About this role
Job Description The Senior Technology Architect role requires deep knowledge, expertise, and experience in in cyber security solutions, security operations (SecOps) 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?12 school board environment.
This resource is responsible for, but not limited to:
• Leading operational cyber defense guidance, incident coordination, monitoring maturity, and integration with MSS/MDR providers, including:
• Threat monitoring, detection, and analysis across network, endpoint, identity, and cloud environments
• Incident response coordination, escalation management, and root cause analysis
• Security operations centre (SOC) coordination and operational alignment
• Establishing and enhancing cyber operational readiness (playbooks, processes, response validation)
• MSS onboarding, integration, and service adoption across boards
• Delivering solution guidance, technical training, and implementation support for next-generation network and security technologies, including:
• Security Service Edge (SSE) / Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), including integration of network and security functions such as Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA), and Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)
• SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) and SDN (Software-Def