Systems Architect (L3/4)

About the Role

This is a senior architect-level role responsible for defining platform strategy, technical standards, automation governance, and system-level architecture. Serves as the highest technical escalation point and leads the design of resilient, scalable infrastructure platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain systems architecture, platform roadmap, and engineering standards.

• Develop and govern IaC frameworks (Terraform modules, GitOps practices).

• Architect resilience, high-availability, failover and DR patterns.

• Design and optimise large-scale Kubernetes and cloud platform architectures.

• Mentor senior engineers and lead systemic failure resolution.

Technical Skills

• IaC: Advanced Terraform, GitOps

• Kubernetes: Multi-tenant cluster design & operations

• Cloud Architecture: AWS / Azure

• SRE: Resilience design, SLIs/SLOs, automation governance

• High-scale platform engineering and advanced troubleshooting

Qualifications

• Degree in IT, Computer Science or related field.

• Certifications preferred: Azure/AWS Architect, Kubernetes (CKA/CKA+), Terraform Expert, SRE/DevOps certifications.

• 8–15 years engineering experience with strong architecture and platform-design exposure.