Principal Architect – Middleware, Kubernetes Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end architecture for open source and commercial infrastructure products across the enterprise
• Establish architectural standards, reference patterns, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy
• Lead greenfield and modernization initiatives from concept through production operationalization
• Act as the senior technical authority for product integrations with business and client partners
• Drive architectural governance, technical debt reduction, and platform scalability strategies
• Author and maintain architectural decision records (ADRs), design blueprints, and infrastructure process documentation

• 8+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure with a strong focus on architecture, middleware operations, and platform engineering
• 4+ years of Deep hands-on expertise architecting and operating middleware products — IBM MQ, Web Sphere, Web Logic, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, Kafka, etc
• 3+ years of Strong hands-on expertise in Azure or AWS, including cloud-native architecture, networking, and production operations
• 4+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms at scale — including containerization strategies for enterprise middleware workloads
• Solid IaC and automation background — Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Rundeck, etc. — with the ability to define organizational standards
• Proficiency in multiple scripting/programming languages — Python, Shell, Power Shell, Perl, etc.
• Expert understanding of infrastructure domains — DNS, load balancing, API gateways, and multi-cloud networking
• Experience architecting observability and monitoring solutions using Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, App Dynamics, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, work, and/or military experience