Principal Linux Architect

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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:

• Fiserv emphasizes in-person collaboration to help you grow your career while shaping the future of fintech; this role is on-site Monday through Friday.
• This role requires use of a computer and audio equipment.

Travel:

• Approximately 15% travel off-site or to other office locations is expected.

Sponsorship:

• In order to be considered, you must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

This role is not eligible to be performed in Colorado, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Maine or Washington.

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Please note that salary ranges provided for this role on external job boards are salary estimates made by outside parties and may not be accurate.

Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv.  Please:

• Apply using your legal name
• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

Our commitment to Equal Opportunity:

Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law. 

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