Senior Security & Compliance Architect (AQI)

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.

• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.

It’s possible with a role at Aquatic Informatics (https://aquaticinformatics.com/).

Aquatic Informatics (AQI), a Veralto company, is a mission-driven software company that organizes the world’s water data to make it accessible and useful. We provide software solutions that address critical water data management, analytics, and compliance challenges for the rapidly growing water industry. We offer a full range of solutions, from standalone software packages for individual users, hosted software services, and enterprise-wide national systems. We serve over 1,000 municipal, federal, state/provincial, hydropower, mining, academic, and consulting organizations in over 60 countries that collect, manage, and process large volumes of water data.

Aquatic Informatics is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and has offices in the US and Australia. We value independent thinking, initiative, teamwork, a relentless pursuit of quality, a playful spirit, and a sense of humor. We like smart people – IQ and EQ – who care about the environment and want to do good in the world. Ours is a unique culture where purpose meets possibility: where the work we do makes a real difference on the world’s valuable water resources, and where you’ll have opportunities to own your ambition and fuel your career growth.

Reporting to the Director of InfraSecOps, the Senior Security and Compliance Architect will work within the company’s digital water platform teams to establish and achieve software products security & compliance objectives. You will ensure that the platform’s software/SaaS products and supporting infrastructure are compliant with security standards established for those products including ISO 27001 and FedRAMP. You will ensure that the risk associated with constantly emerging cyber threats and security vulnerabilities is minimized by working collaboratively with cross-functional software architects, developers, data scientists, DevOps, SecOps, development managers, product managers, senior leadership, and Veralto Global Security and Privacy teams. You will be the main point of contact for answering Security Questionnaire from current and prospective customers.

This position is part of the Digital Products Development team in Vancouver, Canada, and will be Remote, with optional in-office collaboration.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Design, enhance, and maintain the architecture of several product lines designed for environmental, wastewater, drinking water, and IoT solutions.

• Ensure properly architected designs for new product development.

• Be the technical leader for a geo-located team of architects and senior software engineers to build scalable and performant solutions for the future.

• Work on strategies to converge disparate tech stacks and IoT platforms.

• Work with the Security and compliance team to ensure that architecture is aligned with product security, global compliance, and data privacy to meet existing and emerging security standards.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Experience in software architecture and technical leadership roles.

• Proven experience working within complex platforms, microservice architecture, and scaling systems across geo-located regions.

• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure), containerization (Kubernetes), and microservices.

• Experience creating, maintaining, and working within large-scale IoT solutions and big data (e.g. ADX, BigQuery).

• Experience with Zero downtime and blue-green deployments.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and diagram/documentation skills.

• Ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

• Ability to create, maintain, and own a Non-Functional Requirement (NFR) roadmap for our product lines and common platforms.

• Ability to work directly with product management on prioritization within customer-facing roadmaps.

• Ability to work directly with the InfraSecOps team to ensure NFRs are implemented and monitored regularly.

Preferred Skills:

• Post-secondary degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent education & experience.

• At least 3 years of experience in an architect role.

• Proficiency in a modern programming language (C#, Java).

• Experience with web, SaaS, IoT, and mobile application development.

• Experience with AI and ML ops, data privacy, and security.

• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Security Standards and Best Practices

• Ability to drive technical excellence and innovation.

• Experience in environmental and wastewater/drinking water is a plus.

• Experience with ISO27001, SOC2, FedRAMP, and GDPR is a plus.

Why Join Us?

• Work on meaningful projects that positively impact the environment and human health.

•  Be part of an innovation-driven, startup-like culture within an estab  lished organization.

• Get hands-on experience with emerging machine learning and AI technologies.

• Career growth opportunities, including the chance to transition into architectural leadership roles.

• Work with a diverse range of technologies based on your interests and expertise.

• Contribute to the development of two core, early-stage innovative products.

• Join an Agile development environment with Scrum and Kanban methodologies.   

We offer:

• Permissive paid time off.

• Flexible working hours.

• Full benefits package Day 1 including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Corporate Wellbeing Program to support your health and wellness.

• Retirement savings plan with company matching to secure your future.

• Career coaching and development opportunities to help you grow professionally.

Aquatic Informatics is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $170,000.00 - $215,000.00 CAD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. 

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

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