Technical Architect

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Location
Ajax
Profession
Infrastructure
Industry
Manufacturing & Production
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9 Jul 2025

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Technical Architect | PERMANENT

Location: Ajax, ON

Working organization: ON-SITE (5 days in the office)

Job type: ASAP + PERMANENT

Interview process: 2-3 rounds of interview

Language: French is a plus (NOT MANDATORY)

Join one of a leader in the IT and cybersecurity industry, dedicated to providing innovative solutions and maintaining the highest standards of compliance and governance. We foster a dynamic and inclusive work environment where creativity and collaboration are at the forefront of our success.

Your new role

As a Technical Architect, you will report directly to the IT Factory Director North America and have a dotted line to the Manager of the Architecture Team. You will be responsible for designing the organization's technical infrastructure, ensuring all architecture designs meet stringent compliance and governance requirements, particularly those relevant to military cybersecurity frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

Architectural Design:
Develop and maintain the overall architecture of information systems, ensuring compliance with defense and cybersecurity frameworks.
Compliance Assessment:
Evaluate and ensure compliance with frameworks including CMMC, NIST, ANSSI, and DoD guidelines.
Stakeholder Interaction:
Engage with key stakeholders (Business, Compliance, IS Security) to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure their needs are met.
Solution Development:
Design solutions that address business challenges and improve operational efficiency. Ensure the implemented solutions are in line with the design by closely overseeing the implementation.
Change Management:
Provide guidance for requested changes to the implemented architecture.
Documentation:
Create and maintain detailed documentation of the architecture, business requirements, and solutions.

Responsibilities:

Innovate infrastructure, edge, and cloud solutions.
Design technical blueprints and high-level/low-level designs.
Lead teams as SME for Technical Architecture and participate in Agile Squads.
Partner with IT Operations, Applications, Information Security, and Compliance teams.
Review FoF (Network Flow) requests and advise on architecture and security compliance.
Assess ROI and manage cost forecasting in designs.
Expertise in cybersecurity frameworks and policies (e.g., CMMC, NIST, ANSSI) and incorporating the requirements of these frameworks in the design.
Pitch innovative technical infrastructure solutions.
Understand and challenge business processes to design reusable solutions that simplify the global Architecture landscape.
Communicate technical information effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
Ensure the “As-built” is in line with “As-designed”.
Manage multiple projects in parallel.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you will need:

Minimum 5 years' experience as Technical/Cloud Architect focusing on AWS solutions.
Expert experience in interpreting and applying compliance frameworks such as NIST.
Expertise in IS/IT Audit and Risk Management.
Certification in Cybersecurity, IS Audit, or other IS Risk/Governance is an asset.
Experience in a large Manufacturing organization is an asset.
Experience designing solutions that incorporate Industrial networks and assets.
Experience with edge computing and hybrid cloud/on-premise design.
Strong knowledge of modern security architectures including SD-WAN, CASB, SASE, and other NG Firewall technologies.
Experience with Agile project management methodology including JIRA Kanban.
Strong technical acumen in operating systems, data center, edge computing, IaaS networking, and cybersecurity.
Experience with legacy IT systems and cloud security expertise.
French language fluency is a desired asset due to the need to work closely with colleagues located in France.

Expectations:

Mentor: Coach and consult for Operations and functional teammates globally.
Relationships: Build relationships with LOBs and IS Competency Centers.
Team Player: Work in a global team of domain leads for Enterprise Architecture.
Stakeholder Interaction: Engage with business stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure their needs are met through effective communication and collaboration.
Solution Development: Design and implement solutions that address business challenges and improve operational efficiency.
Business Analysis: Proven experience in business analysis, including requirements gathering and stakeholder management.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Guidance/Influence: Develop and maintain the overall architecture of technical information systems.

Training and Certification:

IT Architecture certification – TOGAF Foundations training is preferred.
Certifications in one of the following: AWS Solutions Architect, Networking i.e., Cisco, Next Generation Firewall, VMWare or other Hypervisor certificates. Preference will be given to the candidate with the AWS Solutions Architect Certification.
Preferred certifications: CISSP, CEH, AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Associate, Storage on Dell or NetApp, NG Firewall, and advanced Networking (e.g., CCNP).

What you'll get in return

In return for your hard work and dedication, you will receive: