Principal Financial Ecosystem Architect
Location: Fully remote (Canada)
Type: Full-time contract, 37.5 hrs/week
Duration: 12-month initial term, starting December 14, 2026 (24-month optional extension)
Language: English
Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain Government of Canada Secret clearance
Overview:
A federal financial institution requires a Principal Financial Ecosystem Architect to provide strategic advisory services for Consumer-Driven Banking (CDB), Stablecoin, and other financial ecosystem initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
-Provide strategic advisory services for Consumer-Driven Banking (CDB), Stablecoin, and other financial ecosystem initiatives
-Provide expert guidance on the design and evolution of financial ecosystem architectures, operating models, and governance frameworks
-Evaluate financial API architectures and interoperability approaches to support secure and scalable ecosystem participation
-Assess trust frameworks, digital identity models, authentication mechanisms, and accreditation approaches
-Review and provide recommendations on accreditation models, ecosystem registries, and participant onboarding frameworks
-Challenge and validate architectural assumptions, proposed solutions, and strategic approaches to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement
-Assess alignment of architectural approaches with international standards, emerging industry practices, and financial ecosystem frameworks
-Provide recommendations on ecosystem security, resilience, compliance, and long-term operational sustainability
-Engage with senior stakeholders, regulators, industry participants, and delivery teams to support strategic decision-making
-Develop architectural assessments, briefing materials, and recommendations to support strategic architecture decisions
-Related activities and deliverables, as required
Required Qualifications:
-Degree/diploma in computer science, information technology, engineering, business administration, finance, or a related technology or financial systems discipline
-10+ years of recent experience providing enterprise architecture services for complex technology, financial services, or digital ecosystem initiatives
-Experience designing, assessing, or advising on financial ecosystem architectures, operating models, and governance frameworks in banking, payments, fintech, or financial market infrastructure
-Experience evaluating financial API architectures, interoperability frameworks, or ecosystem integration approaches supporting secure multi-participant information exchange
-Experience assessing or implementing trust frameworks, digital identity ecosystems, and authentication mechanisms
-Experience with accreditation frameworks, participant onboarding processes, and ecosystem or trust registries
-Experience providing architectural guidance in regulatory, compliance-driven, or highly governed environments
-Experience engaging senior executives, regulators, industry participants, or multi-stakeholder governance bodies
Technical Skills:
Financial-grade APIs (FAPI), API governance, API security, developer portal frameworks; OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mutual TLS (mTLS), PKI, certificate management; security architecture design and implementation; Microsoft Azure cloud architecture
