Principal Architect - Remote

Overview

The Principal Architect in the IT Technology Enablement team is a senior, strategic, and hands-on technical leader who works across development, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and future-ready platforms that enable application teams to build, deploy, and operate software at scale.

In Short

• Define, evolve, and govern platform architecture across cloud infrastructure, shared services, CI/CD, observability, and developer tooling.
• Lead architectural strategy for container platforms (e.g., AKS) and orchestration.
• Manage data center and cloud virtualization.
• Oversee Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and automation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-enabled platform capabilities.
• Ensure architectures are designed for performance, fault tolerance, security, compliance, and cost efficiency.
• Document and communicate architectural decisions through ADRs, diagrams, and standards documentation.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business-level trade-offs and recommendations.
• Provide technical mentorship to architects and technical leads.
• Promote architectural consistency while enabling team autonomy and innovation.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of professional experience in software, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• 3–5+ years in senior technical leadership roles.
• Experience designing and operating enterprise-scale platforms.
• Prior experience in long-term architectural planning.
• Demonstrated success in reliability improvement.
• Track record of transitioning platforms through modernization efforts.
• Experience working closely with security, operations, and governance functions.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with Employer Match.
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays.
• HSA/FSA, Life & AD&D Insurance, Disability Coverage.
• Maternity/Parental Leave, Mental & Physical Health Benefits.
• Employee Resource Groups, Volunteer Hours.
• Discounted Equipment & Monitoring, Employee Referral Program.
• Continuing Education.