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In this role, you will take on a premier infrastructure architecture, cloud engineering, and technology strategy capacity, specializing in designing, developing, and governing resilient, scalable, and secure options to meet core business and technology strategies.\n\nAs an Infrastructure Architect V, you will bridge the gap between complex application development teams, information security standards, and hybrid cloud delivery frameworks. Operating within a hybrid work model in Toronto, you will lead the architecture design across both on-premises infrastructure and mixed public/hybrid cloud environments, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure. This position demands a technical authority with extensive experience across operating systems, enterprise databases, storage architectures, networking, and security protocols who can establish robust governance frameworks, evaluate solution trade-offs, and ratify end-to-end architectural designs.\n\nLocation: Toronto, ON\n\nAssignment Type: Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)\n\nContract Duration: 6-month contract (with potential for extension)\n\nAdvantages\nHigh-Impact Enterprise Architecture: Lead high-visibility infrastructure architecture frameworks for a premier enterprise financial organization.\n\nHybrid & Cloud-Native Scope: Design multi-tier architectures across on-premises infrastructure, pure public cloud, and mixed Azure hybrid environments.\n\nComprehensive Technology Breadth: Direct solutions spanning Linux/Windows, middleware, enterprise databases, SAN/NAS storage, advanced networking, and security protocols.\n\nStrategic Governance Leadership: Ratify solution security designs, guide technology decision-making, and build consensus across cross-functional business units.\n\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop, and maintain comprehensive architecture frameworks, strategies, policies, guiding principles, and enterprise standards.\n\nArchitect resilient, scalable, and cost-effective solutions spanning on-premises systems, public cloud, and hybrid cloud topologies (primarily Microsoft Azure).\n\nEvaluate security standards, conduct technical risk assessments, and collaborate with security partners to ratify solution designs and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.\n\nReview, evaluate, and approve detailed solution architectures and technical designs to ensure strict compliance with enterprise standards and architectural patterns.\n\nCollaborate with application engineering and infrastructure teams to evaluate business requirements and recommend optimal architecture options.\n\nConstruct Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM) to ensure complete alignment from initial business requirements through to solution delivery.\n\nEvaluate middleware, database, network, and storage components—including Linux, Windows, JBoss, Node.js, Spring Boot, Oracle RAC, MS SQL, Mongo, Cassandra, SAN/NAS, and CDN platforms.\n\nGuide project plans, estimate technology costs, manage architectural deliverables, communicate progress, and escalate critical risks promptly.\n\nConduct pre- and post-implementation reviews to validate solution performance, identify architectural gaps, and establish patterns for future deployments.\n\nBuild consensus and facilitate decision-making across multidisciplinary teams to ensure IT strategies align with long-term technology roadmaps.\n\nQualifications\nCore Requirements & Infrastructure Architecture Expertise\nArchitecture Tenure: Minimum 10+ years of professional experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, solution design, and systems engineering.\n\nHybrid & Azure Cloud Mastery: Proven experience designing on-premises, public, and mixed hybrid cloud solutions, with strong architectural expertise in Microsoft Azure.\n\nOperating Systems & Application Stacks: Extensive experience with Linux and Windows server environments, alongside modern application stacks (JBoss, Node.js, Spring Boot).\n\nEnterprise Database Architectures: Technical proficiency across relational and NoSQL database platforms, including Oracle RAC, OCaC, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, and Cassandra.\n\nStorage & Networking Concepts: Deep knowledge of enterprise storage architectures (SAN, DAS, NAS) and advanced networking technologies (DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls, CDN).\n\nInformation Security: Strong understanding of security standards, risk analysis frameworks, identity services, and threat mitigation.\n\nEducation: Relevant post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.\n\nPreferred Technical Assets\nInfrastructure as Code (IaC): Understanding of automated deployment pipelines using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Terraform, or similar tools.\n\nCertifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent cloud certifications are considered a strong asset.\n\nSoft Skills & Delivery Attributes\nStakeholder Facilitation: Exceptional leadership, consensus-building, and communication skills to engage business and technical teams effectively.\n\nAnalytical Problem Solving: Outstanding analytical and strategic diagnostic capabilities to evaluate complex, high-risk infrastructure environments.\n\nSummary\nIf you're interested in the \"Infrastructure Architect V\" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.\nOnly qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!\n\nRandstad 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.\n\nRandstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. 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