Chicago, United States; Englewood, United States; Reston, United States
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FreeWheel, a Comcast company, is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect for Platform & Infrastructure. The role involves leading architecture for cloud and infrastructure platforms, developing platform roadmaps, reference architectures, standards, and guiding platform engineering teams. Responsibilities include shaping cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, developer tooling, observability, databases, CI/CD, secrets management, and shared platform capabilities. The architect will apply FinOps principles to optimize technology costs and evaluate alternatives for cost efficiency. The position requires 10+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, platform engineering, or enterprise architecture, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, observability, databases, networking, infrastructure automation, and security. Experience with large-scale cloud or hybrid-cloud platforms and FinOps is essential. The role demands strong communication skills, leadership in architecture reviews, and mentoring capabilities. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required. Locations include Reston, VA; Chicago, IL; and Englewood, CO. Salary ranges from approximately $165,747 to $272,299 depending on location and experience.
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Serve as a senior architecture partner to Platform Engineering and Engineering teams
Develop Platform Architecture Roadmaps, Reference Architectures, standards, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
Guide architectural direction for cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, serverless technologies, databases, networking, observability, CI/CD, developer tooling, secrets management, and shared engineering services
Partner with Platform Engineering on design and evolution of platform capabilities ensuring scalability, security, reliability, operability, and cost-efficiency
Define platform guardrails, paved roads, reusable patterns, and golden paths to improve developer productivity and reduce technology variation
Apply FinOps principles to architecture decisions by analyzing cloud and technology costs and evaluating alternatives
Evaluate build, buy, extend, customize, and deprecate options for infrastructure and platform technologies
Lead architecture reviews and provide design guidance for major platform initiatives and modernization efforts
Develop strategies and guidelines for cloud governance, platform standardization, technology lifecycle management, infrastructure modernization, and systems deprecation
Shape multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architecture approaches, workload placement guidance, and migration strategies
Define architecture patterns for observability, resilience, secrets management, identity integration, platform APIs, automation, and operational excellence
Help shape strategy, toolsets, and standard practices for AI and automation in engineering workflows, developer experience, platform operations, and architecture practices
Mentor architects and engineers and contribute to Enterprise Architecture practice maturity
Promote inclusion and diversity
Requirements
10+ years in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, cloud architecture, or enterprise architecture roles
Deep experience with Kubernetes, cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, observability, databases, networking, infrastructure automation, and security-by-design
Experience designing and evolving large-scale cloud, hybrid-cloud, or datacenter-based platforms
Strong understanding of resiliency engineering, SLOs, observability, platform security, identity, and secrets management
Experience evaluating build-versus-buy decisions and creating architecture roadmaps, standards, and reference architectures
Experience applying FinOps principles to architecture and platform strategy, including cloud cost analysis, service utilization assessment, workload optimization, technology cost modeling, and total cost of ownership analysis
Ability to correlate cloud spending with services, architectural patterns, and platform usage; identify inefficiencies; and evaluate alternatives based on their impact to cost structure
Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, engineering managers, and senior technology leaders
Experience leading architecture reviews and turning ambiguous technical challenges into clear recommendations and execution plans
Experience in large-scale distributed environments such as AdTech, FinTech, Telecom, media technology, SaaS, or marketplace platforms
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of coursework and experience
Preferred: Experience with platform engineering, internal developer platforms, AI-enabled engineering tooling, or developer productivity initiatives
Tech stack
KubernetesCloud ArchitecturesInfrastructure ArchitectureCI/CDObservabilityDatabasesNetworkingInfrastructure AutomationSecurity-by-designServerless technologiesSecrets ManagementPlatform APIsAI and Automation
Benefits
Base pay within specified range depending on experienceBonus eligibility for non-sales positionsCommission eligibility for sales positionsComprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional well-beingPersonalized support options and expert guidance
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