Architect III - Enterprise Cloud Solutions

Architect III – Enterprise Cloud Solutions

Location:

Irving/Dallas, TX or Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix preferred)

Immediate and direct hire for a major corporation.

As an Architect III you will be a member of the Enterprise Architecture team and will define and lead architectural priorities that advance the business and technology strategy in a specific domain. You will participate in governance forums, manage the domain capability inventory, develop standards and patterns, and be accountable for design and documentation of solution architecture.
YOU WILL BE DEVELOPING BLUEPRINTS TO BE USED ACROSS DIFFERENT GROUPS.

• Act as an advocate & evangelist of architecture principles, standards, and patterns across the organization, helping leaders understand the business value realized through standardization, reuse, and modularity inherent in a robust enterprise architecture. Become a trusted strategic partner for delivery leaders and senior engineers.
• Identify, propose, & lead opportunities to advance and improve capabilities for the domain through new technology, reuse of existing products, services or platforms, integrating these opportunities into application and platform roadmaps. Facilitate proof of concepts and pilots on new/emerging technology to gauge value and assess implementation complexity.
• Utilize a broad understanding of Application, Infrastructure, or Security capabilities and/or solutions to represent to Architecture peers in discussions with other IT and Business leaders. Develop a point of view based on problems or opportunities in the domain to clearly articulate options and recommendations.

• 10+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced experience working in an architecture function with knowledge & experience developing reference architectures & patterns and supporting governance functions related to:
  Application Development, Cloud Compute, Storage and Networking technologies. IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Serverless, Containers, Automation, Security.
• Advanced understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile and Dev Ops teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt.
• Proficiency with the Azure Cloud ecosystem including:
  Cloud Compute, Storage & Networking, IaaS / PaaS / SaaS, Serverless, Containers, Azure Resource Manager, and Entra.
• Experience with networking in Azure including Virtual Networks, DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls, Routers, and Proxies.
• Experience with Identity & Access Management and security design patterns leveraging Entra, Azure Defender, Azure Sentinel, & Cloudflare.
• Cloud management expertise utilizing RBAC, Azure Blueprints & Policies, Cost Management, Monitor and Alerting.
• Proficient in automation scripting leveraging Azure Power Shell & CLI modules.
• Deep understanding of Azure Disaster Recovery offerings & options.
• Understanding of modern Dev Ops concepts including CI/CD, SAST, DAST, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is preferred.
• Experience with container-based solutions such as Azure Kubernetes or Docker is preferred.
• Experience with emerging Azure technologies such as Azure Fabric & Microsoft Foundry is preferred.
• Understanding Fin Ops principles and practical application is preferred.
• May require up to 25% travel.