Executive Director

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. #J-18808-Ljbffr