01 · AI
AI systems, not slide decks.
We're a Canadian AI consulting team that designs, builds, and runs the AI systems behind your business, not slide decks.
Announcing 24/7 Canadian SOCSenior-led IT and AI consulting
Senior-led IT and AI consulting
firm in Canada.
Networking, security, cloud migration, and compliance across Canada. Built and run end-to-end by senior engineers. One boutique IT consulting firm, no handoffs.
- 0management layers
- 12active engagements
- 1h 12mavg response
Compliance
- SOC 2
- PCI DSS
- ISO 27001
- PIPEDA
- Bill C-26
// OUR PRACTICE
IT consulting firms in Canada, rebuilt around what matters.
We kept this Canadian IT consulting company small and senior on purpose. Every engagement is led by a principal engineer who stays through delivery, not a handoff chain.
Engineer-led, end to end
Principal accountability from kickoff to handover.
No handoff
Scoped within a week
Canadian-first
// SERVICES
Specialist IT consulting services. One senior team.
Every service across our Canada IT consulting practice is led by a principal engineer from discovery through operation.
02 · ZERO-TRUST
Cybersecurity consulting, not slideware.
We run cybersecurity consulting across Canada end to end, from zero trust design to firewall build and audit.
03 · CLOUD
Cloud migration, run by builders.
SMEnode delivers cloud migration services across Canada: we assess, move, secure, and run your AWS and Azure workloads.
04 · REGULATED
Audit-ready, not audit-burdened.
We handle SOC 2 compliance for Canadian companies, closing control gaps and packing the evidence auditors trust.
05 · MANAGED
Managed IT services across Canada.
Managed IT services across Canada: we monitor, secure, and operate your infrastructure so your team builds, not firefights.
06 · CORE
Networks that don't wake you up.
We design, build, and run enterprise networking for Canada's mid-market and enterprise teams, end to end.
// BY THE NUMBERS
Trusted IT consulting. Measurable outcomes.
15+
Years of experience
40+
Enterprise deployments
100%
Senior engineers
0
Account managers
// HOW WE WORK
Four steps. No surprises.
- 1
Discovery call
A 30-minute call with a senior engineer, not an SDR. We listen, sketch options, flag risks.
- 2
Scoped SOW
A tailored statement of work (fixed fee or T&M), delivered within 3 business days.
- 3
Senior-led delivery
The person who designed it, builds it. Weekly demos, documented decisions, no handoff.
- 4
Ongoing relationship
Managed operations, on-call support, and quarterly architecture reviews if you want them.
// QUESTIONS
What buyers ask first.
The short version of the questions we hear before a first call. Every answer is written by the person who will run the engagement, not a marketing team.
SMEnode is a boutique IT and AI consulting firm in Canada. We deliver specialist disciplines: enterprise networking, DevOps and automation, compliance, data centre and private cloud, cybersecurity, and applied AI. Every engagement is led by a principal engineer from discovery through operation, with no handoff to junior delivery teams.
SMEnode is a Toronto IT consulting company, with the team distributed across Canada. We serve clients nationally, from Toronto to Calgary, and keep data Canadian-resident by default, with CCSPA-aligned controls for regulated industries. Engagements run remote-first with on-site visits when the work needs hands on hardware or in-person change windows.
Our disciplines: networks and infrastructure (Cisco ACI, SD-WAN, F5), DevOps and automation (Terraform, Kubernetes on EKS or AKS or GKE), compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, Bill C-26), data centre and private cloud, cybersecurity with Zero-Trust rollouts, and multi-cloud architecture on AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Three differences. Engagements are led by principal engineers, not account managers. Most projects are scoped within one week, with no procurement theatre. We hold CCIE-grade certifications across the team and average 15-plus years of production experience. No proxies, no offshore relay, no handoff to less experienced staff after sign-off.
Yes. Bill C-26 is now law in Canada as Bill C-8 (Royal Assent 2026-06-16), enacting the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act (CCSPA). We run readiness checks for critical-infrastructure operators across the four designated sectors, mapping your controls against the CCSPA schedule, finding gaps, and producing a sequenced remediation plan. Typical engagement runs three to four weeks.
Most engagements run between thirty thousand and seven hundred thousand Canadian dollars. Productized offerings (AI Readiness, RAG Pilot, Bill C-26 Check, SOC 2 Readiness) start at fifteen thousand. Custom engagements are scoped per statement of work after a thirty-minute call with a senior engineer, with the SOW delivered inside three business days.
Yes, where the work fits Canadian data-residency requirements and the time-zone overlap supports senior-led delivery. Most US engagements are remote with quarterly on-site cadence. We don't relay work to offshore delivery teams; whoever you talk to on day one is who builds and operates the system.
Networking: Cisco ACI, SD-Access, VXLAN, Viptela and Versa SD-WAN, F5 LTM and Advanced WAF. Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes on EKS, AKS, and GKE. Security: Zero-Trust segmentation, identity-aware access, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 readiness. AI: production RAG pipelines, eval suites, observability for LLM workloads.