TekStaff's Client has a current vacancy for a Solution Architect (Infrastructure Architecture Lead)
Duration : This is a 6 month contract located in Toronto, ON/ Hybrid
Job Description
Role Responsibilities / Typical Day in Role:
Lead current-state discovery, architecture assessments, and target-state infrastructure design.
- Define infrastructure requirements, solution options, and recommendations aligned with business
priorities and enterprise standards.
- Provide architectural leadership across networking, compute, storage, backup, cloud, workplace
technology, and telephony, partnering with security and identity specialists.
- Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, solution documentation, decision records, and transition
roadmaps.
- Lead technical design discussions and prepare architecture submissions for applicable governance
reviews.
- Partner with the project manager to translate architecture deliverables into sequenced activities,
milestones, dependencies, and clear ownership.
- Coordinate technical workshops and follow-ups across engineering, operations, vendors, and other
delivery workstreams.
- Identify technical risks, assumptions, design gaps, and delivery blockers; drive resolution with
accountable owners and escalate decisions when required.
- Guide technical readiness reviews, implementation planning, and operational handover with engineering
and operations teams.
- Prepare concise leadership updates outlining architecture recommendations, delivery impacts, risks,
and decisions required.
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
- 10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure experience, including demonstrated leadership of cross-domain infrastructure architecture.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, compute, virtualization, storage, backup and recovery, hybrid cloud, Microsoft 365, and workplace technologies.
- Proven ability to drive complex, large-scale infrastructure initiatives from discovery through implementation.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with PMs, and technical teams, to manage risks, dependencies, and delivery outcomes.
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- Previous experience working within large enterprise environments.
Soft Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management.
- Superior organization and time-management skills.
- Results-oriented mindset.
Educational Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related discipline
TekStaff may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the applicant screening process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment.
