Principal Banking Technology & Solution Architect — Credit Unions (Contract)
Location: Canada — Remote, with occasional client travel
Engagement: Independent Contractor / Consulting
Seniority: Principal / Senior Technology Advisory
Industry: Canadian Credit Unions, Banking Technology and Financial Services
About Aequilibrium
Aequilibrium is a Canadian digital transformation and technology consulting company helping financial institutions modernize their technology platforms, improve member experiences, and deliver complex transformation programs. We combine business and technology strategy, solution architecture, experience design, software engineering, quality assurance, and AI-enabled innovation.
We are seeking an experienced, client‑facing Principal Banking Technology & Solution Architect to advise Canadian credit unions on critical platform decisions, architecture modernization and complex technology migrations.
The Chance
You will work directly with credit union CTOs, CIOs and transformation leaders as a trusted technical advisor.
Our clients are navigating significant changes across digital banking, core banking integrations, enterprise data and analytics, payments, CRM and cloud platforms. Several are migrating away from Central 1 Forge while simultaneously modernizing other components of their technology landscape.
Your role is to help these institutions make informed technology decisions, manage architectural complexity and reduce delivery risk. This is a hands‑on advisory role requiring strong architecture judgment, banking domain knowledge, vendor evaluation experience and the ability to translate technical complexity into practical executive recommendations.
Key Responsibilities Technology Strategy and Platform Selection




Lead structured evaluations of enterprise technology platforms, including data analytics, digital banking, CRM, payments and integration solutions
Define business and technical evaluation criteria, requirements, architecture principles and vendor scorecards
Assess products such as Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Fiserv and Finastra analytics solutions, as well as relevant digital banking platforms
Facilitate vendor demonstrations, technical due diligence, reference checks and proof‑of‑concept evaluations
Assess functional fit, interoperability, security, scalability, operational complexity, licensing and total cost of ownership
Prepare decision papers, target architectures and recommendations for CTOs and executive steering committees
Enterprise and Solution Architecture
Assess current‑state enterprise architectures and design pragmatic future‑state architectures
Evaluate integration dependencies across core banking, digital banking, CRM, payments, data warehouses, fraud systems and third‑party services
Define integration patterns, API strategies, data flows, architectural boundaries and transition roadmaps
Review vendor solution designs, identify architectural gaps and challenge unsupported technical assumptions
Provide architecture oversight across multiple vendors and implementation partners
Digital Banking and Forge Migration Advisory




Advise credit unions transitioning from Central 1 Forge to modern digital banking platforms
Evaluate replacement capabilities, functional parity, integration requirements and migration dependencies
Assess the implications of different platform versions, vendor configurations and customization approaches
Support migration planning, technical readiness assessments and architectural risk management
Work with delivery and QA leaders to define technical acceptance criteria and evidence‑based go‑live readiness
Data and Analytics Modernization
Lead assessments of legacy banking analytics and reporting environments
Evaluate modern data warehouses, lakehouses, data integration platforms and banking‑specific analytics products
Define data migration approaches, data quality controls, governance, security and reporting continuity requirements
Assess data integration with banking core systems, digital channels and enterprise applications
Develop architecture recommendations that support future AI, advanced analytics and member personalization
Executive Advisory and Delivery Assurance
Build trusted relationships with CTOs, CIOs, business sponsors and technology leadership teams
Communicate complex architecture and technology decisions in clear business language
Work alongside project managers, delivery directors, business analysts, designers and QA leads
Provide independent technical oversight without duplicating the responsibilities of existing implementation partners
Identify emerging risks early and recommend practical mitigation options
Produce concise architecture assessments, executive presentations, technical recommendations and implementation roadmaps Required Qualifications 12+ years of experience in enterprise technolog

📌 Principal Banking Technology (Vancouver)
🏢 Aequilibrium
📍 Vancouver