Principle Architect - Middleware and Kubernetes Infrastructure
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Job description
As a Principle Architect - Middleware and Kubernetes Infrastructure, you will take a leading role in defining and implementing the infrastructure architecture strategies that support Fiserv's business goals. Your expertise will be critical in ensuring the robustness, scalability, and security of our infrastructure systems. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design and deploy infrastructure solutions that meet the evolving needs of the financial services industry.
What you'll do:
- Define and own end-to-end architecture for open source and commercial infrastructure products across the enterprise
- Establish architectural standards, reference patterns, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy
- Lead greenfield and modernization initiatives from concept through production operationalization
- Act as the senior technical authority for product integrations with business and client partners
- Drive architectural governance, technical debt reduction, and platform scalability strategies
- Author and maintain architectural decision records (ADRs), design blueprints, and infrastructure process documentation
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure with a strong focus on architecture, middleware operations, and platform engineering
- 4+ years of Deep hands-on expertise architecting and operating middleware products - IBM MQ, WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, Kafka, etc
- 3+ years of Strong hands-on expertise in Azure or AWS, including cloud-native architecture, networking, and production operations
- 4+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms at scale - including containerization strategies for enterprise middleware workloads
- Solid IaC and automation background - Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Rundeck, etc. - with the ability to define organizational standards
- Proficiency in multiple scripting/programming languages - Python, Shell, PowerShell, Perl, etc.
- Expert understanding of infrastructure domains - DNS, load balancing, API gateways, and multi-cloud networking
- Experience architecting observability and monitoring solutions using Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, etc.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, work, and/or military experience
Experience that would be great to have:
- Strong problem-solving, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional influence in a large-scale, dynamic environment
- Participate in on-call rotation to support critical business operations
- Experience leading a team and technical discipline
- Experience in the financial services industry
Benefits & conditions
- Fiserv emphasizes in-person collaboration to help you grow your career while shaping the future of fintech, this role is on-site Monday through Friday
- This role requires being on-call during non-standard and/or overnight hours on a rotational basis
- This role requires flexibility to work overtime that includes weekends and holidays
- This role requires use of a computer and audio equipment
Travel:
- Approximately 5% travel off-site or to other office locations is expected
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Salary Range
$121,125.00 - $193,800.00
These pay ranges apply to employees in New Jersey and New York. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ.
It is unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee due to the individual's status as a veteran.
For incentive eligible associates, the successful candidate is eligible for an annual incentive opportunity which may be delivered as a mix of cash bonus and equity awards in the Company's sole discretion.
