Principal IT Architects – Issuer Platforms & Cloud Modernization

FIS Global•Jacksonville, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

FIS Management Services, LLC seeks Principal IT Architects – Issuer Platforms & Cloud Modernization in Jacksonville, FL to collaborate with engineers across the engineering teams to create infrastructure architectures, and designs, develop, test, and roll out to solve and build complex solutions from initial concept to production; work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems from end to end. Design, implement, and manage continuous integration and deployment pipelines to automate the build, test, and release processes for applications. Perform infrastructure provisioning and configuration management. Utilize Terraform, Ansible infrastructure-as-code tools to automate the provisioning and configuration of development, testing, and production environments. Implement and maintain monitoring and logging solutions to ensure the availability, performance, and reliability of applications. Troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis. Work closely with software engineers to ensure smooth integration of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements into the CI/CD pipelines. Provide guidance on best practices for code quality, version control, and testing. Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards. Conduct security assessments and vulnerability scanning of applications and infrastructure. Identify and implement performance improvements for applications and infrastructure, including optimization of resource utilization, database queries, and caching strategies. Coordinate and manage software releases, including version control, branching strategies, and release documentation. Ensure successful deployment of applications to production environments and continuous improvement. Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies in DevOps and recommend process improvements and tooling enhancements to increase efficiency and productivity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronic Engineering or related field.
Eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
Utilizing programming languages/technologies including Java, Spring, JavaScript, Redux, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS, OpenSearch, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and Terraform.
Working with database technologies including AWS databases, largescale SQL and NoSQL systems, and designing for high availability, distributed data models, replication, partitioning, and performance optimization.
Designing, building, and deploying secure, scalable services in Cloud and SaaS environments.
Modernizing complex legacy systems including decomposing monolithic legacy components, reverse engineering business rules, and architecting Java based microservices for real time transaction processing.
Leading platform modernization initiatives, including migration strategy, microservices decomposition, event driven architecture, containerization, CI/CD automation, and adoption of cloud native AWS services.
Utilizing ServiceNow and Jira for incident, problem, and change management, Agile delivery, backlog management, sprint planning, and tracking modernization workstreams across cross functional teams.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with engineers across engineering teams to create infrastructure architectures, and designs.
Develop, test, and roll out complex solutions from initial concept to production.
Own and solve problems from end to end using a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies.
Design, implement, and manage continuous integration and deployment pipelines to automate build, test, and release processes.
Perform infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
Utilize Terraform and Ansible infrastructure-as-code tools to automate provisioning and configuration of environments.
Implement and maintain monitoring and logging solutions.
Troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis.
Work closely with software engineers to ensure smooth integration of new features, bug fixes, and enhancements into CI/CD pipelines.
Provide guidance on best practices for code quality, version control, and testing.
Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
Conduct security assessments and vulnerability scanning of applications and infrastructure.
Identify and implement performance improvements for applications and infrastructure.
Coordinate and manage software releases, including version control, branching strategies, and release documentation.
Ensure successful deployment of applications to production environments and continuous improvement.
Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies in DevOps and recommend process improvements and tooling enhancements.