Principal Enterprise Architect – Platforms, DevOps, SRE, Microservices, Event‑Driven Architecture, App, Data & Cloud - Onsite
Core
Senior-most architecture leader setting strategic direction for next-generation digital ecosystem including microservices, event-driven architecture, DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering.
Role type
Principal Enterprise Architect (Strategy & People Leadership)
Builds
Enterprise architecture vision, blueprint, multi-year roadmap, and mature architecture practice with reusable patterns and reference architectures.
Domain
Retail/E-commerce, Cloud-native, Microservices, Event-driven architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Enterprise architecture strategy, Domain-driven design, Microservices, Event-driven integration, Cloud-native platforms, API-first ecosystems, Architecture Review Board leadership, Team management, Coaching, Performance development, DevOps strategy, CI/CD, Infrastructure automation, GitOps, Platform engineering, SRE practices, SLO/SLI definitions, Observability, Incident response, Resilience engineering, Cloud strategy, Multi-account landing zones, Service mesh, Identity management, Policy-as-code, Data architecture, Streaming pipelines, CDC, Lake/lakehouse, Threat modeling, Secure design, Executive communication, Technical trade-off analysis
Preferred skills
Retail or e-commerce industry experience, GitHub, Aqua Security, Akamai, Elastic, API Gateway management, ITIL frameworks, ServiceNow, FinOps principles, Cloud cost management
Technologies
Kubernetes, Istio, Linkerd, Terraform, Bicep, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, Kinesis, PubSub, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, Kong, Azure API Management
Responsibilities
Own and evolve enterprise architecture vision and multi-year roadmap; Lead execution of modern architectural patterns including domain-driven design and event-driven integration; Head the Architecture Review Board and establish decision frameworks; Directly lead and manage a team of architects providing coaching and career growth; Build and mature the architecture practice including standards and reference architectures; Define enterprise strategy for DevOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering; Establish and enforce SRE practices including SLO/SLI definitions and incident response; Lead cloud strategy and architecture including multi-account landing zones and service mesh; Oversee data architecture patterns and governance; Provide architectural oversight for key programs and serve as trusted advisor to engineering leadership.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
