Principal Architect - Cloud Native
Core
Designing and maintaining enterprise observability and hybrid cloud reference architectures, standards, and technical direction for a multi-cloud infrastructure.
Role type
Principal Architect (Cloud Native & Observability)
Builds
Enterprise observability platforms, hybrid cloud reference architectures, and telemetry standards.
Domain
Healthcare technology, Cloud Infrastructure, Observability
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud architecture, Observability strategy, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Multi-cloud management, SLO/SLI definition, Architecture standards, FinOps, AI/ML integration
Preferred skills
On-prem/private cloud, Workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE), Infrastructure-as-code, Streaming platforms, AIOps, Service mesh, Open-source community involvement
Technologies
OpenShift, KVM, Dell PowerFlex, Azure, AWS, GCP, OpenTelemetry, Grafana (Mimir, Loki, Tempo), Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, ServiceNow, xMatters, SPIFFE, SPIRE, Terraform, Pulumi, Helm, ArgoCD, Kafka, Confluent, Istio, Envoy, Cilium
Responsibilities
Own enterprise observability reference architecture across metrics, logs, traces, and events; Drive OpenTelemetry-first instrumentation strategy; Build and operate telemetry pipelines; Define reliability measurement standards (SLOs, SLIs); Lead hybrid multi-cloud reference architecture and workload identity standards; Push FinOps maturity by integrating cost data; Identify AI/ML value in observability stack; Mentor architects and conduct architecture reviews.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship