Job Description
We are looking for a Principal Financial Ecosystem Architect to join our team.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic advisory services on initiatives related to Consumer-Driven Banking (CDB), stablecoins, and other financial ecosystem initiatives;
- Provide advisory expertise on the design and evolution of financial ecosystem architectures, operating models, and governance frameworks;
- Assess financial Application Programming Interface (API) architectures and interoperability approaches to support secure and scalable ecosystem participation;
- Assess trust frameworks, digital identity models, authentication mechanisms, and accreditation approaches;
- Review accreditation models, ecosystem registries, and participant onboarding frameworks, and provide recommendations to support secure ecosystem operations;
- Challenge and validate architectural assumptions, proposed solutions, and strategic approaches to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement;
- Assess the alignment of architectural approaches with relevant international standards, emerging industry practices, and frameworks applicable to financial ecosystems;
- Provide recommendations regarding the security, resilience, compliance, and long-term operational viability of the ecosystem;
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders, regulatory bodies, industry participants, and delivery teams to support strategic decision-making;
- Develop architectural assessments, briefing materials, and recommendations to support strategic architecture decisions and financial ecosystem initiatives;
- Perform any other related activities and produce any other related deliverables, as required.
Qualifications
- University degree or college diploma in computer science, information technology, engineering, business administration, finance, or a related discipline focused on financial technologies or systems;
- A minimum of ten (10) years of recent and demonstrated experience providing enterprise architecture services for complex initiatives related to technology, financial services, or digital ecosystems;
- Demonstrated experience designing or assessing financial ecosystem architectures, operating models, and governance frameworks, or providing advisory services in these areas, within the banking, payments, financial technology (fintech), or financial market infrastructure sectors;
- Demonstrated experience assessing financial API architectures, interoperability frameworks, or ecosystem integration approaches that enable the secure exchange of information among multiple participants;
- Demonstrated experience assessing or implementing trust frameworks, digital identity ecosystems, and authentication mechanisms that enable secure participant access and secure information exchange;
- Demonstrated experience with accreditation frameworks, participant onboarding processes, ecosystem registries, or trust registries that enable secure participation in the ecosystem;
- Demonstrated experience providing architectural advisory services within regulated technology environments subject to compliance requirements or rigorous governance;
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with senior executives, regulatory bodies, industry stakeholders, or multi-stakeholder governance bodies to support strategic decision-making;
- The resource must be eligible to obtain the following security clearance: Secret (requires a minimum of ten (10) years of verifiable personal history);
- Demonstrated experience with Financial-grade APIs (FAPI), API governance, API security, and developer portal frameworks;
- Demonstrated experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mutual TLS (mTLS), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and certificate management;
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing security architectures and architectures on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform;
- Excellent communication skills in English. English is required as the position is based in Ottawa.
Only candidates legally authorized to work for any employer in Canada will be considered
Wepoint Benefits
- Minimum of 3 weeks of vacation starting from the first year;
- Comprehensive group insurance with a generous employer contribution;
- Employer contribution to a group RRSP;
- Full remote work flexibility: Hybrid, Remote, or On-site;
- A warm, bright, and welcoming office offering fresh fruit, coffee, beverages, occasional meals, etc.;
- Annual IT equipment budget;
- A balanced work environment with flexible working hours;
- Career development: training and certifications, online or in-person learning, Wepoint Academy, etc.;
- An international community of experts ready to share their knowledge;
- A company culture focused on individuals’ needs and their belonging to a strong community.
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