SENIOR PLATFORM ARCHITECT

GCHCONSULTING srl; Grottaferrata; In loco; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading international company in Rome is seeking a Senior Platform Architect to oversee the design and development of a high-availability platform. This role requires strong architectural leadership, expertise in cloud-native operations, and the ability to coordinate across teams. The ideal candidate should possess solid Java knowledge and excellent communication skills in English. This opportunity involves driving continuous improvement and ensuring the adoption of quality standards across the organization.

Competenze

• Demonstrative experience in high-availability platform design.
• Strong leadership skills to evaluate and guide platform evolution.
• Mastery of modern infrastructure practices including cloud technologies.
• Solid knowledge of Java and Spring ecosystem.
• Proven end-to-end initiative leadership experience.
• Ability to coach teams on quality engineering practices.
• Experience implementing security-by-design principles.
• Proactive mindset for continuous improvement.

Mansioni

• Lead and coordinate activities related to the platform.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying operational gaps.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver projects.
• Monitor performance and provide actionable insights.
• Support strategic planning and business reviews.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and promote collaboration.
• Ensure compliance with policies and quality standards.

Conoscenze

Architectural leadership

Cloud-native operations

Java

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Performance optimisation

Written and verbal communication

Descrizione del lavoro

For a leading international company, we are looking for a

SENIOR PLATFORM ARCHITECT

who oversees the design and development of a new ecosystem/platform emphasizing experience, innovation, and customer engagement.

What you’ll do:

• Lead, coordinate and support key activities related to the platform, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying operational gaps and implementing effective solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver projects, initiatives or governance activities across multiple markets.
• Monitor performance, KPIs or compliance areas, providing clear reporting and actionable insights.
• Support strategic planning cycles and contribute to business reviews, audits or decision-making forums.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
• Ensure adherence to internal frameworks, policies, controls and quality standards.
  

Qualifications:

• Demonstrative experience in designing, evolving and operating distributed, high-availability platforms, with deep understanding of scalability, resilience and observability patterns.
• Strong architectural leadership, with the ability to evaluate technical options, define standards, and guide long-term platform evolution in complex or international environments.
• Mastery of cloud-native operations and modern infrastructure practices, including Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, monitoring, and performance optimisation, enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams.
• Solid knowledge of Java and the Spring ecosystem to support architectural discussions, challenge technical decisions and assess risks, even without hands-on coding responsibilities.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams and driving execution across multiple markets, business units and technology domains.
• Ability to coach teams, foster organisational agility and promote high-quality engineering practices, supporting the growth and alignment of the wider platform organisation.
• Experience implementing security-by-design principles, ensuring compliance, robustness and reliability
• A proactive, improvement-driven mindset, capable of identifying gaps, proposing solutions and continuously enhancing the overall Platform ecosystem.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Location: Rome