Senior Platform / Infrastructure Architect
( WAF, YAML, Visio, Firewalls, Cloud, Platform, Infrastructure )
We are hiring a
Senior Platform Architect
to join a global technology organisation supporting large-scale, secure and highly available internet and platform infrastructure.
This role focuses on designing end-to-end infrastructure and producing high-quality technical architecture documentation to support complex, business-critical platforms.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and deliver enterprise-grade internet and platform infrastructure solutions
* Produce and maintain
Technical Architecture Documents (TADs)
, logical designs and technical models
* Work closely with application teams, engineers and stakeholders to define and validate requirements
* Ensure architectures meet security, scalability, performance and availability standards
* Resolve infrastructure and architectural issues impacting global services
* Contribute to technology evaluations and future platform direction
* Support performance tuning, capacity planning and configuration management
Essential Skills & Experience
* Strong background in
infrastructure and platform architecture design
* Proven experience with
cloud technologies
* Solid
infrastructure security
knowledge, including data centre environments
Strong understanding of:
* Web and middleware platforms
* Operating systems and networking fundamentals
* Load balancers and
Web Application Firewalls (WAF)
* Experience producing architecture diagrams and designs (e.g. Visio or similar)
* Knowledge of
Zero Trust architecture
and
network micro-segmentation
* Experience working with
YAML-based deployments
* Working knowledge of database technologies
Requirements
* 5+ years' experience
in infrastructure / platform architecture or related roles
* Strong stakeholder engagement and documentation skills
* Ability to work across distributed, multi-geography teams
* Proactive, detail-oriented and comfortable working in fast-paced environments
Contract:
12 months (high likelihood of extension)
Location:
Dublin (hybrid working)