RQ08907 - Sr. Technology Architect

Source Code; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Code is seeking a Sr. Technology Architect in Toronto for a hybrid office setup. The role leads end-to-end security design across AWS, Azure, and SaaS environments, driving secure-by-design reference architectures and governance in a 7+ month contract.

The candidate will mentor engineers, define IAM strategies, and oversee threat modeling, risk assessments, and secure CI/CD integration with IaC tooling.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in security architecture for large enterprises.
• Security architecture and design with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Experience with SaaS ecosystems and cloud deployments.
• Strong grounding in application architecture, networking, and security operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end security design and architecture reviews for cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and major SaaS apps.
• Develop and maintain secure-by-design reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines for IaaS, PaaS, SaaS deployments.
• Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and gap analyses to align solutions with security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Define identity and access control strategies including SSO, MFA, PKI, and least-privilege models.
• Design network and infrastructure security controls: segmentation, security groups, firewalls, SASE, IPS/IDS.
• Architect data protection solutions: encryption key management, TDE, tokenization, DLP for cloud and SaaS data.
• Integrate logs into SIEM platforms (Splunk Cloud, Azure Sentinel) and design SOAR playbooks.
• Collaborate with DevOps to embed security in CI/CD pipelines using IaC tools.
• Facilitate design workshops, governance gates, and architecture review boards; document decisions and actions.
• Mentor junior architects and security engineers, sharing best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud security design

SaaS security

App architecture, networking, security

Tools

Splunk Cloud

Azure Sentinel

Job description

About the job RQ08907 - Sr. Technology Architect

Downtown, Toronto

Hybrid - office 3 days a week

Contract 7+ months

Security Level: CRJMC (must get clearance before start date)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end security design and architecture reviews for common cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and major SaaS applications
• Develop and maintain secure-by-design reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines tailored to IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployments
• Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and gap analyses to align solutions with internal security standards and regulatory requirements
• Define identity and access control strategies, including SSO, MFA, PKI, and least-privilege models
• Design various network and infrastructure security controls: e.g. network segmentation, security groups, firewalls, SASE, IPS/IDS
• Architect data protection solutions: encryption key management, Transparent Data Encryption, tokenization, DLP for cloud and SaaS data
• Integrate application and infrastructure logs into SIEM platforms (Splunk Cloud, Azure Sentinel) and design SOAR playbooks for automated response
• Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security requirements in CI/CD pipelines, leveraging IaC tools
• Facilitate design workshops, governance gates, and architecture review boards; document decisions and action items
• Mentor junior architects and security engineers, sharing best practices and driving continuous improvement

Must-haves:

• Proven leadership in technical security architecture for enterprise environments
• Security Architecture and design with Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Experience withSaaS ecosystems
• Strong grounding in application architecture, networking, and security operations