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Provides enterprise-level technical leadership and architectural direction for platform engineering across the core collections ecosystem, defining long-term strategies, standards, and scalable operating models for build, integration, data migration, and release management. Shapes cross-functional technology decisions spanning applications, data, security, and infrastructure, and drives the development of new platform capabilities to support organizational objectives. Acts as a recognized authority influencing multi-year transformation initiatives, including system modernization, vendor integration, and cloud adoption, while ensuring alignment to enterprise architecture and business outcomes.

• 12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or systems architecture
• Demonstrated experience defining enterprise-level architecture, standards, and technical strategy
• Proven ability to lead large-scale, multi-system transformations (e.g., modernization, cloud migration, or vendor platform integration)
• Experience influencing executive stakeholders and cross-functional leadership
• Track record of introducing new technologies, methodologies, or engineering practices at scale
• Expert:
  Distributed systems architecture, platform engineering, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) ecosystems
• Expert:
  Cloud-native architecture, including definition and governance of cloud platform designs and operating models
• Advanced/Expert:
  Enterprise data migration strategy, integration patterns, and system interoperability across complex environments
• Expert:
  Definition and governance of engineering standards, architectural principles, and platform operating models
• Expert:
  Strategic problem decomposition and solution design across multiple domains, systems, and business functions
• Expert:
  Executive communication and organizational technical influence, including the ability to shape decisions at senior leadership levels
• Advanced/Expert:
  Definition of enterprise data platform architecture and integration strategies across database technologies, including Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Oracle Exadata, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Expert:
  Definition of enterprise migration strategies for legacy-to-cloud platform transformations, including governance of execution across programs
• Expert:
  Leadership of multi-stream, cross-functional technology initiatives with enterprise-wide impact
• Expert:
  Definition of platform implementation approaches, operating models, and governance frameworks across build, release, and environment management
• Expert:
  Definition of standards and governance models for system configuration and customization, including workflow design, rules management, role-based access controls, and change governance
• Expert:
  Definition of enterprise testing strategies and quality governance frameworks, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT) readiness and business validation models
• Expert:
  Definition of enterprise integration patterns and standards, including real-time application programming interfaces (APIs) and batch/Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processing
• Expert:
  Influence on executive stakeholders and definition of governance models across business and technology organizations
• Recognized authority:
  Platform engineering practices, shaping organizational standards and long-term technical direction
• Leader in innovation:
  Drives creation and adoption of new engineering methodologies, platform capabilities, and architectural patterns across the enterprise
• Strategic leader:
  Identifies and frames complex enterprise challenges and translates them into multi-stream initiatives and long-term technical roadmaps

Platform Strategy & Architecture (25%)

• Define and evolve the enterprise platform engineering strategy, including standards for build, release, environment management, and integration patterns
• Establish architectural direction for core systems, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and alignment with long-term business and technology strategy
• Introduce and institutionalize new platform capabilities, tooling frameworks, and engineering practices

Enterprise Technical Leadership (20%)

• Serve as a recognized subject matter expert and authority across platform engineering, influencing architectural decisions and technical direction across programs
• Lead resolution of the most complex, ambiguous technical challenges spanning multiple systems, disciplines, and teams
• Shape and govern cross-functional technical decisions across applications, data, security, and infrastructure

Transformation & Innovation (20%)

• Drive large-scale transformation initiatives (e.g., core collections modernization, cloud migration, platform consolidation) with multi-year impact
• Identify emerging technology…