Lead Middleware Platform Architect

Aarorn Technologies Inc; Montreal; On-site; CAD 57,000 - 81,000; Part time

Job summary

Aarorn Technologies Inc. seeks a Lead Middleware Platform Architect to design, implement, automate, and operationalize a next-generation RDF/middleware platform for a global financial institution.

You will lead production readiness, onboarding with security teams, and scalable platform capabilities across environments. The role focuses on observability, resilience, and automation, partnering with infra and dev teams to ensure reliable service delivery and robust runbooks for DR and go-live

Qualifications

• 10+ years of platform or middleware engineering experience.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift or similar container platforms.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong scripting skills in Python or Bash.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.
• Strong understanding of security and resiliency principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform architecture and implementation for RDF and middleware platforms.
• Design and implement automation for provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and support.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and development teams to onboard platforms.
• Drive observability, logging, monitoring, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Develop production runbooks, disaster recovery procedures, and support models.
• Support production readiness reviews and go-live activities.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors on configuration and optimization activities.
• Mentor engineering teams on platform best practices.

Skills

Platform engineering

Linux administration

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Terraform/Ansible (IaC)

Monitoring/Observability

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Production support

Security & resiliency

Job description

Job Title

Lead Middleware Platform Architect

Location

Montreal, QC (4x onsite a week)

Employment Type

Contract

Pay Rate

CAD$50/HR INC

Interview Type

Face 2 Face (Onsite Interview Only)

Job Description

We are looking for a Lead Middleware Platform Architect to lead the design, implementation, automation, and operationalization of a next-generation data and RDF platform for a global financial institution. The ideal candidate will have strong experience building and managing enterprise platforms, driving production readiness, implementing infrastructure automation, and supporting highly regulated environments. This role will play a critical part in designing and deploying middleware capabilities, enabling observability, resiliency, security, and platform scalability across multiple environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead platform architecture and implementation activities for RDF and middleware platforms.
• Design and implement automation for provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and support.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and development teams to onboard platforms.
• Drive observability, logging, monitoring, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Develop production runbooks, disaster recovery procedures, and support models.
• Support production readiness reviews and go-live activities.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors on configuration and optimization activities.
• Mentor engineering teams on platform best practices.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of platform engineering, middleware engineering or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift or similar container platforms.
• Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong scripting skills using Python, Shell, or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.
• Strong understanding of security and resiliency principles.

Preferred Skills

• RDF Triple Store experience.
• Graph database technologies.
• Financial Services or Banking domain experience.
• Cloud platform exposure.

What Success Looks Like

• Successfully delivers production-ready platform environments.
• Establishes automation-first operational practices.
• Implements observability and resiliency standards.
• Enables development teams through stable platform services.