About the CompanyOur client is a global leader in digital investigative software that serves thousands of customers worldwide, playing a crucial role in helping investigators fight crime, protect assets, and guard national security. Their solutions acquire, analyze, and share evidence from computers, smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices, modernizing how digital investigations are conducted across companies, communities, and countries.About the RoleThis Data Architect role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical expertise to lead data storage strategy and design across their multi-product SaaS platform during a major unification effort.What You'll Do- Drive data architecture unification across multiple SaaS products, creating coherent patterns while respecting individual product needs- Partner with vertical technical leads to provide horizontal architectural support and alignment across teams- Design and optimize data storage across AWS OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, relational databases, S3, NoSQL, and data warehousing technologies- Optimize for performance and resilience including indexing, querying, high availability, redundancy,



and disaster recovery at scale- Support AI initiatives by partnering with specialist teams on data architecture for AI capabilities- Translate complex challenges into explicit architectural direction, bringing clarity from ambiguity- Build capability through mentoring engineers so teams become more self-sufficient- Balance performance, cost, and reliability considerations across the entire platformWhat You Bring- Deep expertise in AWS OpenSearch/Elasticsearch with proven experience solving hard problems at scale- Broad data technology experience across relational databases, object storage, NoSQL, and data warehousing- Cloud and container knowledge, preferably AWS, with understanding of stateful services in Kubernetes- Proven platform architecture experience with track record of driving technical strategy across multiple teams- Senior-level maturity with ability to mentor others and build organizational capability- Strong influence skills to work effectively across teams without direct authority- SaaS experience with multi-tenant environments and operational excellence focusCompensation & Perks- $180,000 - $200,000 CAD annually- Generous time off policies- Competitive compensation structure- Volunteer opportunities- Reward and recognition programs- Employee committees & resource groups- Healthcare and retirement benefits- Hybrid-flexible work approach supporting work-life balance

📌 Data Architect - C$180,000 - C$200,000 A Year (Toronto)
🏢 Staffplex
📍 Toronto