Senior Product Architect: Cloud, APIs & Mainframe (Hybrid)

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & vision

Life insurance

401(k) with match

PTO

Pension plan

Job summary

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is seeking a Product Architect to design scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions across mainframe, web services, and cloud environments. You will lead end‑to‑end architecture, define roadmaps, and ensure alignment with security and enterprise standards.

Responsibilities include cloud/integration architectures using AWS, APIGEE, APIs, Kafka, JSON, and SOAP/REST; implementing robust auth and access controls; guiding legacy modernization (CICS, COBOL,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering and 5 years of experience.
• Experience designing scalable, secure architectures.
• Familiarity with mainframe modernization (CICS/COBOL).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture for mission-critical applications.
• Design cloud and integration architectures using AWS, APIGEE, APIs.
• Define reference architectures and integration patterns for interoperability.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement proposed designs.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

APIGEE

Mainframe modernization

CICS COBOL DB2

Security standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kafka

JSON/REST

SOAP/REST

Java/J2EE

JavaScript

Job description

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is seeking a Product Architect to design scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions across mainframe, web services, and cloud environments. You will lead end‑to‑end architecture, define roadmaps, and ensure alignment with security and enterprise standards.

Responsibilities include cloud/integration architectures using AWS, APIGEE, APIs, Kafka, JSON, and SOAP/REST; implementing robust auth and access controls; guiding legacy modernization (CICS, COBOL,