Job Title: Principal Enterprise Security Architect
Position Type: Direct Placement
Salary: C$160k - 165k/year
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Type: Hybrid, 3 days a week onsite
Job Summary:

• GTT's client, a leading Canadian financial technology company, is seeking a Principal Enterprise Security Architect to help shape the future of enterprise security in a dynamic and rapidly growing organization.
• This is an opportunity to work with cutting-edge security architecture, drive strategic decisions, and contribute to innovative financial solutions that empower Canadians.

Why Join?

• Work at the forefront of financial technology, influencing real-time money movement, open payments, and digital banking innovations.
• Be part of a fast-growing company—currently at 800 employees, with plans to expand to over 1,100 in the next 24 months.
• Thrive in a flat, agile organization free from red tape and bureaucracy, where architecture teams make decisions and drive real change.
• 80% focus on Enterprise Security Architecture and 20% collaboration with the broader Enterprise Architecture team to develop and execute security strategies.

What You'll Do:

• Lead Enterprise Security Architecture with a focus on Cybersecurity, Network Security, Threat Modeling, and Key Management.
• Design and implement secure key management solutions to protect sensitive data and cryptographic assets.
• Define and enforce key management policies (generation, rotation, storage, usage, and retirement) aligned with industry standards (NIST, FIPS 140-2/3, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR).
• Determine encryption methodologies (AES-256, RSA-4096, ECC) and key derivation techniques.
• Principal Enterprise Security Architect collaborates with platform leadership to manage architectural requirements, curate backlogs, and oversee release planning.
• Track and remediate technical debt, ensuring security best practices evolve with business needs.
• Conduct well-architected reviews, mapping findings to actionable remediations.
• Prototype and deliver innovative security capabilities in partnership with architecture teams.

Who You Are:

• A collaborative leader who thrives in a fast-moving environment and works effectively across teams to drive results.
• A security expert with a strong background in Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Security.
• Passionate about shaping security strategies that influence the digital economy and financial services landscape.
• Someone who values efficiency and agility, working in an organization where decisions are made quickly without unnecessary hurdles.

Benefits:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About GTT:
GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation's largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!
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