IT Architecture Manager Senior

Fidelity National Information Services•Brown Deer, WI

51d•$148,310 - $249,160

About The Position

We are seeking a visionary and technically astute leader to serve as the Head of Architecture and Engineering for our Technology Hosting Infrastructure Products and Standards organization. This role is responsible for defining and driving the architectural vision, engineering excellence, and product standards for infrastructure platforms across the enterprise. The successful candidate will lead a global team of 20+ highly skilled engineers and architects, and partner closely with technology and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions.

Requirements

Expertise in Infrastructure Domains: Deep knowledge of compute, storage, networking, virtualization, containers (Kubernetes, Docker,OCP), and hybrid cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
Architecture Frameworks: Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman, or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.
Automation & DevOps: Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD pipelines, and modern engineering practices.
Security & Compliance: Strong understanding of infrastructure security principles, regulatory compliance (e.g., PCI, HIPAA), and risk management.
Performance & Resilience: Proven ability to design for high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
Global Team Leadership: Experience managing distributed teams across multiple geographies and time zones.
Strategic Thinking: Ability to translate business needs into technical strategy and execution plans.
Influence & Communication: Strong executive presence with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.
Change Management: Skilled in leading transformation initiatives and driving adoption of new technologies and processes.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
10+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture and engineering.
5+ years in a senior leadership role with global team management.

Nice To Haves

Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure Architect, TOGAF, PMP) are a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a global team of infrastructure architects and engineers.
Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Drive talent development, succession planning, and technical career progression.
Align team objectives with enterprise technology strategy and business goals.
Define and maintain enterprise-wide infrastructure architecture standards and reference models.
Oversee the design and engineering of hosting platforms including compute, storage, database, networking, virtualization, and containerization.
Ensure alignment with cloud strategy, hybrid hosting models, and emerging technologies.
Establish and enforce engineering best practices, automation standards, and design patterns.
Own the lifecycle of infrastructure products and platforms, from ideation to retirement.
Develop and maintain product roadmaps in collaboration with product management and operations.
Ensure platforms meet performance, availability, scalability, and security requirements.
Drive standardization and reuse across infrastructure products to reduce complexity and cost.
Partner with application teams, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and business units to ensure infrastructure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements.
Act as a key advisor to senior technology and business leaders on infrastructure capabilities and strategy.
Collaborate with procurement and vendor management to evaluate and select strategic technology partners.