TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT - SENIOR

On behalf of our Government Services client, Procom is searching for a Technology Architect - Senior for a 7-month role. This position is a hybrid position with 3 days onsite at our client’s Toronto office.

TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT - SENIOR - JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Security Architect, you will co-develop digital enterprise solutions, embedding cybersecurity-by-design principles from the outset. You will lead client-facing consultative engagements and create architecture patterns to ensure compliance with standards and best practices.

TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT - SENIOR - MANDATORY SKILLS

• Well-rounded Senior Security Architect with experience across cloud-based solutions, enterprise solutions, information, cloud, application, and data security.
• Ability to conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and security analyses at inception, design, and implementation phases.
• Strong client relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated leadership in technical security architecture and solution delivery.
• Deep expertise with at least two major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of application architecture, networking, and security operations.
• Proficiency in structured design methodologies and ITIL processes.

TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT - SENIOR – NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Prior public-sector or regulated-industry experience.
• Familiarity with mandates and standards (FIPPA, PHIPA, PCI DSS, AODA, ISO 27001).
• Awareness of emerging security technologies, trends, and compliance requirements.
• Experience in mentoring and guiding junior architects and engineers.
• Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Partner with business, product, and engineering stakeholders to define security requirements and translate them into architecture designs.
• Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and security analyses at inception, design, and implementation phases.
• Develop and maintain reusable “secure-by-design” patterns for cloud (IaaS/PaaS), SaaS, and hybrid deployments.
• Architect identity and access solutions: SSO, MFA, PKI, least-privilege controls, and federated identity.
• Design network and infrastructure controls: network segmentation, firewalls, security groups, SASE, micro-segmentation.
• Specify data-protection mechanisms: encryption key management, transparent data encryption, tokenization, and database activity monitoring.
• Facilitate architecture review boards, governance gates, and security design workshops.