Architect - Financial Ecosystem

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Remote
Posted Oct 17, 2026
1 position

$125–$140 / hour

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Lead · 10+ years
Minimum education: College diploma
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Location requirements: Country, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Advise on financial ecosystem initiatives and assess architectures, operating models, governance, APIs, identity and trust frameworks, accreditation, and participant onboarding. Identify risks and recommend secure, resilient, compliant, and sustainable approaches, while engaging stakeholders and preparing assessments and decision-support materials.

Job details

Our client, the Bank of Canada has a 2 year remote contract for a Financial Ecosystem Architect. 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 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 and provide recommendations on accreditation models, ecosystem registries, and participant onboarding frameworks to support secure ecosystem operations • Challenge and validate architectural assumptions, proposed solutions, and strategic approaches to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement • Assess alignment of architectural approaches with relevant international standards, emerging industry practices, and financial ecosystem frameworks • Provide recommendations on ecosystem security, resilience, compliance, and long-term operational sustainability • Engage with senior Bank stakeholders, regulators, 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 • Related activities and deliverables, as required Education and Certifications • University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or a related discipline focused on technology or financial systems Relevant Experience • A minimum of ten (10) years of recent demonstrated experience providing enterprise architecture services for complex technology, financial services, or digital ecosystem initiatives • Demonstrated experience designing, assessing, or providing guidance on financial ecosystem architectures, operating models, and governance frameworks within the banking, payments, fintech, or financial market infrastructure sectors • Demonstrated experience evaluating financial API architectures, interoperability frameworks, or ecosystem integration approaches supporting secure information exchange between multiple participants Category/Catégorie: Non-Sensitive/Non-Délicat • Demonstrated experience assessing or implementing trust frameworks, digital identity ecosystems, and authentication mechanisms supporting secure participant access and information exchange • Demonstrated experience with accreditation frameworks, participant onboarding processes, ecosystem registries, or trust registries supporting secure ecosystem participation • Demonstrated experience providing architectural guidance within regulatory, compliance-driven, or highly governed technology environments • Demonstrated experience engaging with senior executives, regulators, industry participants, or multi-stakeholder governance bodies to support strategic decision-making Technical Skills • 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 Microsoft Azure cloud platform architectures

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires at least 10 years of recent enterprise architecture experience and demonstrated expertise in financial ecosystem architecture, APIs and interoperability, identity and trust, accreditation, and regulated environments. A degree or college diploma in a relevant technology, engineering, business, or finance discipline is listed, along with experience in FAPI, API security, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, PKI, certificate management, and Azure architecture.