Application Platform Cloud Solutions Engineer Vice President

Description

The team is running a multi-year program to move core platforms onto OpenShift, first on premises and later to public cloud. The change reshapes the operating model and the roadmap for several business-critical applications, moving them away from legacy monoliths toward resilient cloud-native microservices.

This is a senior, independent technical role. You will set the target technical architecture for key domains across private OpenShift/Kubernetes and AWS/GCP, covering capabilities, processes, data flows, controls and network links. You will turn strategy into a business and technology blueprint that guides the work, including splitting monoliths into microservices and designing secure, resilient links between internal systems and clients, market data providers and payment networks.

You will report to the Infra and Platform Lead and work alongside a small group of application architects and senior stakeholders in business, operations and technology.

Responsibilities

• Set the target state technology architecture for key domains in Payments, Trade and Working Capital, Core Accounts, Digital Technology, and Issuer and Investor Services, across private OpenShift/Kubernetes and AWS/GCP.
• Lead the move of monolithic applications to microservices and cloud-native designs, using patterns such as Strangler Fig, Domain-Driven Design, API-led decomposition and event-driven architecture to re-platform and re-architect critical workloads.
• Design and build enterprise runtime platforms with Docker or Podman, Kubernetes or OpenShift, service mesh, and Terraform, Ansible or Helm across on-prem and public cloud.
• Engineer low-latency, secure connectivity between on-prem systems and outside ecosystems: client channels, leased lines, VPN, MPLS and API gateways; market data feeds from exchanges and vendors such as Bloomberg and Refinitiv, including multicast and FIX; and payment rails such as SWIFT, ACH, RTGS, card networks and real-time payments. Hybrid patterns include Direct Connect or Interconnect, VPN, peering, DNS and global traffic management across on-prem, private and public cloud.
• Map and critically review current business processes and application estates to find gaps, pain points, technical debt and chances to simplify, standardize and automate.
• Produce process models, functional designs, reference architectures, network topology diagrams and data flow diagrams that describe the future state and fit strategic goals and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the design of reconciliation and substantiation frameworks from a process and data integrity view, so data stays complete, accurate and timely as workloads move from monolithic stores to distributed cloud-native data platforms.
• Set up standard CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, automated security gates and SRE practices that speed delivery while keeping systems resilient, observable and compliant.
• Work with application development, architects, network engineering and operations to gather requirements, build agreement and make sure the target architecture meets key business needs.
• Lead and mentor a team of SMEs, building strong platform and infrastructure design and delivery practice, strategic thinking, engineering rigor and an understanding of the business.

Requirements

• A proven record as a Platform Architect, Cloud Solutions Engineer, Process Architect or similar strategic role in financial services.
• Deep functional and hands-on knowledge of computer systems, OpenShift and cloud technology, AWS/GCP, on-prem and private cloud, networking, client connectivity, regulatory exposure and systems risk management.
• Private cloud: Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, VMware or other virtualized and bare-metal infrastructure, and on-prem container platforms.
• Public cloud: AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC) and GCP (GKE, Cloud Run, IAM), hybrid connectivity and landing zone design.
• Platform engineering: Docker or Podman, Helm, service mesh (Istio or Envoy), API gateways, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible, and GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux.
• CI/CD and observability: Jenkins, Tekton or Harness, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry and DevSecOps tooling.
• Proven hands-on experience designing and engineering enterprise connectivity that links on-prem applications with external parties.
• Hybrid connectivity: VPN, MPLS, Direct Connect or Interconnect, VPC and subnet design, peering, load balancing, firewalls, DNS, and TLS or mTLS across data centers, private cloud and public cloud.
• Client connectivity: leased lines, extranet or VPN, API gateways and managed file transfer, with a focus on security, entitlements and resilience.
• Market data: real-time and streaming feeds from exchanges and vendors such as Bloomberg and Refinitiv/LSEG, including multicast, FIX, low-latency feed handlers and failover design.
• Payments: connectivity to SWIFT, ACH, RTGS, card networks and real-time payment schemes, using messaging standards such as ISO 20022 and MT/MX, with secure gateway integration.
• Experience modernizing monoliths (Java EE or Spring, legacy messaging, monolithic RDBMS) into microservices and event-driven cloud-native systems, including decomposition, data migration and API enablement.
• Significant experience in large transformation programs, ideally involving migration to public cloud alongside on-prem work.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and explain complex technical and business ideas to varied audiences.
• A strategic thinker who links detailed process and engineering design to wider business outcomes and long-term objectives.
• 12+ years in solutions architecture or cloud engineering, with hands-on experience across the full technology delivery process.
• Hands-on engineering across private and public cloud, container orchestration, enterprise networking and application modernization.
• Demonstrated experience connecting on-prem applications with client, market data and payments network ecosystems.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
• Management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to build working relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and shifting priorities, and to work under pressure against tight deadlines.
• Self-starter who takes initiative and learns new tasks quickly.
• Bachelor's degree or university-level equivalent experience; a Master's degree is potentially acceptable.
• Industry certifications in public cloud and networking: a plus.

Conditions

Full-time position based in Irving, Texas, United States.

Hybrid model: 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely.

Primary location base salary range: $138,720.00 - $208,080.00.

Applications close on Nov 04, 2026.

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Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life, accident and disability insurance, and wellness programs.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick leave and paid holidays.
• Eligible employees may receive discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards.
• Learning and development opportunities to grow your cloud and platform engineering skills.
• Financial wellbeing programs and resources that support long-term goals.
• Support for work-life balance and family wellbeing.
• Scope to influence architecture decisions affecting critical platforms and the company's cloud and architecture roadmap.
• Collaboration with architecture, network and operations teams across a global organization.
• Benefit offerings vary by jurisdiction, job level and date of hire.