Wintrust Financial

Wintrust Financial

Senior Solutions Architect

Rosemont, IL · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$117k-$165kDetected 27 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleDevOpsComplianceAccessibilityProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementCustomer SupportDNSHIPAAResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • Works closely with applications system architects, data architects, network technologists, business analysts and other stakeholders to ensure consensus on direction, in line with global strategies for future integration.
  • Focus is often on establishing and maintaining a reusable Cloud architectural blueprint to reduce business costs, improve time-to-market of products and services, improved product quality, and customer satisfaction.
  • Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate's qualifications, skills and experience.

Responsibilities

  • Architectural Blueprinting: Lead the design of scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems and ecosystems in AWS, Azure and GCP.
  • Cloud Strategy: Develop and maintain the cloud roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices (Well-Architected Framework)
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Drive the transition towards a fully automated environment using tools (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation) to eliminate manual configuration drift.
  • Migration Orchestration: Lead the strategy for migrating legacy workloads to the cloud (Re-Hosting, Re-Platforming, and Re-Architecting).
  • CI\CD Integration: Partner with DevOps teams to integrate architectural patterns into automated deployment pipelines.
  • Performance tuning: Identify bottlenecks in current architecture and implement caching, CDN, and load-balancing strategies to optimize latency.
  • Mentoring: Level up our Cloud Engineers through design reviews, pair programming and architectural workshops.
  • Develop architectural diagrams that document project plans and production systems.
  • Develop documentation on recommended cloud solutions that would include relevant research, cost analysis data, risk information, implementation strategies and industry positions.
  • Conduct industry research and evaluations in order to develop cloud solutions to resolve business needs.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering or System Administration, with at least 5+ years of Cloud Architecture experience.
  • Cloud Proficiency: Expert-level mastery of AWS, Azure and or GCP.
  • Deep knowledge of core services (Computing, Storage, Database, Networking, Cloud Governance).
  • IaC Mastery: Proven experience managing production environments via IaC tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible etc.)
  • Containerization: Deep expertise in Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) and Docker orchestration.
  • Serverless Architecture: Proven track record of deploying event-driven architecture using Lambda, Azure Functions, or Google Cloud Functions.
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with interpersonal, customer service skills and leadership skills.
  • Experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud systems and applications.
  • Experience in project management, including budget and time management.
  • 10+ years of experience. 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering or System Administration, with at least 5+ years of Cloud Architecture experience. IT Cloud Architecture, Design, and Implementation utilizing Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP.
  • Cloud Proficiency: Expert-level mastery of AWS, Azure and or GCP. Deep knowledge of core services (Computing, Storage, Database, Networking, Cloud Governance).
  • Networking: Strong understanding of VCPs, Subnets, Transit Gateways, DNS, and Hybrid-Cloud connectivity.
  • Multi-Cloud Experience: Experience designing redundancy across two or more cloud providers.
  • Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies, applications, and trends.
  • Strong cloud migration and cloud management skills with emphasis on cloud resource management and security.
  • Strong knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC), architecture frameworks, design patterns, and programming concepts.

Skills

  • IaaS, PaaS and SaaS across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other major cloud computing services.

Compensation

  • The estimated salary range for this role is $117,000.00 - $165,000.00, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus.
  • Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate's qualifications, skills and experience.
  • From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life.
  • To build a company that reflects the communities we serve, we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success.

Benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount
  • Transportation and Commuting Benefits

Equal opportunity

  • Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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