Senior Application Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Application Architect to join our team in Toronto. This is a critical role focused on designing and implementing enterprise-level business solutions using cutting-edge Microsoft technologies and modern data architectures. The successful candidate will lead the development of architecture governance artifacts and ensure that all solutions align with industry best practices and regulatory standards.

Duration: 12-month contract with potential for extension
Location: Toronto (Onsite)

Rate: $700.91-$733.98/diem

Advantages
- Long-term Stability: 12-month contract with a strong potential for extension.

- High-Impact Work: Lead large-scale enterprise transformations using the latest cloud technologies.

- Collaborative Environment: Work onsite in the heart of Toronto with a diverse team of experts.

- Innovation-Driven: Opportunity to implement AI/ML and microservices architectures in a complex data environment.

Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership: Lead the design and development of enterprise architecture for application, technology, security, and information domains.

- Governance & Compliance: Develop architecture governance artifacts, including Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), Threat and Risk Assessments (TRA/RMR), and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) mitigations for sensitive data.

- Solution Design: Design Microsoft Power Platform solutions using Model-Driven Applications, Power Automate, and Azure Cloud Services (Blob Storage, Entra ID, and Databricks).

- Data Strategy: Implement Medallion Architecture and ensure data retention and record-keeping requirements are met through detailed metadata management.

- Interoperability: Utilize FHIR standards, including Restful APIs and SMART on FHIR, to facilitate secure data exchange.

- DevOps & Quality: Collaborate with DevOps engineers to implement end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, influence testing strategies, and perform peer reviews to ensure high-quality product lifecycles.

- Stakeholder Engagement: Consult with diverse internal and external stakeholders to drive consensus, present complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences, and align architecture with business needs.

- Standards Advocacy: Promote industry standards, including AODA compliance, and recommend improvements to reference architectures and design patterns.

Qualifications
- Experience: 15+ years of experience working with Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as Zachman and TOGAF.

- Technical Expertise: Proven experience with the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Ecosystem (Azure AD, DevOps, Storage).

- Specialized Knowledge: Deep understanding of FHIR servers and APIs, as well as Medallion Architecture principles.

- Security & Integration: Strong knowledge of integration architecture, including OAuth, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Conditional Access.

- Methodology: Extensive experience working within Agile frameworks and Test-Driven Development (TDD) environments.

- Soft Skills: Exceptional analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships.

Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Application Architect role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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