Platform Architecture Manager

Platform Architecture Manager
Location: Dallas TX

Overview

This organization is backed by dedicated leadership and investment with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports clients research production and delivery enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research simulations analysis and decision-making accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.

The Platform Architecture Manager will lead a team of architects responsible for defining and driving the platform architecture vision. This role will establish the architecture decision-making framework guide cloud CIS security observability and SDLC platform maturity and ensure alignment with enterprise technology strategy.

As part of the broader Architecture organization this leader will act as a bridge between platform engineering product management program management and other architecture teams driving architectural consistency security and developer enablement across on-premises and cloud environments. This role is pivotal in shaping the next generation of secure scalable and developer-friendly platforms that underpin high-performance computing (HPC) workloads and enterprise engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Governance
- Lead and mentor a team of platform domain architects including Cloud Security SDLC/API and Data/Observability Architects.
- Establish and maintain the Architecture Decision Record (ADR) process ensuring traceable transparent architectural decisions across the platform ecosystem.
- Drive platform governance practices to ensure consistency in design principles API contracts and operational standards.
- Oversee SDLC platform maturity assessments ensuring unified developer experience and delivery efficiency.
- Produce and review architectural documentation including standards patterns and ADRs.

Platform Strategy & Roadmap
- Define the platform architecture roadmapspanning cloud security observability and developer experienceand align it with enterprise objectives.
- Partner with Engineering Product and Program Management teams to define priorities shape platform strategy and influence investment decisions.
- Establish reference architectures and blueprints for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments supporting HPC clusters and cloud workloads.
- Champion automation and self-service initiatives that reduce operational friction and empower engineering teams.
- Promote innovation and experimentation evaluating emerging technologies and automation frameworks relevant to HPC and platform engineering.
- Represent Platform Architecture in enterprise-level technical strategy forums and architecture review boards.

Security Compliance & Observability
- Embed CIS benchmarks security controls and compliance frameworks into all platform designs and delivery models.
- Lead the development of observability and telemetry standards ensuring systems are instrumented for performance reliability and accountability.
- Partner with Security Compliance and Operations teams to strengthen governance auditability and resilience.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Solution Architecture Product Architecture and Data Center Architecture teams to ensure end-to-end platform consistency.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical programs across engineering product and operations organizations.

Required Experience

- Proven experience leading enterprise or platform architecture teams within large-scale or high-performance environments.
- Strong knowledge of cloud architecture (AWS Azure or GCP) and hybrid on-prem/cloud integration.
- Deep understanding of DevSecOps SDLC automation and developer enablement practices.
- Expertise in security frameworks (CIS NIST ISO 27001) and embedding them into platform design.
- Strong understanding of observability telemetry and reliability engineering (OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana ELK etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to define architecture governance frameworks and decision models (ADRs reference architectures standards).
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technical leaders.
- Strong people leadership and mentoring skills fostering collaboration across distributed teams.

Preferred Experience

- Prior experience in high-performance computing (HPC) distributed systems or large-scale infrastructure platforms.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation) Kubernetes and GitOps frameworks.
- Proven success in designing or scaling developer platforms or internal developer portals (IDPs) such as Backstage or Port.
- Experience defining and governing API lifecycle management across enterprise organizations.
- Familiarity with platform observability frameworks and data-driven operational models.
- Exposure to multi-tenant or regulated environments requiring compliance and audit controls.
- Experience driving capability mapping and platform maturity models.
- Understanding of GenAI and its integration into developer or platform workflows.
- Strong collaboration history with security and compliance teams to drive secure by default architecture.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or CCSP.
- TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification.