Senior Payments & Cloud Solutions Architect

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership across payments, cloud innovation, and emerging technologies. Location options include Charlotte, NC or Jersey City, NJ with a hybrid work arrangement.

We are looking for a candidate with 15+ years in solutions/enterprise architecture, strong cloud-native experience, and a track record of guiding delivery teams. This is a leadership, architecture-focused role rather than hands-on development.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of Solutions Architecture or Enterprise Architecture experience.
• Strong cloud-native and distributed systems experience.
• Prior software development with progression into architecture.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and facilitation skills.
• Financial services or payments experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader across payments, cloud, and emerging technologies.
• Translate new concepts into scalable, secure, and buildable architectures.
• Guide engineering teams through implementation and provide architectural direction.
• Lead architecture decisions, design reviews, POCs, and technical evaluations.
• Establish architecture standards, patterns, roadmaps, and best practices.
• Partner with technology leaders, product owners, and delivery teams.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud Architecture

Microservices

DDD

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

NoSQL

Distributed SQL

Security

High Availability

Technical Leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership across payments, cloud innovation, and emerging technologies. Location options include Charlotte, NC or Jersey City, NJ with a hybrid work arrangement.

We are looking for a candidate with 15+ years in solutions/enterprise architecture, strong cloud-native experience, and a track record of guiding delivery teams. This is a leadership, architecture-focused role rather than hands-on development.