Principal Architect (Azure)

Overview

Core Payments is seeking a Principal Architect to help design and deliver modernization of payments infrastructure and payment products including ACH, Wires, Cashier's Checks, Western Union. Principal Architect will play pivotal role in driving implementation of a secure, scalable, cloud-native payment processing and orchestration platform. Principal will serve as a subject matter expert in cloud technologies with experience in payment products.

This role requires a broad knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud or similar cloud technologies including cloud networking, architecture, along with understanding of DevSecOPs and Agile product delivery model. Principal will provide recommendations and best practices on real-time and cloud-native integrations, scalability, security, and reliability. This role requires strong hands-on technical leadership and close collaboration Technical Product Owner, senior engineers, business stakeholders, vendors, and various internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise and hands-on technical leadership in solution design, architecture, and strategies involved in modernization and migration of on-premises workloads to Azure cloud.
• Lead Azure microservices development including Azure Kubernetes Services.
• Provide Azure best practices on various Azure compute services, storage, and messaging services.
• Lead design of API architecture and specification.
• Provide leadership in building a unified payment orchestration platform along with maintenance of current payment platform.
• Provide recommendation on Software as a Service (SaaS) integrations including best practices for security, scalability, and provide recommendations for cloud storage and reporting.
• Drive adoption of continuous integration and agile delivery practices.
• Partner with various internal stakeholders and vendors to deliver payment modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Significant experience working as a solution architect or principal engineer at large multi-function organization, preferably at a large financial service organization.
• Significant experience with private, public and hybrid cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, etc.), preferably Azure Cloud.
• Significant experience with API Driven, Domain Driven, and Event Driven architectures.
• Significant experience with Kubernetes, Event Hub, Service Bus, and API Gateways.
• Significant experience with big data technologies, Azure Data services, Azure Data Lakes, analytics, and reporting.
• Significant experience in with Software as a Service (SaaS), building and managing common platforms (e.g., Service Now, Pega, Share point Online, Salesforce, etc.).
• Significant experience in cloud migration and engineering cloud centric environments.
• Advanced knowledge of networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.) and standard network architectures; preferably Azure Networking, Express Route, vNets, subnets, private endpoints, application gateway, load balancer and firewall.
• Advanced knowledge of discipline engineering principles, practices, and theories, and methods to identify and solve the highest complex problems and perform sophisticated analyses.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of the end-to-end IT process, including architecture, design & engineering, implementation, and operations.

Desired Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure certified Solutions Architect Expert.
• Experience in API design and microservices development in Azure.
• Experienced working with Azure ADO and SAFe Agile framework.
• Advanced knowledge of banking/financial industry trends, products, and services.
• Advanced knowledge of Navy Federal products, services, programs, policies, and procedures.
• Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

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