Enterprise kubernetes architect (id: 3808)

• Define, govern, and promote enterprise-wide Kubernetes architecture standards and best practices.
• Act as a technical ambassador for the central platform team’s architectural guidelines across multiple business and technology domains.
• Collaborate with system architects, domain architects, platform engineers, and engineering teams to ensure alignment with enterprise container platform strategies.
• Drive the adoption and optimization of Kubernetes platforms across on-premises and Azure cloud environments.
• Review, challenge, and influence architectural decisions to ensure scalability, security, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Design and enhance container orchestration frameworks supporting enterprise-scale applications and services.
• Provide architectural guidance on Kubernetes cluster design, workload management, networking, security, observability, and platform governance.
• Support cloud transformation initiatives by enabling standardized Kubernetes practices across diverse technology landscapes.
• Participate in architecture reviews, platform assessments, roadmap planning, and technology governance activities.
• Advocate DevOps, Agile, cloud-native, and platform engineering principles across development and operations teams.
• Work closely with stakeholders to identify opportunities for platform modernization, automation, and operational efficiency improvements., * Opportunity to shape and influence enterprise-wide Kubernetes and cloud platform strategy.
• Exposure to large-scale cloud transformation and platform modernization programs.
• A collaborative environment focused on engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Engagement with senior architects, platform teams, and technology leaders across multiple business domains.
• Opportunities to drive cloud-native adoption and enterprise architecture best practices.
• Challenging technical initiatives involving modern platform engineering, automation, and cloud technologies.

• 6+ years of overall experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Extensive hands-on expertise with Kubernetes in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong experience designing and supporting Kubernetes platforms across both on-premises and Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of containerization technologies, cloud-native architectures, and microservices platforms.
• Experience defining enterprise platform standards, governance frameworks, and architectural best practices.
• Strong knowledge of platform security, scalability, resilience, networking, and operational management.
• Experience working with DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and Agile delivery models.
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions and collaborate with multiple architecture and engineering teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

You Should Possess the Ability to

• Design and govern enterprise-scale Kubernetes platforms and cloud-native architectures.
• Influence architectural decisions across multiple teams and organizational domains.
• Translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable platform solutions.
• Drive adoption of standardized engineering and operational practices.
• Evaluate existing environments and recommend modernization and optimization strategies.
• Balance governance requirements with engineering agility and innovation.
• Communicate architectural concepts effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and platform strategy initiatives.
• Work independently while managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.