Santcore is seeking a Senior Domain Architect to lead strategy, capability development, and supporting artifacts in critical technology domains, including Zero Touch Deployments, Zero Touch Provisioning,CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Deployment & Release Orchestration (CDRO), DevSecOps, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Cloud-Native Architecture, and Multi-Cloud Hosting Models.
As a thought leader within the Enterprise Architecture organization, you will play a pivotal role in driving automation, resilience, and efficiency across our global technology ecosystem. You will define domain strategies, influence enterprise technology roadmaps, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape the future of modern software delivery and cloud computing at scale.
The Architect will also be responsible for driving the evolution of development capabilities, standardizing pipelines, enterprise architecture alignment, technologies in solutions, onboarding emerging technologies and driving technology innovation and adoption in the organization. This role will require expertise in both Software Architecture and Infrastructure Architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and drive the enterprise strategy for Zero Touch Deployments, Zero Touch Provisioning, and software automation at scale.
- Define and maintain the reference architecture and blueprints for CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated deployment strategies across multiple cloud environments.
- Lead the adoption of Cloud-Native architectures with best practices in containerization, microservices, and serverless computing.
- Establish governance and best practices for multi-cloud hosting models, ensuring secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud adoption.
- Champion DevSecOps principles, embedding security within the SDLC and software supply chain.
- Develop technology roadmaps and architecture patterns to enable enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.
- Partner with engineering, security, operations, and product teams to drive alignment and execution on architecture recommendations.
- Collaborate with vendor and industry partners to stay ahead of emerging trends and evolving best practices in automation and cloud architecture.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in software architecture, enterprise architecture, or cloud-native application design.
- Deep expertise in Zero Touch Deployment/Provisioning, CI/CD, IaC, and DevSecOps frameworks.
- Proven experience designing and implementing cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Hands-on experience with modern CDRO (Continuous Deployment & Release Orchestration) platforms, such as ArgoCD, Spinnaker, or Harness.
- Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Pulumi.
- Experience with Kubernetes, service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd), and cloud orchestration patterns.
- Solid understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile, Lean, and SAFe.
- Knowledge of enterprise security, compliance, and risk management within modern software supply chains.
- Minimum 10+ years of experience designing and building enterprise-scale software solutions in a leadership role.
- Served as lead architect, lead engineer, or technical lead for successful software solutions
- Experience with end-to-end DevSecOps processes
- Experience implementing fully automated pipelines from Infrastructure provisioning to code deployment via Self Service catalogue.
- Excellent problem-solving skills; the ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
- Experience with Build/Package automation tools (e.g. Maven, Gradle, Ivy)
- Experience with Continuous Integration, test and static analysis tools (e.g. Junit, SprintTest Framework, Mockito, Jasmine, xUnit, SonarQube)
- Experience designing and implementing Package/Artifact Management tools (e.g. Artifactory, Nexus)
- Experience designing and implementing delivery automation engines (e.g. Jenkins)
- Background and knowledge of full stack web application development (Java, Javascript, SQL Server / Oracle)
- Expert knowledge of at least one Javascript framework library (ex. Angular, React, Vue, Knockout, RequireJS, etc)
- Excellent communication skills and able to successfully articulate technology concepts to both business and technology audience
- Solid understanding of authentication and authorization services; e.g.; SAML, LDAP, AD, ADFS
- Full understanding of the entire SDLC and Agile Methodology
- Interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, customers, and third-party vendors.
- Experience using task management tools such as JIRA
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in large-scale enterprise transformations related to cloud migration, DevOps, or IT modernization.
- Hands-on expertise in API-first design, GitOps, and software factory concepts.
- Strong experience with AI/ML-driven operations and automation.
- Advanced certifications in AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, or DevOps-related technologies.
