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Every Canadian matters. At Interac, we protect both - driving trust, security, and inclusion, so our digital economy thrives. \nFounded in 1984, Interac connects Canadians through secure digital payments, advanced identity verification and industry-leading fraud protection. Connecting banks, businesses, and individuals, Interac enables millions to send, receive, and manage money safely and effortlessly every day - across both digital and physical environments.\nAs the backbone of Canada’s financial ecosystem, Interac facilitates over 20 million transactions daily, supported by trusted partnerships with government and financial institutions. Consistently ranked as Canada’s most reputable financial technology brand, Interac is deeply embedded in the daily lives of Canadians.\nWho You Will Work With:\nThe vacant Enterprise Architect,Data Architecture role will report to the Leader, Enterprise Architecture and operate within a federated architecture model. You will partner closely with Data Engineering, Analytics, Product, Platform, Security, Risk, Privacy, and Delivery teams to shape Interac’s enterprise data architecture target state, with a focus on governed data warehouse and lakehouse capabilities that enable trusted analytics, reusable data products, regulatory confidence, and scalable business decision-making.\nWhat You Will Do:\nAs an Enterprise Architect with a focus on Data Architecture, you will be accountable for defining and evolving Interac’s enterprise data architecture target state, enabling a modern data warehouse and lakehouse ecosystem that improves data trust, discoverability, quality, security, lineage, and speed-to-insight while supporting near-term delivery needs.\nKey responsibilities include:\nEnterprise DataStrategy & Target-State Architecture\nDefine and evolve enterprise data architecture principles, target-state blueprints, and transition roadmaps for Interac’s data warehouse and lakehouse ecosystem, ensuring the architecture supports trusted reporting, analytics, AI readiness, regulatory needs, and operational decision-making.\n\nContribute to the Architecture Strategy Centre of Excellence by stewarding enterprise-wide data architecture direction, including data domains, canonical models, integration patterns, semantic standards, and reusable data products.\n\nData Governance, Quality & Lifecycle Management\nEstablish architecture metrics and guardrails for data quality, data lineage, metadata completeness, ownership, access controls, retention, and standards compliance across warehouse and lakehouse environments.\n\nIdentify systemic data risks such as duplicate datasets, inconsistent definitions, weak lineage, poor data quality, unclear ownership, and unmanaged sensitive data, then partner with domain, product, and delivery leaders to prioritize remediation.\n\nDataArchitecture Design, Governance & Assurance\nLead and participate in architecture reviews, peer assessments, and governance forums to ensure data solutions align with enterprise standards, privacy and security expectations, regulatory requirements, data residency considerations, and resiliency needs.\n\nDocument and socialize data reference architectures, modelling standards, ingestion and integration patterns, lakehouse zones, warehouse marts, semantic layer guidance, and data product lifecycle practices.\n\nWhat You Bring:\nEligibility to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity.\n\n5+ years’ experience in enterprise, data, information, and/or solution architecture roles within complex environments.\n\nProven experience operating in a federated architecture model, balancing enterprise stewardship with embedded delivery.\n\nDemonstrated experience designing enterprise data architectures where data domains, data products, data models, metadata, lineage, access controls, and ownership are clearly defined and governed.\n\nDemonstrated ability to assess, quantify, and manage data architecture risk, including data duplication, inconsistent definitions, poor data quality, weak lineage, unclear ownership, and fragmented analytical platforms.\n\nPractical experience with data warehouse and lakehouse architecture patterns, including ingestion, transformation, curated data layers, semantic modelling, data marts, open table formats, and fit-for-purpose consumption patterns for BI, analytics, and AI use cases.\n\nExperience in financial services or other highly regulated industries, with working knowledge of security, risk, and compliance expectations.\n\nStrong decision-making and trade-off analysis skills (risk, cost, time-to-market, resiliency).\n\nExperience designing scalable, secure, and resilient data platforms across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments, including modern integration patterns such as APIs, event-driven data flows, streaming, batch processing, and governed data sharing.\n\nStrong understanding of how data quality, metadata, lineage, master and reference data, lifecycle state, privacy, and security controls intersect, and ability to translate these relationships into measurable architecture metrics and governance practices.\n\nArchitecture, data management, and/or cloud certifications such as TOGAF, CDMP, DAMA-DMBOK, AWS, Azure, or equivalent are considered an asset.\n\nWhat We’re Offering:\nThe hiring range for this position is $145,000.00 - $155,000.00, and you will also be eligible for our short-term incentive plan. The exact amount will depend on factors such as skills, experience, and job-related knowledge, but Interac’s commitment goes beyond compensation. Our Total Rewards package is designed to support your well-being and future, and includes:\nGenerous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge\n\nComprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage for peace of mind\n\nMarket-leading employer-funded RRSP program to invest in your future\n\nFlexible hybrid work model for better work-life balance\n\nAccess to a free and confidential 24/7 employee & family assistance program to offer support for you and your immediate family\n\nPregnancy and parental leave top-up to support growing families\n\nCharitable donation matching with United Way to amplify your impact\n\nWhy Join Us?\nAt Interac, the impact we make, and the people who drive it, is profound. When you become part of our team, you’re joining a purpose-driven organization that’s shaping the future of digital finance in Canada. Here’s what you can expect:\nInvesting in the Future - Help us unlock digital prosperity for all Canadians.\n\nInnovative Thinking - Collaborate on products, practices, and platforms that redefine what’s possible.\n\nInclusive Culture - Be empowered to bring your whole self to work and realize your full potential.\n\nInspiring Community - Work in an ecosystem where we lift each other up and rise together.\n\nIntentional Support - Enjoy flexible, supportive offerings that prioritize your total wellness.\n\nAdditional Pre-Employment Requirements:\nTo ensure the integrity of our organization, successful candidates will be required to complete background checks, which may include, Canadian Criminal Credit Check, Canadian ID Cross-Check, Public Safety Verification, 5-year Employment Verification, Education Verification, Credit Check, and Social Media Check.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nInterac is also an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that innovation thrives when people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives come together. That’s why we are committed to providing fair and equitable employment opportunities for all individuals, without discrimination based on race, color, ancestry, ethnic origin, place of origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital or family status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.\nIf you require accommodation during any stage of the application or recruitment process, please contact us at . We will work with you to meet your needs.\nPlease be aware that certain individuals are misusing Interac Corp.’s name and logo to promote fictitious employment opportunities. Interac Corp. never requests, solicits, or accepts any form of payment in exchange for employment. Any such offers are fraudulent and should be disregarded. Interac Corp. assumes no liability for any claims, losses, damages, expenses, or inconveniences arising from or related to these fraudulent activities. 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