Application Architect III

# Application Architect IIIApply
** Job#: 3039371
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* Job Description:

** Application Architect III
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* Location:

Charlotte, North Carolina (Hybrid)
**** Duration: 12 months
**** Payrate: $65.00 - $70.24/hr on W2
**** Primary Skill-Cloud Architect
**** Secondary Skill-Data modelling and architecture
** Role Overview This role involves providing enterprise-level leadership for ATM platforms within a global financial institution. The selected candidate will define long-term ATM channel strategy, target state architecture, and multiyear roadmaps aligned to business growth, cost optimization, risk management, and customer experience goals. This position is critical to ensure the ATM domain is properly supported.

Key Responsibilities
* Guide the modernization of ATM ecosystems, balancing legacy platform stability with innovation.
* Ensure resilience, security, and regulatory compliance across ATM platforms.
* Act as a trusted advisor to senior technology and business leaders.
* Drive standardization, vendor strategy, and investment decisions to enhance availability, scalability, and operational efficiency across the ATM fleet.

Required Qualifications
* 7+ years of experience in technology architecture and solution design, including 3+ years in hands-on software engineering.
* Proven ability to operate at an executive level, influencing technology strategy across large organizations.
* Strong background in platform architecture, solution design, and hybrid (on-prem and cloud) deployments.
* Proficiency with containers, Kubernetes/Open Shift, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
* Strong communication skills for engaging with both technical and business stakeholders.
* Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, and mentoring capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in regulated industries such as financial services.
* Prior experience with ATM platforms (e.g., Euro Net, NCR, Diebold Nixdorf), transaction processing, switching, and ISO 8583 messaging.
* Knowledge of high-availability, real-time, distributed systems.
* Experience in Tier 1 financial services organizations.
* Knowledge of cloud integration in regulated environments.
* Architecture or cloud certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure).  
* Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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** Everforth Apex Benefits Overview:
Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.

You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
** Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected…