Senior Solution Architect, Elastic Platform At Bell, we’re building a more connected future through world-class networks, AI-powered solutions, and digital experiences that elevate how people live, work, and play every day. That’s why we equip our teams with cutting-edge technology, AI tools, and a collaborative environment that supports creativity and growth. We are seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to lead the design, scalability, resilience, and security of Bell's enterprise Elastic platform.
This role will shape the technical direction of a multi-terabyte security analytics environment supporting SOC operations, threat detection, incident response, and compliance initiatives. Working across Elastic, Kafka, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible, you will serve as the platform's technical authority, driving architecture decisions, mentoring senior engineers, and ensuring the platform remains secure, highly available, and ready for future growth. Define and evolve the target architecture for the Elastic deployment: cluster topology, data tiering (hot/warm/cold/frozen), index and ILM strategy, cross-cluster search and replication, and capacity planning for multi-TB daily ingest.
Design for resilience on OpenShift with ECK: upgrade strategy, disaster recovery, high availability across data centers. Own the platform's security design: authentication and RBAC, encryption, network segmentation, audit logging, and whatever our compliance obligations require. Maintain the technical roadmap with the product owner.
Set standards for index naming, data schemas (Elastic Common Schema), ingest patterns, and our Terraform and Ansible code, and review major changes against them. Mentor the senior engineers on the team and explain design decisions to security leadership and architecture boards in language they can use. Lead root-cause analysis when the platform has a hard performance or stability incident.
7+ years in infrastructure or data platform engineering, including 4+ years of hands‑on Elastic work at scale, some of it as an architect or technical lead. ~ You have designed large multi-node Elasticsearch clusters and can talk in detail about sharding, tiering, ILM, performance tuning, and upgrades that went wrong. ~ You understand what a SOC needs from a data platform.
Experience in agile teams that run CI/CD and carry operational responsibility for what they build. ~ Experience with Elastic Security (SIEM), machine learning features, or searchable snapshots at scale. financial services, telecom, public sector]) and familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, or SOC 2. Adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. For work arrangements that are ‘Hybrid’, successful candidates must be based in Canada and report to a set Bell office for a minimum of 3 days a week.
As part of our team, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive compensation package that includes a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits to support the well‑being of you and your family. As soon as you join us, you'll be eligible for medical, dental, vision and mental health advantages that you can tailor to your specific needs. At Bell, we are proud of our focus on fostering an inclusive and accessible workplace where all team members feel valued, respected, supported, and that they belong.
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📌 Senior Solution Architect, Elastic Platform (Toronto)
🏢 Bell Canada
📍 Toronto