RQ08907 - Sr. Technology Architect
Downtown Toronto
Hybrid - office 3 days a week
Contract 7 months
Security Level: CRJMC (must get clearance before start date)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end security design and architecture reviews for common cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and major SaaS applications
- Develop and maintain secure-by-design reference architectures patterns and guidelines tailored to IaaS PaaS and SaaS deployments
- Perform threat modeling risk assessments and gap analyses to align solutions with internal security standards and regulatory requirements
- Define identity and access control strategies including SSO MFA PKI and least-privilege models
- Design various network and infrastructure security controls: e.g. network segmentation security groups firewalls SASE IPS/IDS
- Architect data protection solutions: encryption key management Transparent Data Encryption tokenization DLP for cloud and SaaS data
- Integrate application and infrastructure logs into SIEM platforms (Splunk Cloud Azure Sentinel) and design SOAR playbooks for automated response
- Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security requirements in CI/CD pipelines leveraging IaC tools
- Facilitate design workshops governance gates and architecture review boards; document decisions and action items
- Mentor junior architects and security engineers sharing best practices and driving continuous improvement
Must-haves:
- Proven leadership in technical security architecture for enterprise environments
- Security Architecture and design with Cloud Platforms (AWS Azure)
- Experience with SaaS ecosystems
- Strong grounding in application architecture networking and security operations
- Client Relationship Building skills.
Nice-to-Have:
- Public sector experience
- AODA