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Riverwoods, IL
Hybrid

Principal Cloud Application Architect

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At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.

 

Job Description 

 

Do you want to be on the forefront of the next BIG thing in advancing the analytic technology landscape? Are you driven by the thought of being involved at the ground level of an enterprise wide transformation? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast paced, collaborative environment?

 

Discover Financial Services is seeking a bright, driven, and talented Principal Cloud Application Architect to join a team of passionate and innovative technologists.

 

*** THIS POSITION WILL BE BASED IN OUR HEADQUARTERS IN RIVERWOODS ILLINOIS WITH THE FLEXIBILITY OF WORKING FROM OUR DOWNTOWN CHICAGO OFFICE ***

 

In this role, you will use your experience and hands on approach with next generation technologies to contribute to a team that delivers the latest containerized solutions for next generation data & analytic technologies.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Product Owners to understand requirements for architecture.
  • Deep technical skill in infrastructure, software architecture and cloud computing with machine learning and analytics use cases in mind..
  • Design and arrangement of scalable, highly attainable, and fault tolerant systems on AWS.
  • Assist with migration of architectures from the lab environment to the operational AWS environment.
  • Work with full-stack team to define and implement logical and physical architecture.
  • Document the architecture (both up-front design and post-release as-built).
  • Collaborates with cross-functional roles to communicate and align development efforts with Architecture Roadmap.
  • Provide development and implementation for architecture design concepts (50/50 architect/developer).
  • Define domain boundaries, API functionality, and data structure to promote clean separation of responsibility in SOA / microservices environment.
  • Help identify coding patterns and anti-patterns and enforce implementation of the patterns through code reviews.
  • Performs root cause analysis, technology evaluation, and design spikes to define architecture supporting high-quality resilient software
  • Helps break down, estimate, and provide just-in-time design for small increments of work.
  • Promotes improvements in DevOps, including version control, continuous integration, project build and test automation, to maximize developer efficiency.
  • Help define logical and physical architecture and document the architecture using UML diagrams
  • Help identify coding patterns and anti-patterns and enforce implementation of the patterns through code reviews

 

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience
  • Minimum 7+ years of experience with Java (Spring or OSGi)
  • Minimum 2+ years of experience with columnar store databases (snowflake, Cassandra, Redshift, etc)

 

Desired Skills:

  • Experience working with Docker containers
  • Production experience with AWS (or another cloud provider)
  • Expertise with multiple AWS services and Hands-on AWS experience with a minimum of one to two implementations, preferably on enterprise scale.
  • Strong understanding/Experience in the AWS Cloud IaaS and PaaS services such as RDS, EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM.
  • Knowledge of and desire to work in an Agile development environment
  • Strong familiarity with object-oriented systems and enterprise design patterns
  • Experience with development of service oriented and micro-service applications
  • Experience in Container orchestration: Kubernetes / Docker Swarm.

 

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What are you waiting for? Apply today!

 

The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.

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What are Discover Perks + Benefits

Discover Benefits Overview

Start enjoying great benefits Day 1 — We support you with the same dedication we bring to all of our customers. Our comprehensive benefits package features first-class insurance, financial planning support and excellent perks designed to help you reach your goals and live a rich, healthy life.

Check out more of our amazing employee benefits at mydiscoverbenefits.com

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Discover’s business is built on helping people, and we invest in the community (Blessing Backpacks, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Sisters) to demonstrate our commitment to a brighter future.
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
You can open a separate Health Care FSA (HCFSA) and contribute up to $2,650 tax-free from your paycheck to reimburse yourself for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.
Disability insurance
Employees receive Short-Term Disability Insurance at no cost.
Dental insurance
Discover offers two dental plan options — Standard and Premier — both are administered by MetLife.
Vision insurance
Discover offers two vision plan options — Standard and Premier through VSP.
Health insurance
Discover offers a variety of medical plans for you and eligible family members, so that you can choose the benefit plan that suits your needs.
Life insurance
As a Discover employee, you receive Basic Life Insurance of one times your HWEE (up to $500,000) at no cost to you.
Pet insurance
Purchase medical coverage at a discounted rate for your beloved family pet. The more pets you insure, the greater the discount.
Wellness programs
Help balance your work and personal life with a wide variety of free and discounted resource and referral services including family and relationship counseling and financial guidance.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
You may elect to contribute 1% to 30% of your eligible base salary, commissions and bonus on a pre-tax basis, up to IRS limits every year.
401(K) matching
Discover matches up to 6% of the pre-tax contributions you make to the 401(k) Plan.
Employee stock purchase plan
The ESPP provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase shares of Discover common stock through payroll deductions at a 5% discount.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Discover helps eligible employees and their families with the costs of adoption by reimbursing certain expenses.
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Discover has a Paid Time Off of 4 to 5 Weeks of paid time per year.
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Discover provides 7 paid holidays.
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
When you enroll in the Commuter Benefits Program at WageWorks, you’ll save on taxes on mass-transit passes, parking and other eligible expenses.
Company-sponsored outings
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Onsite gym
Discover has fitness centers and Weight Watchers® programs at all five major locations.
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Discover provides tuition reimbursement and a full-ride bachelor's degree program for select online degree programs.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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