Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Cloud Architecture (AWS)
- Define enterprise AWS architecture patterns for multi account, secure, and scalable environments.
- Govern infrastructure design across compute, storage, networking, IAM, and data services.
- Set standards for resilience (HA/DR), cost optimization, and security posture.
- Provide architectural oversight for RDS, OpenSearch, messaging, and distributed systems.
Cloud Native & Kubernetes Strategy
- Define and evolve Kubernetes platform strategy (EKS) across environments.
- Establish standards for GitOps, Helm, multi cluster operations, and platform abstraction.
- Drive adoption of secure, scalable cloud native patterns.
- Ensure integration of runtime security, observability, and policy enforcement.
DevSecOps & Secure SDLC Leadership
- Define and govern enterprise DevSecOps strategy, standards, and operating models.
- Architect secure CI/CD frameworks with built in quality, security, and compliance gates.
- Establish enterprise patterns for software supply chain security, including SCA, artifact governance, and policy enforcement.
- Standardize and oversee tooling across SonarQube, JFrog (Artifactory/Xray), Jenkins, and GitOps (Argo CD).
- Drive shift left security adoption and developer enablement.
- Align DevSecOps practices with security, risk, and compliance requirements.
Data & Integration Architecture
- Define architecture for data platforms and ETL ecosystems (e.g., Talend).
- Ensure secure, resilient integration patterns across databases, messaging, APIs, and file transfer systems.
- Establish standards for data reliability, observability, and performance optimization.
Platform Engineering & Developer Experience
- Drive adoption of Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) and self service capabilities.
- Define reusable platform services, APIs, and golden paths for development teams.
- Partner with Developer Experience teams to reduce cognitive load and improve productivity.
Reliability, Operations & Governance
- Define enterprise standards for observability, incident management, and SRE practices.
- Drive improvements in availability, performance, and operational maturity.
- Establish governance frameworks for cost management, security compliance, and risk mitigation.
Leadership & Influence
- Act as a technical authority across the organization, influencing architecture decisions at scale.
- Lead cross functional initiatives spanning infrastructure, security, and application teams.
- Mentor senior engineers and architects, raising the overall engineering bar.
- Translate business objectives into scalable technical strategies and roadmaps.