Tech Talent International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune (phone hidden) companies to small and mid-sized organizations in Canada/US and Europe.

We currently have a role as an Critical Integration & Data Architect with our large consulting client, working for a large modernization project for a public sector, crown corporation in the Montreal area.

Role: Critical Integration & Data Architect

Type: Permanent or Long Term Contract

Location: Hybrid - Montreal, QC -(2/3 days per week onsite)

Salary: Base salary ranges from $140,000 - $160,000 (depending on experience) + 9% bonus + 4-5 weeks paid vacation + 6% RRSP matching + benefits + sick/personal day + cell phone allowance + discounts for public transit and may other perks

Contract Pay Rate: $100 - $120/hr (freelance/incorporated)

Language Requirements: English & French

Key Info: Candidates must be based out of Quebec

Role Overview

Design and evolve critical integration platforms that enable the reliable, secure and efficient exchange of data between internal systems, partners and digital platforms.

Intervene on the entire life cycle of services: architecture, API, events, data models, security, resilience, observability and support for implementation teams.

Responsibilities

- Define the architecture of integration services and data flows.




- Design API-First and Event-Driven strategies.
- Establish data contracts and exchange models.
- Participate in availability, scalability, recovery, and resiliency choices.
- Coach development teams on integration best practices.
- Define security, traceability and observability standards.
- Contribute to technical governance and architecture reviews.
- Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Operations teams.
- Participate in knowledge transfer and mentorship of internal teams.

Sought-after technology stack

Architecture & Integration

- API REST
- OpenAPI
- Event Architecture
- Apache Kafka
- Confluent Platform
- Kafka Streams
- Avro
- Schema Registry

Development

- Java 17+
- Spring Boot
- Spring Kafka
- Microservices

Cloud & Platform

- AWS
- EKS
- MSK
- IAM
- Secrets Manager
- Kubernetes

DevSecOps

- CI/CD
- Git
- Jira
- Confluence

Observability

- Dynatrace
- Distributed Tracing
- Monitoring
- Alerting

Data

- Oracle
- SQL
- Data Modeling

Desired experience

- 10 years and more in architecture or integration.
- Demonstrated experience in mission-critical transactional environments.
- Robust experience in APIs, Kafka and distributed architectures.
- AWS cloud experience and Kubernetes.
- Excellent ability to influence and provide technical leadership.

📌 Critical Integration (Montreal)
🏢 Tech Talent International
📍 Montreal