A Cloud Architect designs a business' cloud computing strategy. Oversees application architecture and deployment in cloud environments. Integrates cloud applications with other applications. Acts as an advisor to the business on ongoing cloud management strategies.
Westlake, TX or Covington, KY. Remote every other week. Locals Duration 12 months, extension possible
Client :
Fidelity Investments Visa:
USC,GC,H4,GCEAD
LinkedIn is Must. The Role This opportunity is for a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer focused on building and operating large-scale, cloud-native infrastructure and event-driven platforms in a collaborative enterprise technology environment. The role centers on designing self-service infrastructure, automating deployment pipelines, and supporting scalable Kubernetes-based platforms using modern DevOps practices and cloud technologies. Candidates will work closely with engineering teams to improve platform reliability, automation, observability, and developer experience while contributing to high-impact technology initiatives within the financial services industry. The position requires a bachelor's or master's degree in a technology-related field along with at least 5 years of hands-on Kubernetes and DevOps experience. Strong expertise is needed in Kubernetes architecture, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, observability tooling, and service mesh technologies. The role also values 3+ years of Java and Spring Boot microservices development experience, including containerized deployments on Kubernetes. Additional experience with Apache Kafka, event streaming, and stream-processing technologies is considered a strong plus. Candidates should also have Agile experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in fast-paced, technically complex environments.
Must Have:
5+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating production Kubernetes clusters (self-managed or managed services such as
EKS, AKS, GKE
).
Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals:
workload scheduling, RBAC, network policies, Helm/Kustomize, Operators, and cluster autoscaling. Strong experience with DevOps practices and tooling: CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD / Flux GitOps), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), and container image management (Docker, container registries). 3+ years of experience developing microservices with Java and Spring Boot. Strong understanding of microservices architecture, REST APIs, and event-driven design patterns. Experience containerizing and deploying Java applications to Kubernetes, including JVM tuning for container environments.
