Senior Technical Architect
Role Overview
The Senior Technical Architect owns solution architecture for enterprise systems, with primary focus on the OutSystems low-code platform and Microsoft Azure cloud estate.
This is a hands-on architecture role involving prototypes, reference implementations, code, and configuration as well as architecture direction.
Key Skills for This Role
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About CSA Group
CSA Group develops standards, codes, and related products, and tests, inspects, and certifies products for safety, performance, and environmental impact.
The organization is headquartered in Canada and operates labs and offices across Europe, Asia, and North America.
Role overview
The Senior Technical Architect owns solution architecture for enterprise systems, with primary focus on the OutSystems low-code platform and Microsoft Azure cloud estate.
This is a hands-on architecture role involving prototypes, reference implementations, code, and configuration as well as architecture direction.
Key responsibilities
- Define end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise systems, primarily OutSystems O11/ODC and Microsoft Azure.
- Design for high availability, scalability, security, integrity, and supportability; establish architecture standards, patterns, and platform governance.
- Build proofs of concept and reference implementations, conduct code-level design reviews, and resolve difficult technical problems with development teams.
- Lead architecture for Azure App Services, Functions, API Management, Azure SQL, Entra ID, Key Vault, networking, Azure DevOps CI/CD, and Azure AI Foundry.
- Oversee OutSystems application design, integration patterns, performance, lifecycle management, and ODC adoption.
- Identify critical system, service, and integration gaps and risks; drive remediation and modernization roadmaps.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions aligned with business goals, efficiency, profitability, growth, and risk management.
- Provide technical leadership and design reviews to development teams, vendors, and system integrators.
- Partner with business stakeholders, IT leadership, security, and infrastructure teams to align solutions with enterprise strategy and compliance requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including 5+ years in solution or technical architecture, and sustained hands-on development experience.
- Candidates should expect a practical technical assessment during selection.
- Hands-on OutSystems expertise covering platform administration, architecture, and integration is required.
- Strong hands-on expertise designing and delivering Microsoft Azure solutions is required.
- Experience with integration platforms, APIs, enterprise data, and CRM platforms such as Salesforce is required; examples include MuleSoft, REST, and event-driven architecture.
- Strong communication skills and ability to present architecture decisions to technical and executive audiences.
- OutSystems architecture certification and Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification are assets, not requirements.
- Experience in global, multi-division organizations or regulated/TIC environments is an asset.
Compensation
- Typical hiring range is $100,890–$132,416 CAD gross annually; the actual base offer depends on education, licenses, certifications, and experience.
- Permanent employees may be eligible for an annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.
Employment status
- The posting identifies the position as regular and full time.
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