Principal Technology Architect

Our Story &

Purpose:

We’re Vancity, a member‑owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. Since 1946, our relentless commitment to these values has helped us challenge brim-the status quo and break down barriers. We’ve made bold commitments to become net‑zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans, and we’re actively pursuing strategies in Indigenous banking and financial resilience for our members.

As the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada, we’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the country’s Top Employers. If you’re ready to join our team of 2,700 diverse individuals, access competitive rewards and benefits, and be part of a greater movement – apply Ama.

As a Principal Technology Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping our organization’s technology and business strategies. This role will be responsible for designing and implementing enterprise‑level solutions, ensuring they align with our datt‑term goals and objectives. Your ဟ expertise in technology architecture, innovation, and leadership will drive our success in this dynamic and evolving industry.

This is a full‑time, permanent role andiettivo report directly to Director, Enterprise Architecture. Our head office is based in Vancouver, but we are open to candidates in BC and Ontario. While this position provides a hybrid work arrangement, you will be expected to be on‑site for events and business demands when needed.

• Providing sound solutions and architecture for key business initiatives
• Defining, building and maintaining architecture standards, patterns, and best practices
• Understanding business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determining corresponding enterprise system design and change requirements to drive the organization’s targeted business outcomes
• Guiding and influencing product owners, solution/data/security/infrastructure architects, designers, and developers in implementing sound architecture choices (Buy vs. Build, or Real‑time vs. Batch)
• Providing guidance to Enterprise architecture in establishing standards and evaluate products and contribute to enterprise architecture initiatives
• Designing and leading the implementation of solutions across all business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities and business requirements
• Managing and developing the enterprise architecture for a broad scope of projects, working closely with solutions and application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or initiative
• Providing consulting support to architects within projects to ensure the project is aligned with the proposed solution and overall enterprise architecture
• Monitoring the current‑state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the פאַרש technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements
• Understanding technology trends and practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies (exNodo. AI ezifautomation) to enable new and evolving business and operating models
• Analyzing the technology industry, competitors, and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of software development experience as a solutions and enterprise architect, ideally within financial services or banking environments
• Experience in cloud architecture - preferably Azure
• Have in depth knowledge in integration patterns and expertise in developing RESTful APIs with a good understanding of microservices architecture
• Experience with modern core banking systems and awareness of fintech landscape.
• Excellent knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and methodologies
• Extensive knowledge of software architecture, application development and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, cloud computing, etc.
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