About this role
Principal Enterprise Architect leads cloud platform strategy across Core Technology Infrastructure, defining enterprise standards for multi-cloud and private cloud platforms, and guiding secure, cost-conscious cloud adoption with IaC and FinOps integration.
Key Responsibilities
- Top-down technology infrastructure roadmap for hybrid cloud; Architect cross-cutting enterprise infrastructure solutions; Define cloud foundation architectures; Govern enterprise standards for policydriven networking and security; Ensure cost transparency and FinOps integration
Technical Overview
Provides architecture for cloud foundations across Azure and AWS, including networking, identity, security, landing zones, and IaC. Defines reference architectures, guardrails for service mesh, OPA governance, and private/public cloud enablement, with emphasis on cost optimization and security.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior enterprise cloud architect with 20+ years in architecture and 10+ years banking experience, capable of defining cloud foundation architectures for AWS and Azure, managing multi-cloud/hybrid platforms, and implementing cost optimization with FinOps practices.
Must-Have Skills
Twenty (20) years of architecture/design/delivery experience which includes fifteen (15) years of enterprise architecture experience or twenty years' solution architecture experience in technology and securityand ten years of banking/financial business domainComprehensive experience with various architectural domains including infrastructure and complementary domains such as applicationdataand integrationStrong analytical and broad architectural skillsStrong verbal and written communication skillsStrong negotiation/facilitation skillsExperience with banking/financial business domain and regulatory considerationsTravel capability
Nice-to-Have Skills
Master's degree or MBACFA and ten years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experienceExperience with OpenShiftAKSEKSExperience with FinOps and cost optimizationExperience with private and public cloud platformsGRC engineering experienceExperience with policy-driven security (OPA) and service mesh
Tools & Platforms
AzureAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformOpenShiftAKSEKSTerraform
Required Skills
Bachelor's degree; 20 years architecture/delivery experience; 15+ years enterprise architecture; 10 years banking domain; multi-cloud/hybrid platforms; cloud foundation architectures for Azure and AWS; IaC; FinOps; landing zones; OpenShift; AKS; EKS; service mesh; Open Policy Agent (OPA); cost transparency; risk management; stakeholder management
Hard Skills
AzureAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformOpenShiftPrivate CloudKubernetesAKSEKSTerraformInfrastructure as CodeFinOpsLanding ZonesService MeshOpen Policy Agent (OPA)Identity and Access ManagementNetworkingSecurity architectureCost governanceMulti-cloudHybrid cloud
Soft Skills
Strategic thinkingLeadershipNegotiationFacilitationCommunicationCross-functional collaboration
Keywords for Your Resume
principal enterprise architect - cloud platformscloud platformsmulti-cloudhybrid cloudprivate cloud OpenShiftAzureAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformAKSEKSTerraformInfrastructure as CodeFinOpslanding zonesservice meshOPAOpen Policy Agentcloud foundation architecturescost transparencyrisk managementbankingcloud architectopenShiftfinopsIaCterraformawsazure
Deal Breakers
Lack of 20+ years architecture experience, No banking/financial domain experience, Inability to travel occasionally
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