Application deadline: October 27, 2026 12:00 PM ET
Position: Principal Infrastructure Platform Architect
Employment Type: Permanent
Compensation Details:- Infrastructure Architect 19: Salaries typically range from $112,006 to $149,341 annually, based on qualifications and experiences, plus a performance-based incentive.
Location:- Export Development Canada operates in a hybrid work environment, with a current requirement of two in-office days per week, increasing to three days per week in September 2026 (subject to change).
- This role can be performed from EDC's headquarters in Ottawa.
- Relocation assistance is available for candidates who meet the eligibility criteria.
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Team and Job Overview:The Digital & Technology Solutions (DTS) group, under the leadership of the Chief Information Officer, was established in 2023 with the mission of empowering our customers and colleagues to take on the world by enabling secure, reliable digital experiences and the technology outcomes required to support EDC's business transformation. Digital & Technology Solutions has set out to achieve the following objectives for EDC:
- Define, execute, and sustain the integrated technology target state, target data model and technology operations required to enable EDC's 2030 business transformation.
- Establish and manage the rolling Digital Roadmap that sequences the technology outcomes required to achieve the technology target state and facilitate its execution across all domains in the organization.
- Keep pace with industry trends and emerging technologies, ensuring EDC has access to the digital technology tools it needs to stay relevant in the market and grow Canadian global trade.
- Lead and ensure integrated digital, data, infrastructure, and cybersecurity implementations to create excellent customer, user, and employee experiences.
Reporting to the Director, IT Platform Enablement, the Principal Infrastructure Platform Architect is a senior architectural leadership role accountable for shaping, evolving, and governing EDC's infrastructure foundations across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. The role designs end-to-end infrastructure solutions and platform capabilities (from concept through implementation and measurable outcomes) by producing solution blueprints, target-state and transition-state architectures, integration designs, and non-functional requirements (security, resilience, performance, observability, and cost). As a delegated design authority, the Architect owns and enforces infrastructure reference architectures, standards, and guardrails; leads architecture governance through forums such as the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and relevant Communities of Practice (CoPs); approves key design decisions and exceptions; and ensures traceability through decision records.
The role operates at the intersection of business strategy, enterprise architecture, platform engineering, operations, and cybersecurity; translating business and risk requirements into implementable designs, sequencing decisions into roadmaps, and governing delivery alignment to approved architectures through design reviews and ongoing engagement with delivery and managed service partners.
What you will be doing:- Own the infrastructure architecture vision and target state across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, including transition states and decommission plans.
- Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions and platform capabilities by producing solution blueprints, logical and physical designs, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements.
- Define and maintain infrastructure reference architectures, standards, and reusable building blocks (patterns/playbooks) that teams and partners must adopt.
- Act as a delegated design authority: lead or chair design reviews; approve designs and exceptions; and ensure decisions are documented and traceable through decision records.
- Drive architecture governance and community alignment by engaging the ARB and relevant Communities of Practice (CoPs), and by coaching solution teams on standards and trade-offs.
- Partner with cybersecurity to embed security-by-design controls, threat considerations, and compliance requirements into infrastructure architectures.
- Ensure platform operability by defining SLO/SLA expectations, observability requirements, reliability patterns, and supportability criteria for managed services.
- Influence investment and delivery sequencing by providing architecture input to roadmaps, estimates, and prioritization-ensuring outcomes are achievable within cost and risk appetite.
- Support supplier and partner governance by defining technical requirements for procurements, reviewing solution proposals, and contributing to KPI/SLA expectations and continuous improvement.
What we are looking for:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years' of experience designing and governing infrastructure architectures and modernization initiatives across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments (including delivery oversight through partners/managed services).
- Proven ability to define and own infrastructure/platform strategies, target-state and transition-state architectures, and translate business, operational, and risk requirements into pragmatic roadmaps, standards, and reference architectures.
- Experience acting as a design authority-leading design reviews (e.g., ARB), approving architecture decisions, managing exceptions, and driving alignment through Communities of Practice (CoPs).
- Experience partnering with procurement and managing vendors.
- Strong written and verbal communication to produce decision records, investment cases, and clear recommendations for leadership.
- Experience driving cost transparency and optimization (e.g., show-back/chargeback), including stakeholder consumption reviews.
- Strong knowledge management and enablement mindset leveraging documentation, playbooks, and patterns that accelerate adoption.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, coaching, and contribute to talent and capability planning.
What will make you stand out:- Relevant certifications such as Azure/AWS/GCP Architecture, FinOps Practitioner, ITIL Certification, M365 Professional, CoPilot or AI fundamentals certification.
- Hands-on experience with supplier governance and commercial management (RFPs, KPIs/SLAs, service performance, change requests, and continuous improvement).
- Bilingual in both official languages (English and French).
Eligibility:EDC is committed to Fair Employment Practices and preference will be given to a candidate who is able to work legally in Canada
at the time of application (Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents). Candidates must meet the requisite government security screening requirements. The position is open to those who meet all of the essential requirements stated above and whose applications are received by the closing date.
This position is open to individuals who meet all the essential criteria outlined above and submit their applications by the closing date.
Ready to make a difference? This is your chance to join a dynamic, growing team and leave your mark on our organization, development finance, and the world.
Apply today!
Want to learn more about EDC? Check our website here https://www.edc.ca
