Job Description

The Opportunity

We are looking for a hands-on consultant who can build, automate, operate, troubleshoot, and improve hybrid cloud infrastructure. This role sits within Infrastructure & Operations / CloudOps and will spend approximately 75% of its time on Azure cloud, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, automation, and platform operations, with the remaining 25% focused on supporting and improving on-premises Hyper-V and VMware environments.

The right candidate is a practical senior technologist who will roll up their sleeves, work directly in the platforms and code repositories, resolve complex issues, automate repeatable work, and help the team deliver reliable outcomes from day one. Solution design remains important, but it must be grounded in hands-on implementation, operational support, security, cost, and maintainability.

Reason for vacancy: Existing Headcount

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by October 19. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

What You Will Help Us Do

• Deliver and support Azure cloud capabilities, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, automation, and platform operations.
• Build, configure, operate, troubleshoot, and continuously improve Azure platform services, including subscriptions, networking, identity integration, monitoring, backup, governance guardrails, and operational support patterns.
• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform modules, deployment pipelines, environment separation, state management, code-review practices, testing, documentation, and drift-remediation processes.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, compliance checks, operational tasks, and remediation by using Terraform, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Git-based workflows, and related tools.
• Provide hands-on Level 3 support for complex Azure and hybrid platform incidents, perform root-cause analysis, implement durable fixes, and improve runbooks and monitoring.
• Support cloud migrations and modernization by assessing workloads, preparing landing-zone requirements, executing or guiding migrations, validating outcomes, and resolving post-migration issues.
• Supporting and improve on-premises Hyper-V and VMware environments, including virtualization hosts, clusters, storage integration, backup, disaster recovery, capacity, lifecycle, and production resilience.
• Create practical solution designs and implementation plans for Azure and hybrid infrastructure, ensuring designs can be deployed, operated, secured, monitored, and supported by the team.
• Partner with Security, application, data, network, and operations teams to deliver secure and supportable platform solutions that meet business needs.
• Challenge vendors, validate technical recommendations, and participate directly in proofs of concept, implementation, testing, handover, and issue resolution.
• Coach CloudOps engineers through pairing, code reviews, troubleshooting, and knowledge transfer while remaining personally accountable for hands-on delivery.
• Lead workload placement and migration planning, including whether workloads should move to Azure, remain on-premises, modernize, retire, or use a transitional pattern.

Digital Platform Enablement

This role supports digital, data, and AI initiatives from a platform foundation perspective. It does not own enterprise data strategy, analytics delivery, applications, or AI model development.

• Design the cloud and infrastructure foundation needed for secure data collection, aggregation, storage, integration, and analytics enablement.
• Understand enough about Microsoft data platform concepts - such as Fabric, OneLake, Data Factory, Event Hubs, storage, lakehouse patterns, networking, identity, and monitoring - to partner effectively with Digital Innovation and BI/AI teams.
• Support infrastructure patterns for facility, edge, gateway, or vendor platform integration into approved cloud or data platforms.
• Evaluate digital/data vendor proposals for infrastructure fit, security, integration, cost, operability, supportability, and alignment to the Azure platform.

Security and Identity Partnership

We have a dedicated Security team. This consultant is expected to apply security and identity requirements in day-to-day builds, automation, troubleshooting, and solution design, while partnering effectively with Security. The role does not own security policy, identity governance, compliance interpretation, or risk acceptance.

• Partner with Security on Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud posture, identity/RBAC patterns, network segmentation, logging, and remediation planning.
• Design infrastructure that aligns with security guardrails without becoming the owner of enterprise security operations.
• Bring security-related platform risks and options forward clearly so the right accountable teams can decide.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong hands-on production experience building, operating, and troubleshooting Azure infrastructure, including networking, subscriptions, hybrid connectivity, identity integration, monitoring, backup, governance, and operational support.
• Demonstrated experience writing, reviewing, testing, and maintaining Terraform code and reusable modules in Git-based deployment workflows.
• Practical automation and scripting experience using tools such as PowerShell, Azure CLI, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and policy-as-code.
• Ability to take ownership of complex incidents and technical problems, work directly in production environments under change controls, complete root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable fixes.
• Hands-on experience planning and executing migrations from on-premises Hyper-V or VMware environments to Azure, including discovery, dependency assessment, cutover, validation, and stabilization.
• Solid production experience with Hyper-V and VMware vSphere/vCenter/ESXi, with familiarity in clustering, storage, networking, backup, disaster recovery, capacity, lifecycle, and resilience.
• Ability to create practical solution designs, standards, diagrams, and implementation plans without losing focus on build, support, automation, and operational outcomes.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and knowledge-transfer skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal teams and service providers.
• A self-directed, delivery-focused mindset and the ability to hit the ground running with limited oversight.
• Helpful Experience
• Azure landing zones, Azure VMware Solution, Azure Arc, Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, VMware HCX, Zerto, Veeam, Rubrik, or similar migration/DR tools.
• Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Power BI, Azure Data Factory, Event Hubs, Azure IoT-related services, lakehouse concepts, event-driven ingestion, or cloud data platform foundations.
• Manufacturing, industrial, remote-site, edge, IoT, gateway, or facility data collection environments.
• Vendor selection, RFP/RFI support, solution scoring, proof-of-concept planning, SOW development, or executive recommendation development.
• Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, PMP, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, VMware VCP/VCAP, or FinOps Practitioner.

What This Role Is - and Is Not

This role is:

• A senior hands-on Azure and hybrid infrastructure consultant role
• A platform enablement role for digital/data initiatives
• A partner to Security and Identity teams
• A hands-on builder and Level 3 escalation resource for Azure, automation, and hybrid infrastructure
• A delivery-focused technical lead who works alongside engineers and vendors

This role is not:

• An architecture-only or advisory position
• The owner of data strategy, analytics, MES/SCADA, or AI delivery
• The owner of security operations, identity governance, or compliance interpretation
• A routine ticket-queue role limited to repetitive support
• A PowerPoint-only designer who delegates all implementation and support

Application Note

Please do not submit a resume that only lists tools and technologies. To help us understand your real experience, include a short Real Experience Summary covering the following five examples.

Keep each example brief — a short paragraph or 4–6 bullets is enough. We are looking for what you personally owned, how you made decisions, and what the outcome was.

• Architecture Leadership / Business Translation Example: Describe a time you helped turn a business need or unclear idea into a practical infrastructure, cloud, or platform design
• Azure / Hybrid Platform Design Example: Describe one Azure or hybrid cloud platform environment you personally helped design, build, operate, or improve.
• VMware, Hybrid Infrastructure, or Migration Example: Describe one VMware, datacenter, remote-site, or cloud migration effort you personally supported.
• Digital, Data, or Edge Platform Enablement Example: Describe a time you supported a data, analytics, AI, manufacturing, edge, or facility-connected initiative from an infrastructure or cloud platform perspective.
• Infrastructure as Code / Automation Example: Describe one Terraform, Ansible, scripting, or automation implementation you personally worked on.
• One complex Azure, VMware, hybrid, or infrastructure issue where you acted as a senior technical escalation point.

About Us

We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let’s build a better future, together.

We’re passionate about food. For more than 100 years, we’ve made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf®, Schneiders®, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co.® We’re on a journey to become the most sustainable protein company – not just in Canada – but on earth.

• We are carbon neutral.
• We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set science-based targets.

We’re a global food company with approximately 10,000 team members. We operate sites in 20+ locations across Canada. We also have locations in the U.S. and Mexico, and do business in Asia.

A diverse and inclusive work environment

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision and living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values. We believe in building, investing in, recognizing, and rewarding remarkable people who value an inclusive workplace, embrace all forms of diversity, and commit to including every voice in our collaborative environment. We’re so much stronger when we know we’re accepted and valued for who we are and what we each bring to the workplace.

We embrace a strong, values-based culture

Our eight Leadership Values are our north star. They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders: our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.

• Doing What’s Right
• Shared Value
• High Performance
• Diverse and Inclusive Teams
• Disciplined Decision Making
• Our Accountability
• Intense Curiosity
• Transparency and Humility

We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position.

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision, living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values, and delivering winning results. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Talent Attraction Team at accommodations@mapleleaf.com.

Disclaimer: Please note that salaries posted on sites other than the MLF Careers Page are not a reflection of Maple Leaf Foods and are an estimated salary range provided by that particular job board. Maple Leaf Foods offers competitive wages and an attractive total rewards package, which will be discussed during an interview with our Talent Team.

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