A principal architect is a recognized thought leader in DevOps technology and related business metrics for enterprises and startups alike. They conduct strategic planning of an organization’s infrastructure maturity with a focus on release velocity. They draft technology roadmaps documenting best practice gaps with precise steps of how to get there. An architect will work with project managers and consultants to ensure that each new iteration of functionality conforms to best practices, which demonstrate easily understood business value, and that design impacts are fully understood across all dimensions of our operation. Finally, they also implement the details of the backlog they helped build in a timely manner and consistent with best practices and customer satisfaction.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a thought leader in cloud architecture

• Mentor internal and external teams strong CI/CD processes while delivering against an agile backlog

• Model standards of excellence for internal and external written communication

• Develop web application architecture models to further enable effective service oriented delivery.

• Research, evaluate and formally recommend third party software and technology packages

• Audit existing architectures, document best practices and recommendations

• Providing component or site-wide performance optimizations and capacity planning

• Automate everything from networks to code rollbacks using infrastructure-as-code

• Periodic travel to client sites for face to face meetings and presentations

• Manage and meet the expectations for deliverable completion timelines.