Do you have 10+ years’ experience with cyber security and privacy audits and assessments? Do you have 10+ years’ experience evaluating technical and administrative controls, producing cyber security and privacy findings and risk logs/reports and preparing remediation plans? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you!
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Our client is looking for a Senior Technology Architect for a 7 month contract in Toronto.
This is a hybrid role.
Advantages
• Hybrid: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote
• Potential for extension
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry
Responsibilities
•Lead and conduct comprehensive cyber security and privacy assessments across Ontario K–12 school boards, including:
• Threat Risk Assessments (TRA) and Cyber Security Risk Assessments
• Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
• Develop improvement recommendations, and tailored, board-specific actionable remediation plans to address identified gaps, mitigate risks and improve overall cyber resilience of K-12 school boards
• Provide hands-on practical subject matter expertise and implementation guidance and support to enhance school board cyber protection capabilities, including:
· Strengthening existing cyber security controls
· Identifying, selecting, and implementing new cyber security controls
· Enhancing privacy safeguards with a focus on minors as a priority
· Complying with any applicable legislation, current and upcoming
· Aligning with sector-specific standards and best practices
· Right-sizing recommendations and solutions to the K-12 education sector
• Support the development and operationalization of cyber security controls, policies, and playbooks tailored to the K–12 education environment.
• Advise on findings, root cause analysis and mitigation strategies following security or privacy incidents, ensuring lessons learned are translated into improved practices.
• Produce and maintain risk logs, remediation plans, and technical documentation to support transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with school board and sector third-party cyber security personnel to share knowledge, assist with upskilling IT teams and guide implementation of recommended controls.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including school board leadership, IT teams, and partners, to ensure alignment with broader cyber security initiatives and legislative requirements (e.g., Bill 194 / Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024 (EDSTA)).
• Deliver presentations, briefings, and consultation sessions to communicate findings, recommendations, and progress updates.
• Monitor and report on project deliverables, providing regular status updates and ensuring timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Stay current with evolving cyber threats, privacy regulations, and sector-specific risks, and incorporate this knowledge into engagements and recommendations.
• Manage and deliver multiple concurrent cyber security engagements across diverse school board environments, prioritizing, and maintaining high-quality deliverables under tight timelines.
• Delivering on other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Must have:
• 10+ years’ experience with cyber security and privacy audits and assessments including:
Threat risk assessments
Cyber security assessments
Assessments of cyber security governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs
Privacy impact assessments
• 10+ years’ experience evaluating technical and administrative controls, producing cyber security and privacy findings and risk logs/reports and preparing remediation plans, preferably for the broader public.
• Experience using maturity models (e.g. CMMI, NIST-based, proprietary models) to evaluate cyber security capabilities.
• 10+ years’ experience applying cyber security industry frameworks such as NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF) v1.1/v2.0, CIS Controls v8, COBIT and ISO 27001
• Experience working with the new NIST CSF v2.0
• Knowledge of Bill 194 and EDSTA, 2024.
• Security certification is mandatory (Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)).
• Privacy certification is preferred (Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)).
• 5+ years of hands-on experience working in large environments. Preferably experience working with the Ontario K-12 education sector.
Summary
If you are interested in the Senior Technology Architect role in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.
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.
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Do you have 10+ years’ experience with cyber security and privacy audits and assessments? Do you have 10+ years’ experience evaluating technical and administrative controls, producing cyber security and privacy findings and risk logs/reports and preparing remediation plans? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you!
Our client is looking for a Senior Technology Architect for a 7 month contract in Toronto.
This is a hybrid role.
Advantages
• Hybrid: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote
• Potential for extension
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry
Responsibilities
•Lead and conduct comprehensive cyber security and privacy assessments across Ontario K–12 school boards, including:
• Threat Risk Assessments (TRA) and Cyber Security Risk Assessments
• Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
• Develop improvement recommendations, and tailored, board-specific actionable remediation plans to address identified gaps, mitigate risks and improve overall cyber resilience of K-12 school boards
• Provide hands-on practical subject matter expertise and implementation guidance and support to enhance school board cyber protection capabilities, including:
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· Strengthening existing cyber security controls
· Identifying, selecting, and implementing new cyber security controls
· Enhancing privacy safeguards with a focus on minors as a priority
· Complying with any applicable legislation, current and upcoming
· Aligning with sector-specific standards and best practices
· Right-sizing recommendations and solutions to the K-12 education sector
• Support the development and operationalization of cyber security controls, policies, and playbooks tailored to the K–12 education environment.
• Advise on findings, root cause analysis and mitigation strategies following security or privacy incidents, ensuring lessons learned are translated into improved practices.
• Produce and maintain risk logs, remediation plans, and technical documentation to support transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with school board and sector third-party cyber security personnel to share knowledge, assist with upskilling IT teams and guide implementation of recommended controls.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including school board leadership, IT teams, and partners, to ensure alignment with broader cyber security initiatives and legislative requirements (e.g., Bill 194 / Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024 (EDSTA)).
• Deliver presentations, briefings, and consultation sessions to communicate findings, recommendations, and progress updates.
• Monitor and report on project deliverables, providing regular status updates and ensuring timely completion of assigned tasks.
• Stay current with evolving cyber threats, privacy regulations, and sector-specific risks, and incorporate this knowledge into engagements and recommendations.
• Manage and deliver multiple concurrent cyber security engagements across diverse school board environments, prioritizing, and maintaining high-quality deliverables under tight timelines.
• Delivering on other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Must have:
• 10+ years’ experience with cyber security and privacy audits and assessments including:
Threat risk assessments
Cyber security assessments
Assessments of cyber security governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs
Privacy impact assessments
• 10+ years’ experience evaluating technical and administrative controls, producing cyber security and privacy findings and risk logs/reports and preparing remediation plans, preferably for the broader public.
• Experience using maturity models (e.g. CMMI, NIST-based, proprietary models) to evaluate cyber security capabilities.
• 10+ years’ experience applying cyber security industry frameworks such as NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF) v1.1/v2.0, CIS Controls v8, COBIT and ISO 27001
• Experience working with the new NIST CSF v2.0
• Knowledge of Bill 194 and EDSTA, 2024.
• Security certification is mandatory (Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)).
• Privacy certification is preferred (Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)).
• 5+ years of hands-on experience working in large environments. Preferably experience working with the Ontario K-12 education sector.
Summary
If you are interested in the Senior Technology Architect role in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.
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.
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