Title : Platform Architect
Location : Plainsboro NJ (4days onsite) – Locals and candidates from drivable distance only. You can look for candidates with drivable distance from NY/NJ/PA.
Key Responsibilities:
Cloud Architecture & Strategy
- Design and implement cloud architectures on platforms such as AWS or Azure
- Define cloud standards, best practices, and governance frameworks.
- Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including on‑prem to cloud transitions.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and disaster recovery for cloud solutions.
Analytics & Tableau
- Knowledge of BI & ETL , preferably Tableau & Informatica
Data & Integration
- Work with structured and semi-structured data from cloud data lakes and warehouses.
- Design secure data pipelines and integration patterns supporting BI and analytics workloads.
- Enable self-service analytics while maintaining data quality and governance.
Security & Compliance
- Implement IAM, network security, encryption, and monitoring across cloud and BI platforms.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards (e.g., SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, as applicable).
Collaboration & Leadership
- Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, and analysts to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Mentor junior architects, cloud engineers, and BI developers.
- Provide architectural guidance, documentation, and solution blueprints.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in cloud architecture roles.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Solid understanding of data warehousing, BI architectures, and analytics platforms. Exposure to ETL & BI Tools like Tableau , Informatica
- Experience with SQL and cloud-native databases.
- Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).
- Experienced in LLM integration and basic understanding of AI from infrastructure side.
- Experienced in FINOPS.
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect).
- Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or similar cloud analytics platforms.
- Familiarity with Python, Spark, or data engineering frameworks.
- Experience supporting executive dashboards and large-scale enterprise BI deployments.
Key Skills
- Cloud Architecture & Design
- Tableau Knowledge
- Data Warehousing & BI
- Security & Governance
- Stakeholder Communication