Senior Cloud Architect - Digital Banking Platform

Dicetek LLC | Posted Jul 16

Contract

Negotiable

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Role Summary

We're building a cutting-edge, cloud‑native mobile banking platform and are seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead the design and implementation of foundational cloud infrastructure. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that the platform is scalable, secure, resilient, and cost‑efficient on AWS or Azure. Following the Well‑Architected Framework principles and best practices, you will own cloud architecture patterns, define Kubernetes‑based deployment strategies , and guide platform‑level decisions related to observability, security, and scalability.

Core Responsibilities

• Own and govern the cloud‑native platform architecture for mobile banking applications on AWS or Azure.
• Set standards for cloud cost optimization, tenancy isolation, performance and secrets management.
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise‑grade Kubernetes clusters, including networking, storage, security, and scaling mechanisms for microservices.
• Drive the adoption and maturity of IaC practices using Terraform or equivalent, ensuring all infrastructure is version‑controlled and automated.
• Architect and implement solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance across the cloud infrastructure.
• Establish platform‑wide observability patterns, tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Datadog, Dynatrace), and practices to ensure real‑time visibility into platform health, performance, and user experience.
• Collaborate with security teams to embed security best practices into infrastructure design and deployment, ensuring regulatory compliance.

Required Experience

• 12+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with significant hands‑on experience designing and deploying scalable solutions on AWS or Azure.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) ecosystem, including cluster provisioning, service mesh (e.g., Istio), and container security.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure‑as‑code, networking, cloud security, and monitoring tools.
• Proven experience with observability tools and practices (logging, metrics, tracing) in a distributed systems environment.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security groups, VPCs, and identity and access management (IAM).
• Platform‑building mindset, with a focus on enabling developer productivity through well‑defined infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Cloud certification (AWS Solutions Architect Pro / Azure Expert) strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting banking‑grade compliance (PCI‑DSS, etc. is a plus).

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