Platform Architect

The Platform Architect provides technical leadership for the design, engineering, modernization, integration, and lifecycle evolution of enterprise platforms and shared technology services. The role translates business, technical, operational, security, and performance requirements into platform architectures, engineering standards, reusable patterns, service boundaries, and implementation roadmaps that enable secure, scalable, supportable, and resilient enterprise capabilities.

What You Will Do

The Platform Architect is responsible for promoting scalable enterprise services and reusable platform capabilities while minimizing unnecessary customization, technology sprawl, operational complexity, and unsustainable support models. Key responsibilities include evaluating emerging technologies, establishing platform strategies, developing reusable platform patterns, leading technical reviews, and promoting operational sustainability.

Why It Might Be a Fit

To be successful in this role, you will need to balance innovation with practicality, assess not only what a platform can do but also the long-term implications of implementing, operating, securing, supporting, governing, and maintaining it. You will need to work closely with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, service management, business stakeholders, and platform subject matter experts to ensure individual technology decisions contribute to a cohesive and sustainable enterprise platform ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Engineering, or a related field
• At least 12 years of experience designing, implementing, integrating, operating, supporting, or modernizing enterprise platforms in complex cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments
• Demonstrated experience with one or more major enterprise platform domains
• Experience designing and supporting platform architectures across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments
• Experience leading platform modernization, migration, consolidation, integration, or transformation initiatives
• Experience establishing platform standards, reusable architecture patterns, service offerings, operational models, and lifecycle management processes
• Demonstrated experience balancing technical requirements with operational supportability, maintainability, scalability, resilience, lifecycle cost, and long-term sustainability

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance