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