We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Technology Architect to lead operational cyber defense guidance, incident coordination, monitoring maturity, and Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP/MDR) service integration across Ontario’s K–12 school boards. In this role, you will take technical ownership of the engineering, optimization, and sc
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aling of shared Security Operations Centre (SOC) platforms. Operating as a critical technical authority, you will manage telemetry ingestion, lead deep-dive incident investigations, establish robust detection engineering use cases, and support boards in transitioning safely to hybrid, co-managed operational models while maintaining strict alignment with evolving provincial digital trust mandates.
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite, 3 days remote)
Duration: 12-month contract (with extension options through October 2027 and beyond)
Advantages
System-Wide Strategic Influence: Shape the shared-services security framework protecting the digital infrastructure, identities, and networks of the entire Ontario K-12 education sector.
Advanced Multi-Platform Sandbox: Command a premier technical deployment landscape combining sophisticated cloud telemetry pipelines with automated orchestration playbooks and next-generation firewalls.
High-Level Collaborative Footprint: Drive technical alignment and build consensus among government departments, regional IT leads, telecommunications providers, and security vendors.
Long-Term Flexible Runway: Secure a stable 12-month engagement with a predictable hybrid scheduling cadence and multi-year extension pathways.
Responsibilities
SecOps Platform Engineering & Optimization: Supervise and fine-tune enterprise-tier security platforms—including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, CASB, and Identity Detection and Response (IDR) systems.
Telemetry & Log Normalization Pipelines: Design and maintain high-volume data ingestion matrices, overseeing log normalization, parsing rules, and real-time event correlation across hybrid cloud, network, and endpoint environments.
Detection Engineering Lifecycle: Lead the development, structural tuning, and validation of proactive threat detection use cases across corporate identity infrastructure, email networks, and cloud parameters.
Hybrid Operations & MSSP Onboarding: Architect the onboarding roadmap, transition plans, and governance models required to integrate internal IT teams with external Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). Develop SOC performance metrics and accountability KPIs/KRIs.
Advanced Incident Investigation & Cyber Exercises: Direct complex incident response tracks, performing forensic root-cause analysis, managing escalation workflows, and facilitating simulation exercises to validate organizational readiness.
Next-Generation Network & Edge Security Design: Deliver architectural guidance, low-level design specifications, and configuration support for SDN/SD-WAN and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE/SSE) architectures (SWG, CASB, ZTNA, FWaaS).
Defensive Posture & Posture Validation: Partner with external providers to execute vulnerability triage, monitor patching automation, run automated red teaming platforms, and track remediation metrics.
Regulatory Compliance Framework Mapping: Align security controls with enterprise standards (NIST CSF v2, CIS Controls v8, MITRE ATT&CK, and D3FEND) and ensure compliance with provincial statutes like the Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024 (EDSTA).
Executive Advisory & Technical Training: Translate abstract technical findings and data logs into clear briefing notes, risk dashboards, and options analyses for senior management and external stakeholders, while conducting hands-on upskilling courses for regional board IT teams.
Qualifications
Core Cybersecurity Seniority: 10+ years of progressive professional experience in cybersecurity and next-generation network security architecture, with 5+ years implementing enterprise architectures and automation workflows.
SecOps & Detection Engineering Depth: Extensive practical experience managing SIEM/SOAR platforms, crafting detection rules, and executing deep-dive forensic investigations and root-cause analysis.
Network & Software-Defined Routing Expert: 5+ years of experience with core network infrastructures (LAN/WAN, VPN, VLAN trunking, firewalls) and SDN / SD-WAN technologies (specifically Fortinet, Meraki, Palo Alto, or Aruba).
Hybrid MSSP Governance Fluency: Demonstrated experience managing multi-organization onboarding tracks, defining shared operations boundaries, and validating MSSP/MDR service delivery metrics.
Telemetry Diagnostics & Protocol Literacy: Practical experience parsing network telemetry formats (Syslog, IPFix, NetFlow) and utilizing traffic monitoring utilities (Wireshark, PRTG, SolarWinds, FortiManager, Panorama).
Ontario Education Sector Experience: Minimum of 3+ years of direct, hands-on experience supporting Ontario K–12 school board network and cybersecurity environments is strictly required.
Public Sector Mandate & Compliance: 5+ years of experience within the Ontario public sector, backed by functional knowledge of GO-ITS standards and provincial security legislation (EDSTA 2024).
Soft Skills: Superior analytical problem-solving, presentation, and collaborative negotiation mechanics, with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives involving diverse stakeholder groups.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or Engineering (Postgraduate degrees such as an M.Sc. or Ph.D. are highly preferred).
Preferred Industry Certifications:
Active elite security designations, such as CISSP, CISM, or CCSP (additional credentials like CEH, CISA, or CRISC are high-value assets).
Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior 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.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Technology Architect to lead operational cyber defense guidance, incident coordination, monitoring maturity, and Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP/MDR) service integration across Ontario’s K–12 school boards. In this role, you will take technical ownership of the engineering, optimization, and scaling of shared Security Operations Centre (SOC) platforms. Operating as a critical technical authority, you will manage telemetry ingestion, lead deep-dive incident investigations, establish robust detection engineering use cases, and support boards in transitioning safely to hybrid, co-managed operational models while maintaining strict alignment with evolving provincial digital trust mandates.
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite, 3 days remote)
Duration: 12-month contract (with extension options through October 2027 and beyond)
Advantages
System-Wide Strategic Influence: Shape the shared-services security framework protecting the digital infrastructure, identities, and networks of the entire Ontario K-12 education sector.
...
Advanced Multi-Platform Sandbox: Command a premier technical deployment landscape combining sophisticated cloud telemetry pipelines with automated orchestration playbooks and next-generation firewalls.
High-Level Collaborative Footprint: Drive technical alignment and build consensus among government departments, regional IT leads, telecommunications providers, and security vendors.
Long-Term Flexible Runway: Secure a stable 12-month engagement with a predictable hybrid scheduling cadence and multi-year extension pathways.
Responsibilities
SecOps Platform Engineering & Optimization: Supervise and fine-tune enterprise-tier security platforms—including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, CASB, and Identity Detection and Response (IDR) systems.
Telemetry & Log Normalization Pipelines: Design and maintain high-volume data ingestion matrices, overseeing log normalization, parsing rules, and real-time event correlation across hybrid cloud, network, and endpoint environments.
Detection Engineering Lifecycle: Lead the development, structural tuning, and validation of proactive threat detection use cases across corporate identity infrastructure, email networks, and cloud parameters.
Hybrid Operations & MSSP Onboarding: Architect the onboarding roadmap, transition plans, and governance models required to integrate internal IT teams with external Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). Develop SOC performance metrics and accountability KPIs/KRIs.
Advanced Incident Investigation & Cyber Exercises: Direct complex incident response tracks, performing forensic root-cause analysis, managing escalation workflows, and facilitating simulation exercises to validate organizational readiness.
Next-Generation Network & Edge Security Design: Deliver architectural guidance, low-level design specifications, and configuration support for SDN/SD-WAN and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE/SSE) architectures (SWG, CASB, ZTNA, FWaaS).
Defensive Posture & Posture Validation: Partner with external providers to execute vulnerability triage, monitor patching automation, run automated red teaming platforms, and track remediation metrics.
Regulatory Compliance Framework Mapping: Align security controls with enterprise standards (NIST CSF v2, CIS Controls v8, MITRE ATT&CK, and D3FEND) and ensure compliance with provincial statutes like the Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024 (EDSTA).
Executive Advisory & Technical Training: Translate abstract technical findings and data logs into clear briefing notes, risk dashboards, and options analyses for senior management and external stakeholders, while conducting hands-on upskilling courses for regional board IT teams.
Qualifications
Core Cybersecurity Seniority: 10+ years of progressive professional experience in cybersecurity and next-generation network security architecture, with 5+ years implementing enterprise architectures and automation workflows.
SecOps & Detection Engineering Depth: Extensive practical experience managing SIEM/SOAR platforms, crafting detection rules, and executing deep-dive forensic investigations and root-cause analysis.
Network & Software-Defined Routing Expert: 5+ years of experience with core network infrastructures (LAN/WAN, VPN, VLAN trunking, firewalls) and SDN / SD-WAN technologies (specifically Fortinet, Meraki, Palo Alto, or Aruba).
Hybrid MSSP Governance Fluency: Demonstrated experience managing multi-organization onboarding tracks, defining shared operations boundaries, and validating MSSP/MDR service delivery metrics.
Telemetry Diagnostics & Protocol Literacy: Practical experience parsing network telemetry formats (Syslog, IPFix, NetFlow) and utilizing traffic monitoring utilities (Wireshark, PRTG, SolarWinds, FortiManager, Panorama).
Ontario Education Sector Experience: Minimum of 3+ years of direct, hands-on experience supporting Ontario K–12 school board network and cybersecurity environments is strictly required.
Public Sector Mandate & Compliance: 5+ years of experience within the Ontario public sector, backed by functional knowledge of GO-ITS standards and provincial security legislation (EDSTA 2024).
Soft Skills: Superior analytical problem-solving, presentation, and collaborative negotiation mechanics, with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives involving diverse stakeholder groups.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or Engineering (Postgraduate degrees such as an M.Sc. or Ph.D. are highly preferred).
Preferred Industry Certifications:
Active elite security designations, such as CISSP, CISM, or CCSP (additional credentials like CEH, CISA, or CRISC are high-value assets).
Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior 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.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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