Principal Cloud Solutions Architect (Night Shift)

Skip to Content Sign In Principal Cloud Solutions Architect (Night Shift) Req #23055 Philippines Apply Share Job Description Posted Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM | Expires Monday, April 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM 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 Better™- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally. About the opportunity The Senior Cloud Solutions Architect is a technical leader who defines, builds, and governs the company’s enterprise cloud architecture—while staying close to the ground to enable and upskill platform engineering teams. This role is equal parts strategist and practitioner, driving modernization through automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevSecOps best practices across AWS and Azure. You’ll bridge architectural vision with execution—designing scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud environments while mentoring engineering teams to operate and evolve them independently. What you’ll get to do  Cloud Strategy & Architecture Define and maintain the Dayforce Corporate IT’s cloud architecture roadmap, standards, and patterns across AWS and Azure. Lead modernization efforts focused on infrastructure automation and CI/CD enablement. Architect solutions that balance security, performance, scalability, and cost optimization, ensuring alignment with enterprise and security standards. Drive consistency through reference architectures, reusable templates, and automated guardrails. Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure governance and design alignment across domains. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation Champion and implement IaC practices using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible, ensuring infrastructure is fully versioned, automated, and repeatable. Lead the design of automated pipelines for provisioning, configuration management, and deployment across multi-environment setups. Define and enforce standards for GitOps, CI/CD, and automated testing of infrastructure changes. Introduce and maintain self-service capabilities for development and operations teams through IaC modules and templates. Review and optimize existing scripts, configurations, and automation frameworks for performance and maintainability. Hands-On Enablement & Technical Leadership Work directly with Infrastructure Engineering and Cloud Operations teams, guiding them in applying best practices in IaC, automation, and observability. Provide technical training, workshops, and code reviews to upskill engineers and promote a “build-with” approach rather than “build-for.” Act as a hands-on coach during the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Serve as a trusted advisor and mentor, helping teams balance agility and compliance in their cloud deployments. Security, Governance & Cost Optimization Embed security by design—defining patterns for encryption, access control, and monitoring within IaC frameworks. Implement tagging standards, budgets, and automated policies to manage costs and ensure visibility across environments. Partner with Security and Compliance teams to align with regulatory and governance frameworks. Continuously evaluate new AWS and Azure services to enhance automation, reliability, and performance. Collaboration & Delivery Collaborate with product, platform, and security leaders to align infrastructure strategy with business needs. Partner with engineering leads to define environment requirements, deployment models, and operational standards. Support project deliv ... (truncated, view full listing at source)