Solutions Architect

Matlen Silver; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect for Charlotte, NC or Jersey City, NJ. The role, hybrid and W2, targets 15+ years of enterprise-level architecture across payments, cloud, and emerging technologies.

You will guide delivery teams, set standards, and shape technical direction for scalable financial services platforms. The ideal candidate demonstrates deep cloud/native architecture mastery, strong leadership, and a track record of designing secure, resilient systems with

Qualifications

• 15+ years of Solutions Architecture or Enterprise Architecture experience.
• Strong experience with cloud-native and distributed systems.
• Expertise in microservices, DDD, Apache Kafka, and integration patterns.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience with NoSQL and/or distributed SQL databases.
• Strong understanding of scalability, security, resiliency, and high-availability architecture.
• Prior software development experience with a strong progression into architecture.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and facilitation skills.
• Financial services or payments experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical thought 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

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

Microservices

DDD

Apache Kafka

Integration patterns

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

NoSQL

Distributed SQL

Security best practices

Technical leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

NoSQL

Distributed SQL

Job description

Solutions Architect – Emerging Technology (Payments & Cloud Innovation)

Location: Charlotte, NC or Jersey City, NJ

Duration: 18 Months

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Employment Type: W2 Only

***W2 ONLY NO SPONSORSHIP ALLOWED***

We are seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect with 15+ years of architecture experience to provide technical leadership across emerging technology, payments innovation, and cloud transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical thought 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.

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of Solutions Architecture or Enterprise Architecture experience.
• Strong experience with cloud-native and distributed systems.
• Expertise in microservices, DDD, Apache Kafka, and integration patterns.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience with NoSQL and/or distributed SQL databases.
• Strong understanding of scalability, security, resiliency, and high-availability architecture.
• Prior software development experience with a strong progression into architecture.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and facilitation skills.
• Financial services or payments experience strongly preferred.

Important: This is an architecture and technical leadership role, not a primarily hands‑on development position. We are looking for someone who has a proven history of shaping ideas, influencing technical direction, and guiding delivery teams.