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Technical Architecture Specialist
@ Randstad Canada
Toronto, Ontario
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Overview
Randstad Canada is hiring a Technical Architecture Specialist on a one-year contract in Toronto, with a possible six-month extension. The role leads enterprise disaster recovery design, testing and sustainment across complex multi-tier environments, with a hybrid schedule of at least three onsite days per week.
Pay:
$85.56–$91.94 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Lead disaster recovery strategy and failover architecture reviews
- Design and run DR tests, from tabletop exercises to full-scale validation
- Assess backup, replication and high-availability capabilities across environments
- Lead cross-functional teams and vendors to close recovery risks
- Produce governance updates, audit evidence and executive briefings
Requirements summary:
- 10+ years in enterprise infrastructure or disaster recovery
- Proven DR design and testing in large enterprises
- Deep knowledge of Windows, Linux, VMware, storage, databases and networking
- Degree or diploma in IT, computer science or engineering, or equivalent experience
- CBCP, ISO 22301, ITIL, TOGAF, AWS or Azure certifications are assets
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-06
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CBCP, MBCI, ISO 22301, ITIL, TOGAF, AWS |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples, People with disabilities, Racialized people, Women, 2SLGBTQ+ |
| Education | College diploma (preferred), Bachelor’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering |
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As the Canadian leader in recruitment and HR, and one of Canada’s best places to work, we have a uniquely human approach to work. We deliver HR innovation with human interaction at its core. At the unique intersection of technology and humanity, we deliver data-driven insights coupled with a people-first experience that is inherently human. Human Forward. Learn more at www.randstad.ca.
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- Randstad Canada
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As the Canadian leader in recruitment and HR, and one of Canada’s best places to work, we have a uniquely human approach to work. We deliver HR innovation with human interaction at its core. At the unique intersection of technology and humanity, we deliver data-driven insights coupled with a people-first experience that is inherently human. Human Forward. Learn more at www.randstad.ca.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Staffing and Recruiting |
| Company size | 501-1,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, ON |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1997 |
| Specialties | HR ConsultingIT RecruitmentEngineering RecruitmentStaffing and HRHR ServicesRecruitmentHR OutsourcingTemporary HiringPermanent HiringRecruiting |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 9,430 |
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Job description
We are seeking a highly accomplished Technical Architecture Specialist for an enterprise-level contract opportunity based in Toronto. In this role, you will take on a premier disaster recovery architecture, infrastructure resilience, and enterprise continuity capacity, specializing in designing, validating, and sustaining high-availability recovery solutions across complex multi-tier environments.
As a Technical Architecture Specialist, you will bridge the gap between application owners, infrastructure leads, cybersecurity specialists, solution architects, and executive management. Operating within a hybrid work model in Toronto, you will serve as a technical subject-matter expert on disaster recovery (DR) strategies—evaluating application architectures, reviewing recovery runbooks, facilitating failover simulations, and ensuring critical systems meet stringent Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs). This position demands a technical authority with broad expertise across enterprise infrastructure, virtualization, database replication, networking, and cloud platforms who can translate complex resilience risks into actionable risk treatments and governance frameworks.
Location: Toronto, ON
Assignment Type: Hybrid (Minimum 3 days per week onsite, with Monday/Tuesday anchor days)
Contract Duration: 1-year contract (with potential for 6-month extension)
Advantages
High-Impact Resilience Leadership: Lead enterprise disaster recovery strategies, failover architectures, and business continuity frameworks across mission-critical infrastructure.
Broad Enterprise Technology Scope: Evaluate architectures spanning Windows, Linux, VMware virtualization, enterprise storage, databases, networks, and cloud platforms.
Full-Lifecycle DR Ownership: Drive the complete recovery lifecycle from initial architectural risk assessments and tabletop simulations to go-live failover testing and long-term program sustainment.
Balanced Hybrid Model: Enjoy a predictable hybrid working schedule combining collaborative onsite coordination in Toronto with remote flexibility.
Responsibilities
Provide senior-level technical leadership and disaster recovery expertise to support enterprise resilience and business continuity initiatives.
Review application and infrastructure recovery architectures to identify single points of failure, recovery risks, and critical system dependencies.
Assess, develop, and refine technical recovery strategies, disaster recovery plans, runbooks, and failover procedures to ensure alignment with approved RTOs and RPOs.
Design, coordinate, and lead disaster recovery testing programs, including tabletop exercises, failover simulations, and full-scale recovery validations.
Evaluate backup, data replication, clustering, and high-availability capabilities across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
Lead cross-functional teams (infrastructure, application, cybersecurity, and vendor leads) to implement recovery solutions and resolve technical dependencies.
Track remediation actions, document test findings, maintain audit evidence, and support the closure or formal disposition of identified technical risks.
Support post-incident reviews and post-mortems from a resilience perspective to incorporate lessons learned into continuous improvement plans.
Transition completed recovery projects into long-term DR program sustainment, including ongoing compliance monitoring, periodic architecture reviews, and executive reporting.
Prepare clear technical documentation, governance updates, executive briefings, and risk assessment reports for technical and business stakeholders.
Qualifications
Core Technical & Disaster Recovery Requirements
Professional Experience: Minimum 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure, technical architecture, disaster recovery, or high-availability engineering.
