Job Title: Senior AWS Resilience Consultant
Duration: Until April 2027 (possible extension)
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid- 2 days onsite/ week)
Interview: 2 Virtual rounds
 
Job Description:
About the Role: As a Senior AWS Resilience Consultant, you will lead the operationalization of AWS Next Generation Resilience Hub (AWS RH) for the Bank’s Resiliency Engineering team. This role combines hands-on cloud engineering, solution architecture, product ownership, project delivery, process definition, stakeholder engagement, and operational readiness accountability. 
 
This position plays a critical role in maturing enterprise cloud resilience capabilities, engineering for operational excellence, and embedding robust resilience standards across the Bank. You will work across multiple technical domains to deliver a solution that will ensure applications meet clearly defined Recovery Time Objectives (RTO), Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), and Service Level Objectives (SLO), while advancing the organization’s overall resilience posture.  
 
Key Accountabilities: 

• Design, build and operationalize cloud resilience solutions leveraging AWS RH and other AWS services available at the Bank 

• Lead end-to-end delivery including solution design, development, testing, implementation, production readiness, and stakeholder adoption 

• Deploy services using AWS CDK to provision components, apply policies, and enforce least-privilege IAM 

• Define the operating model, processes, standards, and governance required to support enterprise adoption of AWS RH 

• Establish resiliency policies, service modeling standards, assessment processes, reporting practices, and exception handling procedures 

• Partner closely with Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Architecture, Service Transition, and Resiliency Engineering to ensure seamless delivery and adoption 

• Own and manage all PDLC governance activities including design reviews, risk and security assessments, and Go-Live approvals 

• Lead technical discussions in executive governance, architecture councils, and senior stakeholder forums 

• Manage delivery planning, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and stakeholder communications 

• Produce clear documentation, including process guides, operating procedures, stakeholder presentations, onboarding materials, and support documentation 

• Conduct Proof-of-Concept (POCs), analyze results, and present recommendations to senior stakeholders 

• Keep senior leadership informed of progress, risks, dependencies, and key decisions; proactively escalate blockers 

• Champion continuous improvement, awareness, and adoption of cloud-native resilience best practices across the enterprise 

 
Required Experience & Skills 

• 10+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering, Resiliency Engineering, or related technology roles within a large enterprise.

• Deep expertise in AWS services, cloud resilience patterns, and enterprise cloud operating models.

• Strong proficiency in AWS CDK, AWS CloudFormation, or other infrastructure-as-code (IaC) delivery approaches 

• Extensive experience in resilience engineering domains, including High Availability, Observability, Disaster Recovery, Testing, and Posture Analysis 

• Demonstrated experience delivering complex, cross-functional cloud engineering initiatives end-to-end 

• Strong understanding of enterprise governance, PDLC frameworks, security/risk processes, and operational readiness 

• Strong product ownership, project management, and process design skills 

• Strong documentation and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, interpret technical detail for executives, and convey delivery status clearly 

• Highly organized, self-driven, and capable of operating independently in a fast-paced environment 

• Experience using Jira, Confluence, and engineering workflow tools 

• Hands-on experience with AWS Resilience Hub is a strong asset 

 
Preferred Qualifications 

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional 

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional 

• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments 

• Experience with AWS Well-Architected Framework, cloud resilience assessments, operational readiness, chaos engineering practices 

• Experience creating executive presentations, process documentation, user guides, and operational support materials 

  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 55.00/hr.