Platform & Infrastructure Director — Cloud & Kubernetes

Comcast; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

FreeWheel in Reston is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture – Platform & Infrastructure to lead the Platform Architecture team and define long-range strategy for cloud, datacenter, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability. You will establish standards, governance, and roadmaps while maturing architecture practices across Engineering and Security.

The role requires deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, multi‑cloud, and cost-aware platform optimization, with a track record of leading

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; advanced degree or equivalent practical experience preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, cloud architecture, enterprise architecture, or related technology leadership roles.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing architects, principal engineers, platform architects, infrastructure architects, or comparable senior technical contributors.
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes, containers, serverless, infrastructure automation, networking, storage, observability, CI/CD, developer platforms, and security-by-design practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage a team of Enterprise Architects responsible for platform, infrastructure, and shared engineering capability architecture across FreeWheel.
• Define and drive the Platform & Infrastructure Architecture vision, operating model, engagement approach, standards, governance mechanisms, and strategic roadmaps.
• Serve as a strategic architecture advisor to the Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture, shaping the EA agenda across the organization.
• Establish architectural direction for cloud and datacenter platforms, compute, Kubernetes, managed control planes, and internal platform services.
• Shape FreeWheel’s multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategy with guardrails for workload placement, portability, resiliency, security, and cost efficiency.
• Develop reference architectures, target-state designs, architecture decision records, and modernization roadmaps.
• Drive platform modernization and rationalization to reduce fragmentation, toil, and variance across teams.
• Coach and mentor architects; foster a high-performing architecture community of practice.
• Partner with Security, Operations, Finance, Product Architecture to embed secure-by-design and FinOps practices.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Platform Architecture

Infrastructure Architecture

Cloud Strategy

Platform Engineering

Kubernetes

Cloud-Native Architecture

Observability

Developer Productivity

Engineering Standardization

FinOps

Technology Governance

Strategic Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience preferred

Job description

FreeWheel in Reston is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture – Platform & Infrastructure to lead the Platform Architecture team and define long-range strategy for cloud, datacenter, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability. You will establish standards, governance, and roadmaps while maturing architecture practices across Engineering and Security.

The role requires deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, multi‑cloud, and cost-aware platform optimization, with a track record of leading