Are you an IT veteran who can look at late-1990s procedural structures and confidently map out a secure path to contemporary architecture? Are you looking for a highly stable, long-term contract where you will serve as the defining technical authority for a critical national portfolio?
If you answered yes, this unique modernization initiative is built for your expertise.
...
One of our Federal Government clients is seeking a Senior Application/Software Architect (Level 3) to provide architectural leadership, strategic direction, and technical governance for the modernization of its mission-critical archival portfolio. In this role, you won't just build new systems; you will serve as the chief technical authority tasked with dismantling decades of complex technical debt. You will evaluate legacy platforms inherited from the late 1990s, establish transition frameworks, and confidently map out strategies to steer systems towards secure, scalable, and operationally sustainable modern environments. Apply today!
Advantages
- Initial contract term of 2 years
- Fully Remote
- Act as the defining architectural authority for a major public sector portfolio
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical authority to author Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), establish coding and design standards, and ensure strict alignment with accessibility (WCAG) and security requirements.
- Audit existing mission-critical systems built on legacy stacks (PHP 5.5, C modules, legacy JavaScript, SLES 12 Linux), analyze recurring issues, and draft definitive target-state architectures.
- Define target-state application architectures, modern design frameworks, and incremental migration strategies for mission-critical enterprise systems.
- Assess legacy application portfolios and aging software infrastructure to identify, prioritize, and systematically resolve deep technical debt and systemic operational risks.
- Review and optimize critical integration middleware and communication protocols to maximize performance, reliability, and security between foundational platforms.
- Review and validate complex solution designs while providing clear technical steering, knowledge transfer, and mentorship to internal development and operational teams.
Qualifications
- Valid Reliability level or above, federal security clearance.
- Several and recent years of professional experience as an Application or Software Architect.
- Experience designing, governing, and modernizing web applications and API-based architectures using PHP.
- Establishing integration patterns and technical frameworks for enterprise systems that run on PHP and/or C/C++ code modules.
- Ability to configure application architectures that natively integrate with Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle databases.
- Experience aligning federal or provincial public sector legacy architectures with corporate IT standards.
- Demonstrated past experience migrating system environments from legacy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) versions.
Summary
If you meet the above-listed criteria, register for a Randstad account online if you have not yet registered, and please apply directly online. We appreciate all applicants and those interested in this opportunity, however, only those with relevant experience will be considered.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce reflective of the diversity of Canada. As a result, we promote employment equity and encourage candidates, especially those who identify as a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group, and any others who may contribute to the diversification of our workforce, to apply.
Randstad Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments.If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, you should advise your Randstad Representative or your local Randstad branch in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures that must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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Are you an IT veteran who can look at late-1990s procedural structures and confidently map out a secure path to contemporary architecture? Are you looking for a highly stable, long-term contract where you will serve as the defining technical authority for a critical national portfolio?
If you answered yes, this unique modernization initiative is built for your expertise.
One of our Federal Government clients is seeking a Senior Application/Software Architect (Level 3) to provide architectural leadership, strategic direction, and technical governance for the modernization of its mission-critical archival portfolio. In this role, you won't just build new systems; you will serve as the chief technical authority tasked with dismantling decades of complex technical debt. You will evaluate legacy platforms inherited from the late 1990s, establish transition frameworks, and confidently map out strategies to steer systems towards secure, scalable, and operationally sustainable modern environments. Apply today!
Advantages
- Initial contract term of 2 years
- Fully Remote
- Act as the defining architectural authority for a major public sector portfolio
...
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical authority to author Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), establish coding and design standards, and ensure strict alignment with accessibility (WCAG) and security requirements.
- Audit existing mission-critical systems built on legacy stacks (PHP 5.5, C modules, legacy JavaScript, SLES 12 Linux), analyze recurring issues, and draft definitive target-state architectures.
- Define target-state application architectures, modern design frameworks, and incremental migration strategies for mission-critical enterprise systems.
- Assess legacy application portfolios and aging software infrastructure to identify, prioritize, and systematically resolve deep technical debt and systemic operational risks.
- Review and optimize critical integration middleware and communication protocols to maximize performance, reliability, and security between foundational platforms.
- Review and validate complex solution designs while providing clear technical steering, knowledge transfer, and mentorship to internal development and operational teams.
Qualifications
- Valid Reliability level or above, federal security clearance.
- Several and recent years of professional experience as an Application or Software Architect.
- Experience designing, governing, and modernizing web applications and API-based architectures using PHP.
- Establishing integration patterns and technical frameworks for enterprise systems that run on PHP and/or C/C++ code modules.
- Ability to configure application architectures that natively integrate with Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle databases.
- Experience aligning federal or provincial public sector legacy architectures with corporate IT standards.
- Demonstrated past experience migrating system environments from legacy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) versions.
Summary
If you meet the above-listed criteria, register for a Randstad account online if you have not yet registered, and please apply directly online. We appreciate all applicants and those interested in this opportunity, however, only those with relevant experience will be considered.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce reflective of the diversity of Canada. As a result, we promote employment equity and encourage candidates, especially those who identify as a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group, and any others who may contribute to the diversification of our workforce, to apply.
Randstad Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments.If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, you should advise your Randstad Representative or your local Randstad branch in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures that must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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