Solutions Architect - DevOps & Platform Engineering

We are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect - DevOps & Platform Engineering to lead the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise software delivery and infrastructure platforms. This role serves as a strategic technology leader responsible for bridging business objectives, software engineering practices, security requirements, and infrastructure capabilities. The ideal candidate will define architectural standards, drive modernization initiatives, establish DevSecOps best practices, and enable highly automated, secure, scalable, and reliable engineering platforms.This individual will partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, governance, and organizational agility across the enterprise.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Architecture & Strategy
• Define and execute enterprise DevOps and Platform Engineering strategies aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-effective architectures across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Establish technical roadmaps, reference architectures, standards, and governance models for software delivery and infrastructure platforms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide architectural guidance for adoption across the organization.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical oversight for strategic platforms and initiatives. Platform Engineering & Developer Experience
• Architect and implement internal developer platforms that provide self-service capabilities and standardized engineering workflows.
• Develop "golden path" solutions that improve developer experience, accelerate onboarding, and increase engineering productivity.
• Drive standardization of build, release, deployment, and operational practices across engineering organizations.
• Collaborate with development teams to modernize software delivery processes and improve deployment velocity. DevOps & Automation
• Design and govern enterprise CI/CD platforms and automation frameworks.
• Architect Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and configuration management solutions using industry best practices.
• Implement scalable automation strategies that reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead initiatives focused on continuous integration, continuous delivery, release orchestration, and deployment automation.
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure platform adoption, delivery performance, and operational effectiveness. Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering
• Design and optimize cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
• Drive infrastructure modernization initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, performance, and resiliency.
• Lead disaster recovery, business continuity, and availability architecture efforts.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to improve operational excellence and resource optimization.
• Develop infrastructure governance practices that balance agility, security, and cost management. Security, Compliance & Governance
• Integrate security controls throughout the software development lifecycle using DevSecOps principles.
• Architect solutions that address software supply chain security, artifact management, code security, and platform risk management.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to regulatory and corporate requirements.
• Support enterprise initiatives related to NIST, ISO27001, SOC2, SLSA, SBOM generation, EU CRA, and related security frameworks.
• Define governance policies for platform usage, automation, access control, and software delivery pipelines. Observability & Reliability Engineering
• Design enterprise observability solutions including monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and operational analytics.
• Establish platform reliability standards and operational maturity frameworks.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimization strategies.
• Partner with operations teams to improve service reliability and incident management processes. Leadership & Collaboration
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to engineering leaders, architects, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads on DevOps, platform engineering, modernization, automation, and cloud architecture.
• Facilitate collaboration between software engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams.
• Present architectural recommendations, business cases, and technology strategies to senior leadership.

Required
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or related disciplines, including experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
• Proven experience defining architecture roadmaps, technology standards, governance models, and modernization strategies across large engineering organizations.
• Expertise in CI/CD platforms, software delivery practices, release automation, and developer productivity solutions.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, source control management, and engineering workflow automation.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience designing and operating containerized and cloud-native platforms using technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Strong understanding of cloud and hybrid infrastructure architectures, scalability, resiliency, high availability, and disaster recovery principles.
• Experience implementing observability solutions, including monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and operational analytics.
• Deep understanding of networking, identity management, security architecture, and infrastructure design principles.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, software supply chain security controls, artifact governance, and secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
• Experience supporting compliance and regulatory initiatives such as NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2, SLSA, SBOM generation, EU CRA, or similar frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience building platform engineering capabilities, self-service developer platforms, and standardized engineering workflows.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered development capabilities, including GitHub Copilot, AI-assisted software development, agent-based workflows, prompt engineering, and automation solutions that improve developer productivity and software delivery outcomes.
• Strong proficiency in one or more scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Go.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, drive cross-functional alignment, and lead complex initiatives across multiple engineering organizations.