DR Architecture & Testing: Proven experience designing, implementing, reviewing, and testing disaster recovery strategies, failover technologies, and replication solutions in large enterprise environments.
Broad Infrastructure Mastery: Deep technical knowledge across enterprise infrastructure domains, including Windows, Linux, VMware, storage systems, databases, networking, identity services, and cybersecurity controls.
RTO/RPO & Risk Assessment: Demonstrated expertise conducting recovery readiness assessments, gap analyses, and technical risk evaluations to meet defined RTOs and RPOs.
Project & Lifecycle Execution: Strong technical project management skills across the full lifecycle of technology implementation, testing, and sustainment.
Education: Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
Preferred Certifications & Regulated Environment Assets
Industry Certifications: Relevant designations such as CBCP, MBCI, ISO 22301, ITIL, TOGAF, AWS, or Azure certifications are considered strong assets.
Regulated Sector Experience: Experience delivering disaster recovery programs within large public sector organizations or highly regulated enterprise environments.
Soft Skills & Delivery Attributes
Executive Communication: Superior written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear options and recommendations for executive leadership.
Cross-Functional Facilitation: Strong stakeholder engagement capabilities to build consensus, lead technical workshops, and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and third-party vendors.
Summary
If you're interested in the "Technical Architecture Specialist" 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!
Randstad 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.
Randstad 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. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
As a Technical Architecture Specialist, you will bridge the gap between application owners, infrastructure leads, cybersecurity specialists, solution architects, and executive management. Operating within a hybrid work model in Toronto, you will serve as a technical subject-matter expert on disaster recovery (DR) strategies—evaluating application architectures, reviewing recovery runbooks, facilitating failover simulations, and ensuring critical systems meet stringent Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs). This position demands a technical authority with broad expertise across enterprise infrastructure, virtualization, database replication, networking, and cloud platforms who can translate complex resilience risks into actionable risk treatments and governance frameworks.
Location: Toronto, ON
Assignment Type: Hybrid (Minimum 3 days per week onsite, with Monday/Tuesday anchor days)
Contract Duration: 1-year contract (with potential for 6-month extension)
Advantages
High-Impact Resilience Leadership: Lead enterprise disaster recovery strategies, failover architectures, and business continuity frameworks across mission-critical infrastructure.
Broad Enterprise Technology Scope: Evaluate architectures spanning Windows, Linux, VMware virtualization, enterprise storage, databases, networks, and cloud platforms.
Full-Lifecycle DR Ownership: Drive the complete recovery lifecycle from initial architectural risk assessments and tabletop simulations to go-live failover testing and long-term program sustainment.
Balanced Hybrid Model: Enjoy a predictable hybrid working schedule combining collaborative onsite coordination in Toronto with remote flexibility.
Responsibilities
Provide senior-level technical leadership and disaster recovery expertise to support enterprise resilience and business continuity initiatives.
Review application and infrastructure recovery architectures to identify single points of failure, recovery risks, and critical system dependencies.
Assess, develop, and refine technical recovery strategies, disaster recovery plans, runbooks, and failover procedures to ensure alignment with approved RTOs and RPOs.
Design, coordinate, and lead disaster recovery testing programs, including tabletop exercises, failover simulations, and full-scale recovery validations.
Evaluate backup, data replication, clustering, and high-availability capabilities across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
Lead cross-functional teams (infrastructure, application, cybersecurity, and vendor leads) to implement recovery solutions and resolve technical dependencies.
Track remediation actions, document test findings, maintain audit evidence, and support the closure or formal disposition of identified technical risks.
Support post-incident reviews and post-mortems from a resilience perspective to incorporate lessons learned into continuous improvement plans.
Transition completed recovery projects into long-term DR program sustainment, including ongoing compliance monitoring, periodic architecture reviews, and executive reporting.
Prepare clear technical documentation, governance updates, executive briefings, and risk assessment reports for technical and business stakeholders.
Qualifications
Core Technical & Disaster Recovery Requirements
Professional Experience: Minimum 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure, technical architecture, disaster recovery, or high-availability engineering.
DR Architecture & Testing: Proven experience designing, implementing, reviewing, and testing disaster recovery strategies, failover technologies, and replication solutions in large enterprise environments.
Broad Infrastructure Mastery: Deep technical knowledge across enterprise infrastructure domains, including Windows, Linux, VMware, storage systems, databases, networking, identity services, and cybersecurity controls.
RTO/RPO & Risk Assessment: Demonstrated expertise conducting recovery readiness assessments, gap analyses, and technical risk evaluations to meet defined RTOs and RPOs.
Project & Lifecycle Execution: Strong technical project management skills across the full lifecycle of technology implementation, testing, and sustainment.
Education: Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
Preferred Certifications & Regulated Environment Assets
Industry Certifications: Relevant designations such as CBCP, MBCI, ISO 22301, ITIL, TOGAF, AWS, or Azure certifications are considered strong assets.
Regulated Sector Experience: Experience delivering disaster recovery programs within large public sector organizations or highly regulated enterprise environments.
Soft Skills & Delivery Attributes
Executive Communication: Superior written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear options and recommendations for executive leadership.
Cross-Functional Facilitation: Strong stakeholder engagement capabilities to build consensus, lead technical workshops, and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and third-party vendors.
Summary
If you're interested in the "Technical Architecture Specialist" 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!
Randstad 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.
Randstad 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. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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