Director, Platform Architecture & Cloud Transformation

Comcast

City of Albany (NY)

On-site

USD 163,251 - 279,859

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, seeks a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead the Platform Architecture team, defining long-range strategies, standards, and roadmaps for cloud and datacenter platforms. This leader collaborates with CTO, Engineering, Security, and Product teams to mature architecture practices and enable scalable, cost-efficient platform capabilities.

Responsibilities include guiding platform modernization, governance, and developer experience, while ensuring

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
12+ years in software/infrastructure/platform engineering or related technology leadership roles.
5+ years leading architects, principal engineers, or platform engineering leaders.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of Enterprise Architects across platform, infrastructure, and shared capabilities.
Define and drive the Platform & Infrastructure Architecture strategy, standards, and roadmaps.
Partner with Platform Engineering, Security, and Operations to ensure secure-by-design platform strategies.
Shape multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategy with guardrails for workload placement and cost efficiency.
Develop reference architectures, governance processes, and modernization roadmaps to reduce fragmentation.