Architect Lead, Public Cloud Infrastructure

About the Role

The Cloud Foundations platform team builds and supports an Infrastructure-as-Code platform used by hundreds of software teams throughout FIS to build resilient, scalable, high performance financial applications.

As an Architect Lead, Cloud Infrastructure on the Cloud Foundations team, you will define and guide the technical vision for complex Infrastructure-as-Code software platforms supporting critical financial services. You will partner with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to design infrastructure components supporting scalable, secure, and resilient solutions. Your success is measured by architectural quality, delivery outcomes, and the ability to enable teams to build high‑performing systems that meet regulatory and client expectations.

• Lead end‑to‑end software architecture for an Infrastructure-as-Code platform for Public Cloud infrastructure.
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into clear architectural designs.
• Establish architecture standards, patterns, and best practices across teams.
• Guide technology selection, system integration, and cloud adoption strategies.
• Review designs and code to ensure quality, security, performance, and scalability.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to align roadmaps and delivery.
• Identify technical risks and drive mitigation strategies early in the lifecycle.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers to strengthen architectural capability.
• Support modernization of legacy platforms and adoption of emerging technologies.

• Demonstrated expertise designing and delivering enterprise‑grade software‑based infrastructure architectures.
• Strong understanding and hands‑on experience architecting and building infrastructure in a large company using Terraform Enterprise, Harness, and Python.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, data architectures, and integration patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms, microservices, and containerized environments.
• Proven ability to balance architectural rigor with delivery speed and pragmatism.
• Experience applying security, reliability, and compliance principles in regulated environments.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bonus if you have Experience as an infrastructure architect in a large financial services enterprise.
• Bonus if you have Knowledge of event‑driven architectures and real‑time data processing.
• Bonus if you have Familiarity with Dev Ops, CI/CD, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices.
• Bonus if you have Architecture or cloud certifications.

• Opportunities to make an impact in fintech.
• Personal and professional learning.
• Inclusive, diverse work environment.
• Resources to give back to your community.
• Competitive salary and benefits.

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case‑by‑case basis.