Our client in the public sector is seeking a contract based Senior Security Architect focused on setting up and and design of key security infrastructure components.Location: Hybrid Toronto (2d/week)Duration: 6 months + 6 months extResponsibilities:Day-to-day management and configuration changes of security infrastructure. Maintainthe hardware within the security infrastructure. This will include firewalls, proxies, load balancers, remote access gateways, network scanners, and detection tools.2Maintain an understanding of current IT security risks and vulnerabilities. Keep abreast of new behaviors by threat actors to ensure the infrastructure is not vulnerable and potential threat risks mitigated.Monitor enterprise infrastructure, security products, network usage, performance, and capacity, and perform trend analysis for infrastructure improvements.Provide assistance and technical support in the planning, assessment, design, build and implementation of upgrades to existing networks, and enhancements or additions of future enterprise security technologies.Conduct research and evaluations of enterprise hardware and software solutions and make recommendations.Conduct, update and improve reviews of documentation, manuals, standards, and procedures.Respond to client inquiries, investigate, and analyze problems, and develop solutions and/or action plans.Requirements:10+ years of progressive experience in computing and information security, including experience with security technology and remediation of Security Incidents.Expert level technical proficiency with F5 LTM, APM, ASM, GTMProficient technical experience working with large enterprise clustered high-availability firewalls, load balancers and proxies, including Checkpoint, Broadcom ProxySG, Zscalar ZIA.Advanced understanding of networking technologies and information security best practices.Advanced knowledge in Network, Web and Authentication protocols to perform network traffic / packet analysisExperience in performing and overseeing technical vulnerability assessments of I&T environment.Technical experience working with LAN/WAN wired and wireless network and security technologies in a large enterprise environment.Technical experience building clustered enterprise network and Cloud infrastructure solutions.Working technical experience in administering remote access infrastructure.Working experience with programming language such as Unix/Linux/Windows shell script, PythonDemonstrated familiarity with intrusion detection and vulnerability assessment in perimeter networks.Familiar with theories and requirement of enterprise information security, cloud security, network security, application security, cryptography, and key management