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Iron Mountain · 2 days ago

Principal Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$163K/yr - $218K/yr

15+ years exp

Iron Mountain is a leader in records and information management, seeking a Principal Architect to oversee the design, development, and implementation of platform solutions. The role involves guiding cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and driving innovation in platform architecture.

Big DataCloud StorageDigital SignageInformation ServicesSecuritySoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop and evolve a platform strategy, aligned to and prioritized by business objectives

Develop and communicate measurements of platform progress and business impact

Translate business requirements into technical requirements that technical team members include in the project design and delivery

Drive the overall technical design and end-to-end platform design for assigned initiatives

Support application teams as they design and implement solutions which center on the consumption of the platform

Influence/coach modern evolutionary platform architecture principles and practices

Review and identify gaps in architecture and assess and define remediation efforts or mitigation options

Document and share platform technical best practices and insights

Partner with enterprise and technology architects to identify and enable the top strategic technologies/platforms that will help shape the organization’s technology footprint to support cross-enterprise business requirements

Designs reference and platform architectures based on specific business constraints, requirements and dependencies

Drives cross-domain initiatives that are supported by end-to-end design, applies digital standards to project platform architecture, and drives technical strategy and architectural tradeoff discussions

Drives the recruitment, hiring, training, motivating and retaining of team members

Coaches and provides technical guidance and mentorship to the teams to improve collaboration and outcomes

Encourages a culture of team-driven decision making and commitment

Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations, etc. in order to lead strategic business direction of the department

Lead and participate in code reviews across front-end (React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), back-end (Ruby/Rails, Python), and mobile (Swift/iOS) codebases

Establish, document, and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices

Guide teams on performance, scalability, security, maintainability, and testability

Provide architectural feedback early in the development lifecycle to prevent technical debt

Qualification

Platform ArchitectureCloud Computing AWSCloud Computing AzureCloud Computing GCPBack-End Development RubyBack-End Development PythonFront-End Development ReactFront-End Development JavaScriptMobile Development iOSMobile Development SwiftAgile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

Deep architecture experience with a specific platform

Experience and knowledge with many of the latest technologies in that domain

Overseeing the design, development and implementation of robust, scalable and secure platform solutions

Guiding and collaborating closely with cross functional teams

Developing and evolving a platform strategy, aligned to and prioritized by business objectives

Translating business requirements into technical requirements

Driving the overall technical design and end-to-end platform design for assigned initiatives

Supporting application teams as they design and implement solutions

Influencing/ coaching modern evolutionary platform architecture principles and practices

Reviewing and identifying gaps in architecture and defining remediation efforts

Documenting and sharing platform technical best practices and insights

Partnering with enterprise and technology architects

Designing reference and platform architectures based on specific business constraints

Driving cross-domain initiatives supported by end-to-end design

Recruiting, hiring, training, motivating and retaining team members

Coaching and providing technical guidance and mentorship to teams

Strong hands-on coding experience with React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Ability to define front-end architecture standards, performance best practices, and component design systems

Experience designing and implementing back-end services using Ruby / Ruby on Rails and Python

Strong understanding of API design, service boundaries, and scalable backend architectures

Experience contributing to and guiding iOS applications using Swift

Ability to define shared platform services and integration patterns across web and mobile clients

Familiarity with mobile performance, release pipelines, and observability

Leading and participating in code reviews across front-end, back-end, and mobile codebases

Establishing, documenting, and enforcing coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices

Guiding teams on performance, scalability, security, maintainability, and testability

Providing architectural feedback early in the development lifecycle

Strong understanding of platform architecture principles and design patterns

Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable and high-performance platforms

Expertise in relevant programming languages and technologies

Deep knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Experience with Agile development methodologies

High level working knowledge of multiple complex software and hardware platforms including network architectures

Ability to work in a fast paced, high tech environment juggling multiple priorities while meeting deadlines

At least 15+ years of experience

Exceptional written and oral communication skills

Ability to work in a team environment and maintain professionalism and integrity

Preferred

Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Information Security or related field or equivalent experience

Experience working across all levels of a highly matrixed global organization

Strong sense of urgency and results orientation

Ability to quickly develop domain expertise and manage change

Company

Iron Mountain

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Iron Mountain offers storage, asset lifecycle management and information management services to companies.

Founded in 1951

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.ironmountain.com

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