Software Architecture Senior Manager

FIS Global•Atlanta, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

About FIS Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate, and above all fun. About the role 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. Hybrid (three days in-office, two days virtual) Current and future sponsorship are not available for this position

Requirements

10+ years of experience in infrastructure, architecture, and engineering.
5+ years in a senior leadership role with global team management.
Infrastructure Domains (Storage, Networking, Virtualization)
Kubernetes, Docker, OCP.
Azure, AWS, GCP.
TOGAF, Zachman.
Automation & DevOps.
Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines.
PCI, HIPAA, Risk Management.
Disaster recovery, Performance Optimization.
Infrastructure Engineering Standards (Coding, Designing, Reliability).
Senior Leadership Experience
Skilled in leading transformation initiatives and driving adoption of new technologies and processes (Change Management).
Experience managing distributed teams across multiple geographies and time zones.
Ability to translate business needs into technical strategy and execution plans.
Strong executive presence with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Team Management
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.
Drive Infrastructure Engineering Standards
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.
Product & Platform Ownership
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.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
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.