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We provide the financial tools and expertise they need to explore new markets, reduce risks, all towards the goal of making Canada and the world better through trade.\nPosition: Principal Infrastructure Platform Architect\nEmployment Type: Permanent\nCompensation Details:\nInfrastructure Architect 19: Salaries typically range from $112,006 to $149,341 annually, based on qualifications and experiences, plus a performance-based incentive.\nLocation:\nExport 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).\nThis role can be performed from EDC’s headquarters in Ottawa.\nRelocation assistance is available for candidates who meet the eligibility criteria.\nInternal Employees, please consult the ServiceNow article entitled Internal movements - what you need to know.\nAbout EDC:\nAt Export Development Canada (EDC), we empower Canadian businesses to succeed globally. As a financial Crown corporation, we offer innovative financial solutions and expert insights to help businesses explore new markets, mitigate risks, and achieve growth.\nWhy Join EDC?\nComprehensive Benefits: EDC offers a competitive compensation & benefits package, work-life balance, & the opportunity to help make Canada and the world better through trade.\nWork-Life Balance: EDC offers a competitive compensation package & work-life balance. We have hybrid work options, 3 to 4 weeks paid vacation, a corporate closure period, summer early Friday’s & no meeting Fridays.\nProfessional Development: Take advantage of our continuous learning opportunities, including training programs, workshops and language training.\nInclusive Culture: Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace that champions employment equity & values diversity of ideas, strengths, & backgrounds to succeed.\nWellness Programs: Access to wellness initiatives, mental health support, and fitness programs to keep you healthy and happy.\nCommunity Engagement: Participate in volunteer opportunities and give back to the community through our various social responsibility programs.\nTeam and Job Overview:\nThe 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:\nDefine, execute, and sustain the integrated technology target state, target data model and technology operations required to enable EDC’s 2030 business transformation.\nEstablish 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.\nKeep 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.\nLead and ensure integrated digital, data, infrastructure, and cybersecurity implementations to create excellent customer, user, and employee experiences.\nReporting 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.\nThe 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.\nWhat you will be doing:\nOwn the infrastructure architecture vision and target state across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, including transition states and decommission plans.\nDesign end-to-end infrastructure solutions and platform capabilities by producing solution blueprints, logical and physical designs, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements.\nDefine and maintain infrastructure reference architectures, standards, and reusable building blocks (patterns/playbooks) that teams and partners must adopt.\nAct as a delegated design authority: lead or chair design reviews; approve designs and exceptions; and ensure decisions are documented and traceable through decision records.\nDrive 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.\nPartner with cybersecurity to embed security-by-design controls, threat considerations, and compliance requirements into infrastructure architectures.\nEnsure platform operability by defining SLO/SLA expectations, observability requirements, reliability patterns, and supportability criteria for managed services.\nInfluence investment and delivery sequencing by providing architecture input to roadmaps, estimates, and prioritization-ensuring outcomes are achievable within cost and risk appetite.\nSupport supplier and partner governance by defining technical requirements for procurements, reviewing solution proposals, and contributing to KPI/SLA expectations and continuous improvement.\nWhat we are looking for:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.\nMinimum 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).\nProven 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.\nExperience acting as a design authority-leading design reviews (e.g., ARB), approving architecture decisions, managing exceptions, and driving alignment through Communities of Practice (CoPs).\nExperience partnering with procurement and managing vendors.\nStrong written and verbal communication to produce decision records, investment cases, and clear recommendations for leadership.\nExperience driving cost transparency and optimization (e.g., show-back/chargeback), including stakeholder consumption reviews.\nStrong knowledge management and enablement mindset leveraging documentation, playbooks, and patterns that accelerate adoption.\nDemonstrated ability to lead through influence, coaching, and contribute to talent and capability planning.\nWhat will make you stand out:\nRelevant certifications such as Azure/AWS/GCP Architecture, FinOps Practitioner, ITIL Certification, M365 Professional, CoPilot or AI fundamentals certification.\nHands-on experience with supplier governance and commercial management (RFPs, KPIs/SLAs, service performance, change requests, and continuous improvement).\nBilingual in both official languages (English and French).\nEligibility:\nEDC 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.\nThis 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.\nApply today!\nWant to learn more about EDC? Check our website here https://www.edc.ca\nEDC's Commitment to Employment Equity\nExport Development Canada (EDC) is dedicated to fostering employment equity and building a diverse workforce. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment that respects people from all cultures, backgrounds, and abilities. 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