Senior Foundational Platform Architect, Enterprise DevTools

Asurion; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Asurion seeks a Sr Principal Architect to lead enterprise architecture for foundational platforms, standards, and practices across the software lifecycle. You will shape reference architectures, guide technology decisions, and mentor teams to improve productivity, security, and reliability.

You will partner with Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Operations to advance platform capabilities and implement Zero Trust and robust identity strategies across multiple business domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of professional technology experience.
• Experience defining architecture for enterprise-scale platforms or distributed systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and establishing enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture and reference patterns for software delivery and engineering platforms.
• Establish standards for SDLC, developer tooling, observability, logging, reliability, and authentication.
• Lead architecture reviews and cross-domain technical decisions.
• Shape developer platform, self-service, automation, and developer experience strategy.
• Partner with Security on identity, service-to-service authentication, software supply chain, and platform security.
• Guide modernization and adoption of common foundational platform capabilities and standards.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers and partner with technology leaders on strategy.

Skills

SDLC & CI/CD

Observability & logging

Reliability engineering

Identity & authentication

Security integration

Cloud & distributed systems

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional influence

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Asurion seeks a Sr Principal Architect to lead enterprise architecture for foundational platforms, standards, and practices across the software lifecycle. You will shape reference architectures, guide technology decisions, and mentor teams to improve productivity, security, and reliability.

You will partner with Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Operations to advance platform capabilities and implement Zero Trust and robust identity strategies across multiple business domains.