Technology Architect

Position: Technology Architect 9516-1111
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The  Senior Technology Architect  role requires deep knowledge, expertise, and experience in in cyber security solutions, security operations (Sec Ops) solutions and practices, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber security, managed security services, and next-generation network security. The resource also requires hands-on experience in  analyzing, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting  cyber security models, automation solutions and threat detection, particularly within the education sector, preferably in the Ontario K  school board environment.
This work involves working in close partnership with various government departments, the K-12 education sector, telecommunications providers, and network and cyber security technology vendors to develop tailored approaches and implementation plans. To support various stakeholders, the resource must be available to perform hands-on configuration, troubleshooting and training at the client site. Therefore, the resource must be available to travel same day or overnight in Ontario, as needed.

Responsibilities
Delivering solution and architecture guidance, training, and implementation support for next-generation networks, network protection and cyber security technologies, including:

Security service edge (SSE) / secure access service edge (SASE) including integration of network and security functions â including secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB) and zero-trust network architecture, firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS)

SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) and software-defined networking (SDN)

AI and machine learning (ML)-driven network and security technologies

Endpoint protection platforms (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and extended detection and response (XDR) solutions

Advanced intrusion prevention systems (IPS), intrusion detection systems (IDS), network access control and distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection

Identity security and authentication solutions (passwordless, password-based, certificate-based, MFA)

Incident Response and Incident Management (IR and IM) solutions

Automated vulnerability and patching

User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA)

Penetration testing and automated red teaming

Operation technology (OT) security

Providing technical guidance, delivering solution, training, and implementation support for hybrid cyber security operating models involving both in-house and outsourced MSSP (managed security services provider) capabilities, including:

MSSP integration and optimization

Security operations functions and architecture

Threat detection and incident response

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), EDR/XDR, and threat intelligence platforms in a hybrid implementation

Automation and orchestration workflows

Governance, risk, and compliance in a hybrid (in-house and outsourced) security operations environment

Providing subject matter expertise in network operations centre (NOC) and security operations centre (SOC) technologies, services, and tools including, but not limited to:

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)

Network traffic analyzer, network performance monitoring and network configuration management tools

Managing and optimizing SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, cloud access security broker (CASB), incident detection and response (IDR) and vulnerability management systems as part of the boards' Sec Ops infrastructure.

Developing, testing, and maintaining threat detection use cases across identity, endpoint, email, network, and cloud environments.

Leading the analysis for complex incidents, conducting deep-dive investigations and root-cause analysis.

Providing support for telemetry ingestion, log normalization and real-time correlation of security insights.

Delivering training and operational guidance to board IT and security teams on threat response workflows and defensive posture validation.

Providing subject matter expertise, consultancy, and advice on advanced networking technologies…