Technical Director, AI-Native Cloud & DevOps

Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. 

The opportunity

At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries. 

We are proud of: 

• The work we do and the innovation we drive 
• Our values of share, care and dare 
• A workplace culture that fosters creativity, diversity and autonomy 
• Our borderless, global framework, which enables seamless collaboration 

 

The role  

We are seeking a visionary and hands-on Technical Director to join our Cloud & DevOps Practice in Canada. This senior leadership role combines deep technical expertise, strategic consulting, solution architecture, and delivery leadership to help clients modernize their platforms, accelerate software delivery, and unlock value through cloud-native technologies and AI-powered solutions. 

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience across Microsoft Azure, modern web application architectures including Next.js, and emerging Agentic AI technologies. You will guide enterprise transformation initiatives, shape technical strategy, mentor engineering teams, and partner with business stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions at scale. 

Role responsibilities

• Technical Leadership 

  • Define and drive technical vision, architecture strategies, and best practices for cloud and DevOps engagements. 
  • Lead the design and delivery of large-scale cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure. 
  • Establish engineering standards, governance frameworks, security controls, and operational excellence practices. 
  • Act as a trusted advisor to client executives, technology leaders, and product organizations. 

  Agentic AI & Innovation 

  • Lead the design and implementation of Agentic AI solutions leveraging modern AI orchestration frameworks, LLMs, copilots, autonomous workflows, and intelligent agents. 
  • Help clients identify opportunities to automate complex business processes through AI-driven systems. 
  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and define adoption strategies aligned with business objectives. 
  • Architect secure, scalable, and responsible AI solutions within enterprise environments. 

  Cloud & DevOps Excellence 

  • Drive cloud adoption, modernization, migration, and platform engineering initiatives. 
  • Establish CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), observability, reliability engineering, and cloud governance practices. 
  • Guide platform teams in implementing scalable DevOps operating models and automation strategies. 
  • Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, performance, and reliability requirements. 

  Delivery & Client Engagement 

  • Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple engagements. 
  • Support pre-sales, solutioning, technical discovery workshops, and proposal development. 
  • Provide executive-level communication and technical leadership throughout project delivery. 
  • Manage technical risk, architecture decisions, and delivery quality.