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W2 - 15+ Cloud Architect

ProhiresDallas, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted 29 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Cloud Architect  
Location: Dallas, TX, New York, NY, Chicago, IL
 
Own the end-to-end architecture for CLIENT Azure-based digital banking platform — spanning solution, cloud platform, integration, and security architecture. Translate business outcomes into a secure, scalable, integration-ready, production-grade platform, and act as the single technical authority (architecture gate owner) from design through production readiness and operational transition.
Boundary: partners with the Front End Architect, who owns the client tier (React Native/web app architecture, component library, design system). The Solution Architect holds final authority on platform, backend/microservices, integration, cloud, and security decisions, and owns the BFF contract.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. End-to-end architecture ownership
  • Own conceptual, logical, and physical architecture across application, platform, integration, and infrastructure layers.
  • Author architecture decisions, reference architectures, and guardrails (ADRs); chair architecture/design reviews and the architecture sign-off gate.
  • Ensure alignment with CLIENT enterprise architecture and the Azure Well-Architected Framework.
2. Solution & integration architecture
  • Define cloud-native, API-first, event-driven, microservices, and domain-driven patterns; own the Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) contract for mobile and web channels.
  • Lead integration architecture across Fiserv DNA core banking, MuleSoft APIs, and near-real-time core data sync (CDC) via Oracle GoldenGate over ExpressRoute.
  • Define resiliency, observability, and scalability patterns across the application landscape.
3. Cloud platform architecture (Azure)
  • Design and govern AKS, API Management, Azure Functions/Durable Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure SQL/Storage, Azure Monitor & Application Insights.
  • Define hub-and-spoke networking, ExpressRoute, private endpoints, DNS, and secure connectivity.
  • Establish environment strategy (Dev/QA/UAT/Prod) and deployment topologies.
4. Security, compliance & resiliency
  • Define security architecture with identity/security teams: Microsoft Entra External ID (CIAM), OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT; Zero Trust, encryption, secrets management, and Key Vault integration.
  • Own PCI-DSS scope definition, cardholder-data trust boundaries (CDE), tokenization strategy, and QSA coordination.
  • Design HA/DR, failover, and operational-readiness (monitoring, logging, alerting).
5. DevSecOps & delivery enablement
  • Define CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (ARM/Bicep, Azure DevOps) direction; guide deployment/release strategy and production readiness.
6. Technical leadership & stakeholder collaboration
  • Provide direction to engineering, QA, DevSecOps, and integration teams; resolve cross-team dependencies.
  • Present architecture, trade-offs, and recommendations to leadership; collaborate with CLIENT and vendors (Fiserv, MuleSoft) through delivery and hypercare/handover.
7. AI-enabled engineering
  • Direct enterprise-approved AI tools across the SDLC with human review, secure prompt/data handling, traceability, and governance; define AI guardrails and adoption practices and own architecture-level review of AI-generated design/code.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 15+ years in software engineering, incl. 5+ years in solution and/or cloud architecture.
  • Bachelor''s in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
  • Proven end-to-end delivery (architecture → production) in Agile, cross-functional, distributed teams.
REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS
  • Azure: AKS, API Management, Functions/Durable Functions, Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure SQL, Storage, Monitor, Application Insights.
  • Architecture: cloud-native, microservices, API-first, event-driven, domain-driven design, BFF, enterprise integration patterns.
  • Security & identity: Microsoft Entra External ID, OAuth 2.0/OIDC/JWT, Zero Trust, secrets management, encryption.
  • Platform engineering: ARM/Bicep, Azure DevOps/CI-CD, architecture governance (ADRs, reviews).
  • Networking: VNets, ExpressRoute, private endpoints, DNS, secure connectivity.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
  • Digital banking / credit union / regulated financial-services domain.
  • Fiserv DNA, MuleSoft, Oracle GoldenGate; Thales CipherTrust (CTVL) and/or Akeyless (secrets).
  • PCI-DSS-compliant Azure platforms; Azure AI Foundry / Azure OpenAI / AI Search.
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
SUCCESS PROFILE
  • Takes full ownership from concept to production; balances speed with security, quality, and compliance.
  • Strong communicator across technical and executive audiences; drives clarity across complex multi-system landscapes; enables teams with reusable patterns and guardrails
 

Skills

Microservices
Oracle
SQL
Encryption
OAuth
Agile
Azure
DNS
JWT
React
React Native
Vault
Zero Trust

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