Technology Architect - Senior

• 10+ years' experience with cyber security processes and regulations, and standards, preferably for the public sector or broader public sector.
• 10+ years' experience with cyber security and privacy audits and assessments including:
• Threat risk assessments
• Cyber security assessments
• Assessments of cyber security governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs
• Privacy impact assessments
• 10+ years' experience evaluating technical and administrative controls, producing cyber security and privacy findings and risk logs/reports and preparing remediation plans, preferably for the public sector or broader public sector.
• Experience using maturity models (e.g. CMMI, NIST-based, proprietary models) to evaluate cyber security capabilities.
• 10+ years' experience applying cyber security industry frameworks such as NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF) v1.1/v2.0, CIS Controls v8, COBIT and ISO 27001
• Experience working with the new NIST CSF v2.0
• 10+ years of demonstrated experience applying privacy frameworks such as the NIST Privacy Framework, ISO/IEC 27701.
• Excellent knowledge and exposure to Internet of Things (IoT) security issues.
• Excellent knowledge of Ontario, federal and international privacy laws applicable to the Ontario K-12 sector (such as Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), Canadian Privacy Act, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), etc.).
• Knowledge of Bill 194 and EDSTA, 2024.

• Strong communication skills as demonstrated through:
• 10+ years' experience in presenting technical concepts to executives, management teams and diverse stakeholder audiences
• 10+ years' experience in preparing written materials (e.g., security and privacy reports, status reports, recommendations, briefing notes), and translating technical findings into clear actionable reports.

• Security certification is mandatory (Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)).
• Privacy certification is preferred (Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) or Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP).

• 5+ years of hands-on experience working in large public sector environments. Preferably experience working with the Ontario K-12 education sector.
• Applied experience with Ontario's cyber security standards. The security standards (GO-ITS 25.X) can be found on the Government of Ontario information technology standards website:

• Please see the Highlighted Criteria above in the Experience and Skillset Requirements

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