<p><p><b>Job Description :</b></p><p><b><br/></b></p><p><b>Role & Responsibilities :</b></p><p><b><br/></b></p><p><b>- Drives architectural decisions that shape the future of the platform and engineering practices.</b> </p><p><br/></p><p>- Balances technical excellence with pragmatic solutions that deliver business value.
</p><p><b><br/></b></p><p><b>Strategic Thinking :</b></p><p><br/></p><p>- Translates business objectives into platform capabilities and technical roadmaps.
Anticipates future needs and designs platforms that scale with organizational growth.</p><p><br/>- Architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure patterns that become the foundation for all engineering teams.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Lead cross-functional initiatives to solve complex infrastructure challenges and improve platform capabilities.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Establish platform engineering standards, best practices, and governance models that scale across the organization.<br/><br/>- Identifies and addresses systemic issues before they become critical problems.
& Influence</b> :</p><p><br/></p><p>- Builds strong relationships with engineering teams, product leadership, and stakeholders.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Influences without authority, driving consensus on platform standards and practices.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Champions platform adoption through education, evangelism, and exceptional developer experience.
Qualifications :</b></p><p><br/><b>Required :</b> </p></p><p><br/></p><p>- 8+ years of experience building and operating AWS infrastructure at scale, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Expert-level knowledge of AWS services and architecture patterns across compute, networking, storage, and security domains.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Advanced expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code, with proven experience designing reusable Terraform modules and managing complex state.
<br/><br/>- Networking & Security is a complex area for the Platform Team to manage and we are looking for someone with deep experience in AWS networking services (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Route 53), network architecture design experience and complex AWS networking infrastructure built with Terraform.<br/><br/><b>Preferred :</b></p><p><p><b><br/></b></p>- Multiple AWS certifications including Professional and Specialty levels.
<br/><br/></p><p>- Contributions to open-source projects or published technical content.
<br/><br/></p><p>- Experience with multi-account AWS organizations and landing zone architectures.
<br/><br/></p><p>- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS) and security automation.
<br/><br/><b>What We Offer</b> :</p><p><br/></p><p>- Opportunity to build platforms that impact hundreds of engineers and millions of users.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Work with cutting-edge AWS services and cloud-native technologies.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Strong engineering culture focused on automation, reliability, and developer experience.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Continuous learning opportunities including AWS certifications and conference attendance.
</p><p><br/></p><p>- Collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions directly shape our platform.</p><br/></p> (ref:hirist.tech)