Azure Platform Architect / Architecte de plateforme Azure (Montreal)

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

Key Responsibilities

AI Platform Strategy & Architecture

Define the vision, standards, and architecture for a secure, scalable AI experimentation platform that enables Lines of Business (LOBs) to innovate while maintaining enterprise governance, security, and operational oversight.

Self-Service Platform Enablement

Design and deliver a self-service platform experience that allows LOB teams to rapidly provision and manage AI experimentation environments through automation and standardized workflows, reducing manual effort and accelerating innovation.

Secure Sandbox & Governance

Establish secure, isolated AI sandbox environments with built-in guardrails that balance experimentation flexibility with security, compliance, risk management, and cost control requirements.

AI Infrastructure & Platform Services

Architect and evolve the cloud infrastructure, platform services, and reusable capabilities required to support AI model testing, agent development, and the onboarding of new AI technologies and services.

Observability & Operational Excellence

Define and implement observability capabilities that provide visibility into platform health, AI workloads, user activity, and operational performance to ensure reliability and continuous improvement.

Cost Optimization & Resource Management

Develop strategies and controls that enable responsible consumption of AI resources, ensuring experimentation remains cost-effective through automated governance, monitoring, and optimization practices.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Platform Adoption

Partner with business, technology, security, and AI teams to understand requirements, drive platform adoption, and ensure the platform evolves to meet organizational needs while supporting enterprise objectives.

Innovation & Emerging Technology Enablement

Evaluate, onboard, and operationalize new AI technologies, models, and services, ensuring the experimentation platform remains current and capable of supporting future innovation initiatives across the organization.

Technical Skills & Experience

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deep experience designing and implementing cloud-native platforms within Azure.
• Strong understanding of Azure services including Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Networking, Azure Storage, Azure Monitor, and Azure Identity & Access Management.
• Experience designing secure, multi-tenant, and scalable cloud environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, networking, and governance principles.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Advanced experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, environment management, and platform automation.
• Experience developing reusable Infrastructure-as-Code modules and deployment patterns.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated platform provisioning.
• Experience implementing self-service platform capabilities and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).

Hybrid/In office

We are hybrid but there are expectations that if your team leader requires you onsite that you are able to meet those expectations/requirements.

Slalom Employee Perks

• Culture & fun!
• Lunch & learns
• Health & wellness activities
• Annual retreats
• Holiday parties
• Employee community groups
• Social clubs & activities
• Vacation (20 days prorated based on start date & wellness/sick days)

Tangible perks

• Competitive compensation package
• $100 cell phone monthly reimbursement
• Registered Retirement Program (RRSP) & Employer Matching
• Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Annual “Thrive Well-Being” Gift Card
• Family planning/ Fertility Benefit
• Maternity/Parental Leave Top-Up
• Medical & Dental Benefits
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Access to Supplementary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Inkblot Therapy
• And more!

All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

Equal-Opportunity Employer

Slalom is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will work to reasonably accommodate applicants’ needs throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

Please note if you are hired at Slalom you will be required to complete a background check.