Platform Architect
Fulltime - Permanent position
Hybrid 2 days onsite based in Dublin city center.
Our High Profile Client seeks a Platform Architect to lead the design, development, and management of its Cloud Azure platform and DevOps. This hands-on role requires deep expertise in Azure or AWS, DevOps, and cloud-native technologies, supporting client's digital transformation and growth strategy
Key Responsibilities
* Own and drive the roadmap, capabilities, and governance of client's Azure-based DevOps and Cloud Platform.
* Analyse, design, and optimise DevOps and cloud engineering practices across teams.
* Implement automation solutions using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Terraform, and Azure-native services.
* Champion best practices in software development, cloud operations, IaC, CI/CD, observability, cost management, and security.
* Establish and maintain CI/CD environments to accelerate delivery and platform evolution.
* Provide expert guidance to development, platform, and operations teams throughout the project lifecycle.
* Monitor and manage technical operations and platform reliability using Azure-native tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Defender for Cloud).
* Providing expertise to ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant, aligned with enterprise architecture.
* Develop reusable patterns, reference architectures, and automation frameworks to standardise platform usage.
Essential Skills & Experience
* 5+ years' experience in systems/solutions architecture, with strong exposure to cloud-native and hybrid enterprise environments.
* Deep architectural knowledge of Azure Cloud Platform, including core services, PaaS, Azure DevOps, Landing Zones, and governance.
* Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (preferably Azure DevOps; Jenkins also valuable).
* Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for Azure resource deployment.
* Experience with artefact management, release engineering, and automated software delivery.
* Good knowledge of cloud networking (VNETs, private endpoints, load balancers, DNS, firewalls, hybrid connectivity).
* Systems integration experience across multi-vendor and multi-cloud platforms.
* Working knowledge of at least one API Gateway (Azure API Management preferred).
* Experience with container platforms (Kubernetes, AKS, Docker).
* Familiarity with Atlassian toolset (JIRA, Confluence)
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.
* Experience mentoring technical staff and guiding teams through cloud transformation.
* Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple workstreams.
* Fluent in English (written and verbal).
Desired Skills & Experience
* Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes/AKS, Docker Swarm).
* Experience with Database DevOps/DB CI/CD tooling (e.g., Liquibase).
* Knowledge of the insurance or financial services industry.
* Working knowledge of German an asset.
* Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.