Software Resources has an immediate, direct hire job opportunity for a Senior Payments Platform Engineer with a major corporation in Phoenix, AZ. 4 days per week on-site.

What you'll do: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer - AKS to manage and optimize our core payment hub platform running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This role will be responsible for ensuring high availability, security, and efficiency of the platform while driving innovation in cloud-native solutions for banking payments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Azure cloud services, AKS, DevSecOps, security vulnerabilities, CIS hardening, enterprise platform management, Helm chart management, Azure Container Registry (ACR) image management, and AKS Cron jobs. Prior banking experience and expertise in Java, Oracle, MQ, Kafka, Postgres, and NoSQL databases are highly preferred.

This position is part of a dynamic, high-performing, and innovative team that thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment. The ideal candidate will have a passion for collaborative problem-solving, cutting-edge technology, and continuous improvement in managing mission-critical payment platforms. Manage, monitor, and optimize Payment hub application in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Implement best practices for scalability, high availability, and resilience in a financial services environment. Develop and manage Helm charts for application deployments and configurations. Oversee image management in Azure Container Registry (ACR) to ensure compliance and security. Develop and manage AKS Cron jobs for scheduled processing in the payments ecosystem. Drive DevSecOps best practices for securing applications deployed over AKS. Identify and remediate CIS vulnerabilities, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps in the platform. Desing and Support network security, role-based access control (RBAC), and encryption within AKS and cloud environments. Design and Support IAM policies and integrate AKS with Azure Entra ID for secure access and authentication. Leverage Azure cloud services for optimizing compute, storage, and networking resources. Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform templates. Manage AKS clusters, CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring, and autoscaling. Implement and maintain observability tools for AKS environments, including ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), AppDynamics, and Grafana. Develop custom alerts, and performance metrics to ensure system health and proactive issue resolution. Optimize troubleshooting and root cause analysis using observability best practices. Support and optimize core banking payment applications running on Java, WebLogic, IBM Liberty, Oracle, IBM MQ, Kafka, Postgres, and NoSQL. Troubleshoot complex platform-related issues, including container orchestration, database integration, and messaging system performance. Ensure seamless application lifecycle management on AKS, including rolling updates, auto-healing, and workload scaling. Identify and implement automation, cost optimization, and performance enhancements across the platform. Stay updated on emerging cloud-native technologies and container security best practices to drive innovation. What you'll need: 5+ years in AKS or Kubernetes environments. Bachelors degree in a related field required. Expertise in Azure cloud services, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure DevOps, Azure Security, and Azure Networking. Strong knowledge of DevSecOps, CIS benchmarks, security vulnerability management, and regulatory compliance. Hands-on experience with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or other IaC tools. Experience in middleware and messaging platforms such as IBM MQ, Kafka. Proficiency in relational and NoSQL databases like Oracle, Postgres, Cosmos DB. Prior experience working in banking, payments, or financial services is highly preferred. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills. bility to lead technical initiatives, automation efforts, and cloud migration strategies. Experience in IAM and integrating AKS with Azure Entra ID for authentication and access control. Hands-on scripting experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell. Exposure to AI/ML-driven observability tools (AppDynamics, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana). Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio), Kubernetes operators, and container networking preferred. Familiarity with financial regulatory requirements like PCI DSS compliance preferred. Benefits you'll love: We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

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