Principal Financial Ecosystem Architect to provide strategic advisory services for Consumer Driven

Our financial services client is seeking a Principal Financial Ecosystem Architect to provide strategic advisory services using Consumer-Driven Banking, Stablecoin, and financial ecosystem architectures

Join a high-profile financial ecosystem initiative supporting strategic architecture decisions within the banking sector. This role focuses on Consumer-Driven Banking (CDB), Stablecoin initiatives, financial API architectures, interoperability, trust frameworks, and digital identity ecosystems. The consultant will engage with senior stakeholders, regulators, and industry participants to support secure and scalable ecosystem participation.

Note: As the successful candidate must be eligible to receive a Government of Canada Secret clearance, only candidates who have spent the last 10+ years in Canada without leaving the country for more than 6 months at a time may be considered. Candidates who already hold an existing GoC Secret clearance will be prioritized.

Initial 1-year contract opportunity (with strong possibility of extension to a total term of 3 years). % Remote in EST timezone, 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday.

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 internal 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

Must Haves

• 10+ years 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 (FAPI) architectures, interoperability frameworks, or ecosystem integration approaches supporting secure information exchange between multiple participants
• 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 Skillls:

• 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