PRIMUS Global Solutions (PRIMUS UK & Europe)
Platform Architect
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Platform Architect Role
We are looking for a highly experienced Platform Architect to lead the architecture, governance, modernization, and operational excellence of enterprise-scale Data and Integration Platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across Snowflake, Confluent Cloud Kafka, Azure Cloud, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Data Mesh, and modern integration ecosystems.
Experience Required:
- 15+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud, Integration, or Data Platforms.
- Proven experience delivering at least one large-scale programme implementing a multi-technology cloud data platform.
- Strong customer-facing architecture and stakeholder management experience.
Key Skills:
- Platform Architecture & Enterprise Architecture
- Snowflake Architecture & Data Platforms
- Confluent Cloud Kafka & Event-Driven Architecture
- Kafka Connect & Schema Registry
- Azure / AWS / GCP Cloud Platforms
- Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Platforms
- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- DevOps Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code
- Data Mesh Architecture
- Data Governance & Security
- API & Integration Architecture
- ETL / ELT Platforms
- Observability & Platform Operations
- Agile Delivery
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Key Responsibilities:
- Define enterprise platform architecture, reference architectures, standards, and engineering guardrails.
- Develop modernization roadmaps for Data, Streaming, Integration, and Platform Engineering ecosystems.
- Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and transformation initiatives.
- Establish governance, security, resilience, scalability, and cost optimization frameworks.
- Define Snowflake architecture including security, RBAC, data sharing, performance optimization, and multi-environment strategy.
- Guide warehouse sizing, workload management, performance tuning, and cost optimization.
- Design event-driven architectures using Confluent Cloud Kafka.
- Define Kafka topic governance, schema management, security controls, HA/DR, and cluster strategies.
- Establish enterprise integration patterns across Kafka, APIs, cloud platforms, and downstream systems.
- Define CI/CD standards using GitHub Actions and drive automation practices.
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code, release governance, and quality controls.
- Establish Data Mesh principles, domain ownership models, metadata management, and interoperability standards.
- Collaborate with business and engineering teams to deliver scalable data products.
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Required Technical Expertise:
- Snowflake and/or Confluent Kafka expertise.
- Confluent Cloud, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and streaming architectures.
- GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps automation.
- Cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native engineering.
- Data Governance, Security, Compliance, and Platform Operations.
Personal Attributes:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- High customer focus and quality awareness.
- Ability to work independently and drive technology transformation initiatives.
If you have strong Platform Architecture experience and expertise in modern cloud data ecosystems, we'd love to hear from you.
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