Principal Architect
Core
Define and drive the long-term technical strategy and roadmap for a unified cloud platform, aligning architecture with product goals and engineering teams.
Role type
Principal Architect (Cloud Platform)
Builds
Unified cloud platform vision and scalable, reliable enterprise-grade systems
Domain
Cloud computing, distributed systems, infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed system architecture, high-availability system design, Internet protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP), cloud security (TLS, PKI, VPN), cloud workload management (containers, VMs), control-plane paradigms, SaaS/PaaS/IaaS expertise, technology evaluation, system modernization
Technologies
Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana
Responsibilities
Identify critical improvements for the cloud platform roadmap, collaborate with solution architects to define unified architecture, build consensus on technical strategy, engage stakeholders to advance platform goals, provide high-level technical guidance and design leadership, evaluate and justify technology choices, modernize or refactor systems for scalability and reliability
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
