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Position Overview:
The Instant Financial Issuance as a Service (IFIaaS) Cloud Service consists of various components, such as web services, application servers, and databases, all hosted in an on-premises environment.
We are seekinga
Senior Platform Architect who is
hands-on
and deeply
involved in the design and evolution of a modern,onpremises
SaaS platform
. The platform is built using distributed microservices, runs primarily onVMwarehosted
Windows workloads, and is transitioning toward containerized architectures. This role focuses on designing and validating systems that meet strict requirements for availability (99.9%), scalability, performance, and security.
In this role, you will work directly with
engineering
,
infrastructure
, andthe
Cloud
Opsteam to design
platformarchitecture,define
deployment patterns
, and solve
complexsystem-levelchallenges.You will activelyparticipatein
architectural design sessions
, review and influence implementation details, and help
troubleshoot and remediate systemic issues
in production environments.
The Senior Platform Architect is expected to deeply understand how the platform is built andoperated, and to apply that knowledge to improve reliability, resilience, andlong-term maintainability of the system.
This role is ideal for an architect who enjoys staying close to technology, contributing to real design decisions, and shaping how distributed systems are built and run in a modernonpremenvironment.
Responsibilities:
Own the
availability architecture
across compute, network, storage, data, and app tiers to exceed
99.9%service availability
Design
fault domains
(host, rack, cluster, site) and enforce placement strategies to ensure resilience and predictable failure behaviorand
blast radius
limits
Eliminate
single points of failure
across compute, storage, networking, ingress, identity, secrets, and CI/CD pipelines.
Design
graceful degradation strategiesat the infrastructure level
tomaintaincore functionality during overload or partial failure
Define
performance budgets, SLOs, and capacity headroom
for peak traffic and failure scenarios
Define
SLOs, SLIsand error budgets
and ensure they inform deployment, scaling, and incident response
Drive
infrastructureascodeand
Git Ops practices to ensure consistent, repeatable environments
Define and enable
progressive deployment models
(canary, blue/green, rolling) with automated rollback
Build
platformand CI/CDcapabilities
that directly improve(
deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, mean time to recover MTTR
)
Embed
security by design
, includingzerotrustnetworking,mTLS, secrets management, andleastprivilegeaccess
Establish
standard observability
for metrics, logs, traces, and health signals across the platform
Enable
operationaland incident responsereadiness
, including runbooks, failure testing, and automated remediation
Act as the
technical authority
for platform architecture decisions andtradeoffs
Partner with engineering teams to
onboard services
and ensure alignment with platform standards
Provide reference architectures, patterns, and guidance that improve
developer experience and delivery speed.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalentcombination of education and experience
8+ years ofrelated experienceas a
Platform/Solutions/ System Design Architect,Software Engineer,Senior Dev Ops Engineer or a role in similar capacity
Proven experience designing
distributed systems
with an emphasis on
availability, scalability, resilience, and performance
Demonstratedexpertisein
microservices architecture
, API design,…
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