System Architect

++Senior Systems Architect++

Location: Fort Worth, TX 76102 | Remote:Hybrid remote, 3 days in the office weekly

Employees: 5,000 | Team Size:50

Industry: SaaS, FinTech, Payments | Financial Information: $2B in revenue for 2023

Reports To:EVP & CIO

Seeking a Senior Systems Architect to lead the design, deployment, and lifecycle support of enterprise technology platforms, with a strong emphasis on Linux-based environments. This is a highly technical position and requires broad expertise across infrastructure, networking, security, and systems optimization.

Responsibilities:

• Document work activities, systems updates, resolutions, and project notes within the enterprise ticketing platform.
• Develop and execute both long-term architectural strategies and short-term tactical plans.
• Implement high-risk changes with precision and discipline to minimize disruption.
• Appy and maintain security controls aligned to compliance frameworks (PCI, DSS).
• Rapidly adapt to evolving business and technology needs, recommending and implementing relevant solutions.
• Maintain and update documentation, policies, diagrams, and procedures to reflect current engineering standards.
• Define project requirements and review vendor statements of work for initiatives.
• Carry out system upgrades, migrations, and replacements prior to end-of-support deadlines.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology with 5 years of professional experience experience.
• 5 years managing virtualized infrastructure in either private on-premises environments or public cloud platforms.
• Deep expertise in hyper-converged platforms and enterprise storage technologies.
• Hands-on knowledge of modern threat protection tools and application firewalls.
• Advanced understanding of network infrastructure, including firewalls, routing, switching, and software-defined networking.
• Experience with site reliability engineering practices and chaos engineering methodologies.
• Expertise with enterprise applications, middleware, servers, and load balancing solutions.
• Proven ability to scale systems both horizontally and vertically.
• Familiarity with structured change management processes.
• Willingness to participate in 24×7 on call rotation support.

Benefits:Health, dental, vision plans, strong PTO, short/long-term disability, competitive salary, flexible work schedule, tremendous growth opportunities

Compensation:$135K – $145K bonus opportunity