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The Opportunity

WSP is embarking on an exciting journey to transform the way our global IT organization delivers services, operates platforms, and supports our people. To accelerate this vision, we are establishing a new Automation Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on modernizing and automating processes across all IT functions.

We are seeking a visionary yet deeply technical IT Automation Architect to help define, build, and scale this new capability. The IT Automation Architect will play a pivotal role in defining WSP's IT automation ecosystem. You will architect automation frameworks, patterns, and guardrails, while driving adoption across all IT teams. This role blends deep technical engineering expertise with strategic architectural thinking. You will set the standards for how IT teams design, build, and deliver automation. This role is strictly focused on automation of IT-owned processes, systems, and operational workflows

If you're energized by architecting automation ecosystems, establishing governance, enabling engineering teams, and delivering real operational impact through automation, then this role is for you.

Where Your Ideas Matter - If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this role offers the chance to work on projects that push boundaries and impact communities worldwide. Be part of a team that values your ideas, expertise, and growth.

Your Impact

• Define enterprise automation architecture, including frameworks, standards, guardrails, reusable patterns, and reference designs.
• Establish a unified automation ecosystem across all IT functions aligned to the CoE's vision and mission.
• Develop the technical roadmaps for automation platforms, CI/CD practices, IaC frameworks, integration patterns, and event-driven automation.
• Contribute to building and maturing WSP's Automation CoE operating model.
• Partner with IT teams to identify automation opportunities that improve reliability, reduce manual effort, and enhance service delivery.
• Drive adoption of standard toolsets, coding practices, design reviews, and automation quality checks.
• Architect automation solutions across IT domains including:
• Cloud provisioning and lifecycle management
• Network and security operations
• Identity and access lifecycle workflows
• Endpoint automation
• ITSM / service request fulfilment
• Observability, alerting, and automated remediation
• Develop reusable modules, IaC templates, pipelines, orchestration logic, API integrations, and automation libraries.
• Implement automation using modern toolsets (Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, GitHub/GitLab pipelines, ServiceNow workflow automation, Azure Automation, etc.).
• Ensure automations are secure, auditable, observable, and scalable.
• Define guardrails that enable autonomy while protecting security and compliance.
• Embed IAM, secret management, least privilege, and auditability requirements into automation patterns.
• Establish version control practices, pipeline controls, code reviews, and lifecycle governance.
• Work closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, Cybersecurity, EUC, and Operations teams to uplift automation capability.
• Lead architecture reviews, automation workshops, and design sessions.
• Mentor engineers and promote an automation-first culture across IT.

The skills that set you apart

• 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.

Why choose WSP?

We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.

• 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.
• Flexible work, real balance - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

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Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YK: 135 200$ - 179 100$

MB & ON: 123 300$ - 169 800$

NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: 122 100$ - 162 200$

Disclosure :

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Make Your Mark with WSP

If you're driven by purpose and impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us.

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We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

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