Director, Data Platform Architecture

at  FIS Global

EDUCATION DESIRED :

Bachelor of Computer Science

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are seeking a Director Cloud Data Platform Architect with the drive and expertise to design and build large scale complex applications for our cloud data platform. This role involves building high-traffic, data-intensive applications that are crucial for our daily operations. You’ll be an integral part of Data Platform leadership and you will take the helm in developing large-scale systems on AWS, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines to deliver secure and scalable solutions. Your deep knowledge of containerization technologies and orchestrators like AWS EKS will be fundamental in enhancing our systems’ performance and reliability.
You’ll set the architectural best practices and build repeatable patterns and pipelines for our engineering teams. You are well versed with programming languages such as Python or Go and bring your experience with configuration management tools to ensure the robustness and efficiency of our services. You will be in the thick of problem-solving challenges, drawing from your extensive experience to maintain the high availability of our systems and ensure our infrastructure’s security and compliance. Your expertise will define how we create a world class cloud data platform that will lay the foundation for advanced data use cases including AI.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

As part of the Data Platform leadership, you’ll be responsible to lead Platform Architecture function and work collaboratively with Platform Engineering team to build a world-class platform that is highly scalable, secure, compliant, and self-serviceable. You will bring in the best practices, collaborate with stakeholders to understand and translate their requirements, provide thought leadership to the team, build repeatable patterns, and evaluate best in class tools and technology that suits our needs. You will also integrate key FinOps principles and best practices to maximize cloud ROI.