We are looking for a Technology Architect to join our team in Toronto. This is an exciting contract opportunity for an experienced professional to lead end-to-end security design and architecture for various cloud platforms and major SaaS applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in security architecture with a focus on cloud environments and excellent client relationship-building skills. The role requires you to be in the office 3 days a week for the duration of the contract.
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Advantages
- Valuable experience in a dynamic and challenging technical environment.
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
- Be part of a collaborative and supportive team.
Responsibilities
- Lead security design and architecture reviews for common cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and major SaaS applications.
- Develop and maintain secure-by-design reference architectures and guidelines for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployments.
- Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and gap analyses to ensure solutions meet internal security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Design and define strategies for identity and access controls, including SSO, MFA, PKI, and least-privilege models.
- Architect network and infrastructure security controls such as network segmentation, security groups, firewalls, and IPS/IDS.
- Create data protection solutions, including encryption key management, Transparent Data Encryption, tokenization, and DLP.
- Integrate application and infrastructure logs into SIEM platforms (Splunk Cloud, Azure Sentinel) and design SOAR playbooks.
- Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security requirements into CI/CD pipelines.
- Facilitate design workshops and architecture review boards, and document decisions.
- Mentor junior architects and security engineers.
Qualifications
Must-haves:
- Strong experience in security architecture and design with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
- Proven client relationship-building skills.
General Skills:
- Proven leadership in technical security architecture for enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise across cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS ecosystems.
- Strong grounding in application architecture, networking, and security operations.
- Proficiency in structured design methodologies and ITIL service-management practices.
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable security solutions.
- Experience creating conceptual, logical, and physical process/data models.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Clear and effective verbal and written communication, with the ability to present to technical and executive audiences.
Experience & Skill Set:
- Core Security Technology: Hands-on experience with Identity & Access Management (SSO, MFA, PKI), Infrastructure & Network Security (VCN/VNet design, firewalls), Data Protection (KMS/Vault, TDE), Application Security (SDLC, container hardening), and Security Operations (SIEM, SOAR).
- Agile Project Delivery: Experience in Agile/Scrum environments, backlog management, and embedding security requirements into CI/CD pipelines.
- Architecture & Design Expertise: Ability to apply frameworks such as TOGAF and NIST CSF, lead design phases, and provide engineering implementation support (IaC - Terraform, CloudFormation).
Summary
If you're interested in the Technology Architect role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
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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We are looking for a Technology Architect to join our team in Toronto. This is an exciting contract opportunity for an experienced professional to lead end-to-end security design and architecture for various cloud platforms and major SaaS applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in security architecture with a focus on cloud environments and excellent client relationship-building skills. The role requires you to be in the office 3 days a week for the duration of the contract.
Advantages
- Valuable experience in a dynamic and challenging technical environment.
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
- Be part of a collaborative and supportive team.
Responsibilities
- Lead security design and architecture reviews for common cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and major SaaS applications.
- Develop and maintain secure-by-design reference architectures and guidelines for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployments.
- Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and gap analyses to ensure solutions meet internal security standards and regulatory requirements.
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- Design and define strategies for identity and access controls, including SSO, MFA, PKI, and least-privilege models.
- Architect network and infrastructure security controls such as network segmentation, security groups, firewalls, and IPS/IDS.
- Create data protection solutions, including encryption key management, Transparent Data Encryption, tokenization, and DLP.
- Integrate application and infrastructure logs into SIEM platforms (Splunk Cloud, Azure Sentinel) and design SOAR playbooks.
- Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security requirements into CI/CD pipelines.
- Facilitate design workshops and architecture review boards, and document decisions.
- Mentor junior architects and security engineers.
Qualifications
Must-haves:
- Strong experience in security architecture and design with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
- Proven client relationship-building skills.
General Skills:
- Proven leadership in technical security architecture for enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise across cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS ecosystems.
- Strong grounding in application architecture, networking, and security operations.
- Proficiency in structured design methodologies and ITIL service-management practices.
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable security solutions.
- Experience creating conceptual, logical, and physical process/data models.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Clear and effective verbal and written communication, with the ability to present to technical and executive audiences.
Experience & Skill Set:
- Core Security Technology: Hands-on experience with Identity & Access Management (SSO, MFA, PKI), Infrastructure & Network Security (VCN/VNet design, firewalls), Data Protection (KMS/Vault, TDE), Application Security (SDLC, container hardening), and Security Operations (SIEM, SOAR).
- Agile Project Delivery: Experience in Agile/Scrum environments, backlog management, and embedding security requirements into CI/CD pipelines.
- Architecture & Design Expertise: Ability to apply frameworks such as TOGAF and NIST CSF, lead design phases, and provide engineering implementation support (IaC - Terraform, CloudFormation).
Summary
If you're interested in the Technology Architect role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
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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