Principal Linux Architect

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Job Title

Principal Linux Architect

About your role: 

Fiserv is seeking a highly experienced Principal Linux Architect to provide strategic leadership for enterprise Linux platforms across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. 

 

What you’ll do: 

• Develop enterprise Linux architecture standards, roadmaps, and reference architectures. 
• Lead architecture reviews and approve strategic platform designs impacting multiple business units. 
• Design highly available, scalable, and resilient Linux infrastructure supporting mission-critical payment and financial systems. 
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and related automation tools. 
• Architect enterprise automation frameworks for provisioning, configuration management, patching, and compliance validation. 
• Lead hybrid cloud and multi-cloud Linux strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. 
• Design and govern container platforms including Kubernetes and OpenShift. 
• Define Linux operating system standards, hardening baselines, lifecycle management processes, and security controls. 
• Partner with Information Security teams on PCI-DSS, SOX, NIST, FFIEC, and audit requirements. 
• Provide executive-level guidance regarding platform modernization, technical debt reduction, and infrastructure investment priorities. 
• Establish observability, monitoring, reliability, and disaster recovery standards. 
• Serve as highest-level escalation point for complex Linux performance, stability, networking, storage, and operating system issues. 
• Drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and service-level objectives (SLOs). 
• Mentor senior engineers, architects, and technical leaders across the organization. 
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic adoption plans. 
• Lead large-scale datacenter migrations, cloud transformations, platform consolidations, and modernization initiatives. 
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and business leaders to align technology strategy with business objectives. 
• Create governance processes ensuring consistency, security, and operational excellence across enterprise Linux environments. 

 

Experience you’ll need to have:

• 12+ years Linux engineering experience; 8+ years enterprise architecture experience; expert knowledge of Linux, cloud, automation, security, networking, storage, and platform engineering. 
• 5+ years of experience with enterprise-scale automation and Infrastructure as Code. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to engage technical and executive audiences. 
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline, or equivalent military/work experience. 

 

Experience that would be great to have: 

• Financial services, fintech, banking, or highly regulated industry experience. 
• Experience leading enterprise cloud transformation initiatives. 
• Hands-on experience with:  OpenShift, Kubernetes, Service Mesh technologies, Observability platforms 
• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-datacenter environments. 
• Relevant certifications such as:  Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA), AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) &/or Terraform Associate.
• Experience with CIS benchmarks.

 

How you’ll work:

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