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# Senior Principal Infrastructure Architect (Backstage Platform)

- **Company:** ApTask
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000 - $220,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, User Authentication, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Programming Tools, Github, Metadata, Metadata Standards, Node.Js, OAuth, Octopus Deploy, OpenShift, Role-Based Access Control, Software Engineering, Vault (Revision Control System), Systems Integration, TypeScript, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Build Management, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bitbucket, Api Design, Terraform, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/afdf6b08-fc1d-4e30-8569-23988f5ad9ff/senior-principal-infrastructure-architect-backstage-platform

## About the Role

* Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
 * Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience
 * Demonstrated ability to deliver production-ready platform capabilities in partnership with architecture, engineering, security, and operations teams.
 * Hands-on background across developer tooling, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, identity integration, API automation, and cloud-native platforms.

Requirements:

 * Min 7 years of software engineering, platform engineering, or related technology delivery experience.
 * Strong expertise in Backstage platform development and internal developer portal implementation.
 * Proven experience building custom Backstage plugins, templates, scaffolder actions, and scaffolder workflows.
 * Strong hands-on experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and React.
 * Experience integrating Backstage with enterprise tooling such as Jenkins, Terraform, TechRadar, GitHub or Bitbucket, Vault, ArgoCD, and GitOps workflows.
 * Strong understanding of developer self-service platforms, internal developer portals, and platform engineering practices.
 * Experience with API-driven orchestration, workflow automation, and reusable infrastructure or application blueprints.
 * Experience implementing RBAC and enterprise authentication patterns including OAuth, SSO, and related identity integrations.
 * Solid understanding of software catalog models, service metadata, ownership, lifecycle, and blueprint concepts.

Preferred:

 * Experience integrating Backstage with Kubernetes or OpenShift in an AWS environment.
 * Familiarity with platform engineering operating models, golden paths, paved roads, and developer experience metrics.
 * Experience operating in large-scale enterprise environments with complex governance, security, and integration requirements.
 * Financial services experience is preferred but not required.

## Description

* Being a member of IT Ent Arch Data & Corp Tech team, the Senior Backstage Engineering leader will design and build an enterprise-grade Developer Portal and blueprint orchestration platform using Backstage.
 * This role will be central to enabling self-service infrastructure provisioning, standardization, and platform engineering maturity across the organization.

 * The individual will help establish reusable platform capabilities that improve developer experience, accelerate environment provisioning, and enable API-first orchestration across cloud, infrastructure, CI/CD, identity, and security services., * Design and implement the enterprise Developer Portal using Backstage.
 * Build and maintain Backstage plugins, scaffolder templates, and workflow automation.
 * Develop an executable blueprint orchestration layer integrated with enterprise systems.
 * Integrate Backstage with CI/CD, infrastructure, and security tooling including Jenkins, Terraform, Vault, ArgoCD, GitHub/GitOps, and related enterprise platforms.
 * Define and manage software catalog structures, ownership models, taxonomy, and metadata standards.
 * Enable self-service environment provisioning and developer experience improvements for application and platform teams.
 * Implement RBAC, authentication, authorization, and enterprise identity integrations such as OAuth and SSO.
 * Drive API-first orchestration across platform services and reusable enterprise capabilities.
 * Collaborate with platform, cloud, infrastructure, application, and security teams to align on standards, integration patterns, and delivery priorities.
 * Establish best practices for platform engineering, internal developer portals, blueprint lifecycle management, and developer experience.
 * **NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **