Executive Director

New York Technology Partners; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Technology Partners seeks a Senior Infrastructure Architect in Chicago to shape and govern enterprise infrastructure strategy. You will oversee cloud and on‑prem architectures, drive IaC programs, and collaborate with Security, Operations, and Governance teams to align standards with business goals.

The role requires deep AWS and Kubernetes expertise, experience with Kafka and observability platforms, and the ability to influence across senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in infrastructure, platform, or systems architecture with 3+ years in leadership.
• Experience defining and governing architecture standards at scale.
• Strong hands-on knowledge across cloud, on-prem, networking, compute, and storage.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure architecture programs across Engineering, Security, Operations, and Governance.
• Translate architecture decisions into actionable standards for engineering teams.
• Represent infrastructure strategy to executive leadership.

Skills

AWS architecture

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

Fluency in security services

Networking

Kafka

Cloudwatch/OpenTelemetry

Education

BS in Computer Science / related field

Tools

Terraform

Helm

ArgoCD

Flux

GitHub Actions / Jenkins

Job description

We are constantly on the lookout for professionals to fulfil the staffing needs of our clients, and we currently have a job opening that may interest you

Location - Chicago, IL

Required

• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or systems architecture, with at least 3 years in a people leadership or team lead role
• Demonstrated experience defining and governing infrastructure architecture standards across multiple domains at organizational scale
• Broad, hands-on knowledge across infrastructure domains:
• cloud (AWS), on-premises data center, networking, compute, storage, and container platforms
• Deep experience with AWS architecture - VPCs, EC2, EKS, MSK, S3, IAM, KMS, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, and security services
• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes - cluster architecture, workload design, multi-tenancy, networking (CNI), and operational patterns at scale
• Experience with Apache Kafka as enterprise streaming infrastructure - deployment, operations, and topology design
• Demonstrated experience leading GitOps and infrastructure-as-code programs - Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Flux, or equivalent
• Experience with hybrid and on-premises/cloud connectivity architecture - network design, routing,firewalling, and security zoning
• Ability to lead through influence and authority - building alignment across Engineering, Security, Operations, and Governance
• Strong communication skills - able to represent infrastructure strategy to executive leadership and translate architecture decisions into actionable standards for engineering teams

Preferred

• Experience in financial services, particularly regulated environments (SIFMU, clearinghouse, exchange, or bank)
• Familiarity with Regulation SCI, CPMI-IOSCO, or equivalent financial market infrastructure regulatory frameworks and their implications for infrastructure design
• Experience with Apache Flink or equivalent stream processing frameworks in production environments
• Experience with enterprise observability platforms - OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent
• Familiarity with low-latency and high-performance computing patterns relevant to risk and clearing workloads AWS Solutions Architect - Professional certification or equivalent
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF

Technical Skills

• Cloud: AWS foundational and advanced services - EC2,
• EKS, MSK, S3, VPC, IAM, KMS, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, CloudWatch
• Container platforms: Kubernetes (EKS or self-managed),
• Streaming and processing: Apache Kafka, Apache Flink
• GitOps and IaC: Terraform, ArgoCD, Flux, Helm, GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Networking: routing protocols, firewalling, load balancing,
• Storage: block, object, and file storage architecture; backup and recovery patterns
• Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent

Education and/or Experience

• BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.