Senior Platform Architect
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15 hours ago
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Job Summary
We are looking for a Platform Architect a platform engineering mindset to help define and lead the evolution of our enterprise-wide platform - Ascend Platform - capabilities.
The Platform Architect designs and oversees the implementation of scalable secure and platform solutions that support enterprise-wide services. You will bridge our needs with technical strategy ensuring that platform architecture aligns with organizational goals technology standards and operational requirements.
You will report directly to the VP of Platform Engineering.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the architecture of core platforms ensuring scalability reliability and maintainability.
- Evaluate new technologies and recommend adoption strategies that align with our goals.
- Work closely with engineering product infrastructure and security teams to ensure cohesive platform development and integration.
- Establish architectural standards best practices and governance models for platform development and operations.
- Monitor platform performance and guide optimization efforts to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Ensure platform designs meet security privacy and compliance requirements.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams encouraging a culture of architectural excellence.
- Guide infrastructure modernization programs including cloud migration and hybrid environments.
- Ensure systems are resilient secure and optimized for performance.
- Participate incident response root cause analysis and continuous improvement efforts.
- Ensure understanding of Enterprise standards set by internal Technology Executive Board data protection regulations and internal policies.
- Manage risk through proactive monitoring auditing and disaster recovery planning.
Qualifications :
Qualifications
- 10 years of software engineering experience with a strong emphasis placed on building scalable enterprise-grade platforms.
- 8 years of experience in software architecture platform engineering or infrastructure design.
- In-depth knowledge of distributed systems cloud-native architecture and data-intensive application design.
- Proven experience designing and implementing cloud-native platforms (e.g. AWS).
- Strong expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes along with building robust CI/CD pipelines for production environments.
- Demonstrable architectural leadership with a proven ability to drive technology adoption and promote platform reuse across diverse teams.
- Experience with microservices APIs containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF Zachman) is a plus.
Additional Information :
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Benefits
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Solr
- NoSQL
- Data Warehouse
- Internet Of Things
- Kafka
- DynamoDB
- ZooKeeper
About Company
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, ... View more
