Lead Monitoring Architect for Banking Platforms

Jobtailor; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to lead monitoring for banking applications in the United States. You will define the architectural direction, shape operating environments, and drive end-to-end monitoring implementations across cloud and container platforms.

You will collaborate with APS teams, review performance and reliability, document standards, and mentor engineers. Strong communication and strategic thinking are essential in a large, multi-data center environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years production systems architecture and/or support experience.
• Experience supporting monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Tivoli, Splunk, Sitescope, and Catchpoint.
• Familiarity with monitoring on Cloud and Containers infrastructure.
• Knowledge of Windows/Unix infrastructure services, processing, monitoring, and shell scripts.
• Programming experience in Java and Python.
• Experience in application/network performance and availability monitoring.
• Experience with N-Tier Architecture supporting webserver, middleware, database, and other products.
• Knowledge of ITIL functions and processes.
• Excellent communication and ability to network and influence across multiple levels.
• Self-motivated, hands-on, driven individual.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural vision and solutions aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Describe solution intent and operating environment; evaluate system impacts and interfaces.
• Assist with end-to-end solution design and define non-functional requirements.
• Develop and drive monitoring strategy, standards, and instrumentation for banking apps.
• Architect and implement monitoring solutions across cloud and container infra.
• Lead architecture shaping and ensure modular, flexible designs.
• Educate team members on practices and best practices.
• Roll out monitoring tool across Banking APS applications.
• Coordinate deployment planning with APS teams.
• Prepare adoption reports and monitoring metrics.
• Participate in global discussions on monitoring strategy evolution.

Skills

Production systems architecture

Monitoring tools experience

Java programming

Python programming

N-tier architecture

Cloud/container monitoring

ITIL knowledge

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Networking ability

Tools

Dynatrace

Tivoli

Splunk

Sitescope

Catchpoint

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to lead monitoring for banking applications in the United States. You will define the architectural direction, shape operating environments, and drive end-to-end monitoring implementations across cloud and container platforms.

You will collaborate with APS teams, review performance and reliability, document standards, and mentor engineers. Strong communication and strategic thinking are essential in a large, multi-data center environment.