- Long-Term Onsite: Secure a 12-month contract in a fully onsite environment in Toronto.

Responsibilities
The Senior Technology Architect will focus on the following core areas:

- IaC & Automation: Maintain and enhance cloud environment configurations and delivery pipelines through Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), utilizing tools like ARM Templates, Bicep, Terraform, Azure DevOps, or CloudFormation.

- Cloud Integration & Resilience: Integrate and secure cloud services to support application modernization and ensure platform resilience. Design secure, scalable solutions and assist with complex migrations from on-premise infrastructure.

- Technology Pattern Development: Develop and refine reusable technology patterns for IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and emerging capabilities like Generative AI.

- Product Maturity: Advance the GoCLOUD product maturity by implementing roadmap-driven features and supporting target architecture.

- Security Mastery (Microsoft Entra/Zero Trust): Design and implement advanced security solutions, leveraging Microsoft Entra (including CIEM, Verified ID, and Identity Protection) and Conditional Access Mastery for complex policy design.

- Project Leadership: Contribute to product planning, service documentation, process optimization, and internal communication strategies, including stakeholder engagement, risk assessment, and leading technical teams.

Qualifications
Must-Have Expertise (Advanced Design & Implementation Knowledge):
1. Cloud Platforms (Azure or AWS)

- Compute: Azure Virtual Machines, AKS, App Services OR EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda.

- Networking: VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Front Door OR VPC, Route 53, ALB/NLB, Direct Connect.

- Identity & Security: Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault, Policies OR IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager.

- Automation (IaC): ARM Templates, Bicep, Terraform OR CloudFormation, Terraform.

- Data Services: Azure SQL, Synapse, Cosmos DB OR RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift.

2. Security Mastery (Microsoft Entra & Zero Trust)

- Microsoft Entra: Experience with Entra Permissions Management (CIEM), Entra Verified ID, and advanced governance with Identity Protection.

- Conditional Access Mastery: Design of complex policies for multiple apps and roles, including integration with Intune for device compliance.

- Threat Detection: Familiarity with Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM) deployment and integration with Defender for Identity.

- Zero Trust Architecture: Proven ability to implement Zero Trust principles across identity, network, and endpoints.

3. Emerging Technologies (Generative AI)

- Familiarity with data bricks, fabric, or equivalent data skills for AI.

- Knowledge of vector embeddings and chunking strategies.

- LLM integration experience and knowledge.

4. Project & Leadership Skills

- Experience in Stakeholder engagement and requirement gathering.

- Experience in Risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

- Experience in Leading technical teams through design and build phases.

- Strong communication for reporting, decision-making, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.

Nice-to-Have (Assets):
- Experience with GCP (e.g., GKE, BigQuery) or OCI (e.g., OCI Identity Domains).

- Experience with automating security policies using PowerShell and Graph API.

- Experience with Azure Blueprints for compliance frameworks (ISO, NIST, CIS).

Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Technology Architect role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.

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.

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