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U.S. Bank · 3 days ago

Principal Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Architect

Charlotte, NC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$145K/yr - $188K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provides high-level architectural guidance and assists the team in aligning architecture to business requirements. Works across the organization to foster a culture of applying applicable and relevant design patterns, in accordance with the needs of the company and guides the teams in the organization in anticipation of future use cases.

Works across the organization to foster a culture of architecture that allows for iterative, autonomous development and future scaling. Guides teams in the organization in anticipation of future use cases and helps them make design decisions that minimize the cost of future changes.

Sets the direction of the architectural roadmap. Determines the Return-on-Investment for specific engineering initiatives and determines appropriate levels of investment for given strategic horizons. Establishes engineering strategic objectives that drive architecture and technical approach.

Coaches the engineering organization on a debugging mindset with a view of using the appropriate tools for specific needs. Leads incident response across the engineering organization as needed. Uses systematic debugging to diagnose issues across the organization. Selects and procures tools and establishes processes to support the team in effective troubleshooting.

Drives and sets the culture of quality and timely code reviews across the organization while encouraging teams to consider release complications. Provides guidance on reviews conducted by others. Champions the engineering organization with an ability to understand and deliver to real user needs.

Drives the organizational testing strategy and uses quality metrics to identify gaps. Works with all teams to recommend solutions that are in accordance with accepted testing frameworks and the testing pyramid. Guides the teams on following standards and aims for best practice across the organization.

Works to keep skills up-to-date to aid in decision making, coaching and facilitation. Has basic knowledge in a wide variety of technologies and skill sets with deep expertise in a few specific areas.

Actively works with the security team to set and refine organization-wide security strategy. Fosters a security first mindset across the organization. Drives security awareness and culture across the organization.

Takes ownership of decisions made in the engineering organization by helping teams make clear decisions in alignment with enterprise goals, backing decisions made, and taking responsibility for their success. Ensures accountability is practiced throughout the organization.

Sets the direction of the delivery process across the organization, on the importance and purpose of the methodology, has a clear point of view and guides the organization on improvements to the delivery process. Promotes a culture amongst engineering of delivering features with minimal disruption to production. Responsible for executing product roadmap on-time and within budget and ensures security and relevant compliance of core systems.

Ensures expectations across the organization and external stakeholders are clarified between all parties involved. Identifies dependencies across the organization and works with individual teams to resolve them before they become an issue and installs preventative measures to mitigate repeat occurrences.

Works across the organization to foster a culture of priority setting and urgency in alignment with organizational strategy. Coaches the team on making trade-offs, prioritization and managing technical debt. Identifies and manages technical and business risk.

Qualification

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AWSAzureEnterprise ArchitectureSecurityAuthenticationInfrastructure as CodeNetworksStorageCloud AutomationPythonTerraformAnsibleProblem-SolvingEmpathyFinancial Services ExperienceScalabilityEnterprise System ArchitectureEngineering Best PracticesAgile EnvironmentTeam Domains UnderstandingAnalyticalCommunicationPresentationLeadershipCollaborationInfluencing

Required

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

Eight or more years of relevant experience

5+ years of AWS and Azure enterprise architecture experience

10 + years of progressive experience

8+ years of AWS and Azure experience

Excellent experience in security and authentication

Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code

Strong and demonstrable understanding of networks / compute / storage

Excellent cloud automation experience using Python or similar language

Experience with tools like Terraform and Ansible

Empathy for internal customers

Preferred

STRONG preference for Financial Services experience

Thorough understanding of several team's domains and how they contribute to the overall business strategy and alignment to the technical strategy

Possesses expertise in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices in an agile environment

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills

Proven collaboration and influencing skills

The role offers a hybrid / flexible schedule, which means there's an in office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.