Associate Principal - Architecture

Job Description Location- Chennai Preferred Qualification Enterprise Platform Architecture Strategy 10 to 15 years of experience in DevOps Site Reliability Engineering Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering or Enterprise Architecture Proven experience defining enterprisewide platform strategies supporting multiple products engineering teams and business domains Demonstrated success leading largescale cloud transformation modernization and platform engineering programs across distributed global organizations Cloud MultiCloud Architecture oDeep expertise designing enterprisescale architectures on Google Cloud Platform oExtensive knowledge of oGKE and Kubernetes ecosystems oShared VPC architectures oCloud Networking oIAM and Security Architecture oService Mesh implementations oDisaster Recovery and High Availability oCloud Governance and FinOps oStrong working knowledge of Azure and AWS architectures migration patterns and multicloud governance oExperience defining enterprise cloud standards reference architectures and landing zone strategies Kubernetes Modern Platform Engineering oExpertlevel knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and enterprise platform design oExperience establishing standardized platform capabilities for oContainer orchestration oService networking oMulticluster management oIngress and Gateway API architectures oSecrets management oPlatform selfservice capabilities Infrastructure as Code Automation Strategy oExpert knowledge of Terraform architecture enterprise module strategies policy enforcement and governance oExperience implementing Infrastructure as Code operating models at organizational scale oStrong expertise in GitOps architecture and platform automation frameworks oEstablishes standards that ensure platform consistency auditability and operational reliability 
 Enterprise CICD Software Delivery Architecture 
 oDeep expertise in software delivery architecture and DevSecOps implementation 
 oExperience designing enterprise CICD ecosystems incorporating 
 oJenkins 
 oGitHub Actions 
 oArtifact repositories 
 oSecurity scanning 
 oRelease orchestration 
 oDeployment automation 
 oDefines organizationwide standards for software supply chain security and deployment governance 
 oExperience implementing progressive delivery patterns including canary bluegreen feature flags and automated rollback frameworks 
 Enterprise Observability Reliability Engineering 
 oExpert understanding of enterprise observability strategies across logs metrics traces events and user experience monitoring 
 oExperience establishing 
 oSLOSLI frameworks 
 oReliability governance models 
 oService health standards oEnterprise monitoring architecture oDeep knowledge of oNew Relic oSplunk oOpenTelemetry oPrometheus oGrafana oProven success driving measurable improvements in availability incident reduction recovery time and operational efficiency Security Governance Compliance oExtensive experience embedding security architecture into DevOps and cloud platforms oExpertise in oSecrets management oIdentity architecture oZero Trust principles oVulnerability management oSupply chain security oCompliance automation Organizational Leadership Influence Proven ability to influence senior leaders across Engineering Infrastructure Security Architecture and Product organizations Demonstrated experience building and scaling DevOps and Platform Engineering functions in a GCCGTC environment Strong executivelevel communication skills with the ability to present architecture strategies investment roadmaps risks and outcomes to senior leadership Experience mentoring architects technical leads and engineering managers Major Tasks Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities Creates and maintains targetstate architecture blueprints standards reference patterns and technology roadmaps Establishes enterprisewide architecture standards for cloud infrastructure Kubernetes platforms networking delivery pipelines monitoring and automation Leads evaluation selection and governance of cloud platform observability security and delivery tooling Partners with Enterprise Architecture to ensure platform capabilities align with broader organizational technology strategy Defines platform operating models that enable selfservice engineering while maintaining governance security and compliance Leads architecture reviews and approves major platform design decisions ensuring consistency across global engineering teams Establishes reliability engineering practices availability targets operational metrics and incident management standards Oversees disaster recovery business continuity resiliency testing and operational readiness strategies Mentors platform engineers technical leads architects and engineering teams while building longterm ar