks, equipment orders, or sensitive personal data during the recruitment process. If you have been asked for any of the above, or believe you have been contacted by someone posing as a Dayforce employee, please refer to our fraudulent recruiting statement found here: https://www.dayforce.com/be-aware-of-recruiting-fraud