Export Development Canada (EDC) is Canada’s federal export credit agency and a Crown corporation supporting Canadian companies as they enter and expand in international markets. Its finance and insurance teams provide trade credit insurance, guarantees, working-capital support, export and buyer financing, structured and project finance, and equity investment. EDC also combines market intelligence, advisory services, digital tools, and specialized initiatives such as the Trade Impact Program and Business Connections. The organization serves exporters across industries including agri-food, cleantech, defence, and energy, with a focus on managing international risk, diversifying markets, enabling sustainable trade, and helping businesses compete globally.
Principal Infrastructure Platforms Architect
Lead the design and governance of EDC’s hybrid and cloud infrastructure platforms. Guide security, modernization, and architecture standards in support of Canadian businesses operating internationally.
Description
- Guide the evolution and governance of EDC’s infrastructure across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
- Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions and platform capabilities.
- Create solution diagrams, target and transitional architectures, integration designs, and non-functional requirements.
- Set and maintain infrastructure reference architectures, standards, and reusable components.
- Lead design reviews and approve designs and exceptions.
- Record architecture decisions and maintain their traceability.
- Strengthen architecture governance through the Architecture Review Board and communities of practice.
- Build security controls, threat considerations, and compliance requirements into architectures.
- Set service-level, observability, reliability, and supportability expectations for managed services.
- Help develop roadmaps and estimates, and prioritize investment and deployment.
- Set technical procurement requirements, assess solution proposals, and contribute to key performance indicators and service-level agreements.
- Work at EDC, a Canadian Crown corporation providing financial solutions and expert advice to help Canadian businesses succeed internationally.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or equivalent experience.
- At least 10 years designing and governing infrastructure architecture and modernization across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
- Experience overseeing deployments through partners or managed service providers.
- Ability to set and own infrastructure or platform strategies, including target and transitional architectures.
- Ability to turn business, operational, and risk needs into roadmaps, standards, and reference architectures.
- Experience acting as a design authority: leading reviews, approving architecture decisions, handling exceptions, and driving convergence.
- Experience working with procurement and vendor management teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with cost transparency and optimization, including reviewing stakeholder consumption.
- Strong knowledge management skills and an enablement-focused approach.
- Ability to lead through influence and coaching, and contribute to talent and capacity planning.
- Must be legally authorized to work in Canada when applying; Canadian citizens or permanent residents are preferred.
- Must meet government security requirements.
Benefits
- Performance-based compensation.
- A range of hybrid work options.
- Three to four weeks of vacation.
- Holiday shutdown period.
- Shorter summer Fridays.
- Meeting-free Fridays.
- Ongoing learning opportunities.
- Training programs.
- Workshops.
- Language training.
- Diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Wellness initiatives.
- Mental health support.
- Fitness programs.
- Volunteer activities.
- Corporate social responsibility programs.
- Relocation assistance for eligible candidates.