Senior Platform Architect: GitHub & Azure DevOps

Koitecc Solutions; Tempe, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the strategy, architecture, and modernization of our enterprise GitHub and Azure DevOps platforms. You will own CI/CD pipelines, software supply chain security, artifact management, and developer productivity services across the organization.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, risk, and executive leadership to define the long-term roadmap, establish standards, and mentor teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or software delivery platforms.
• Proven experience architecting and operating enterprise-scale GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps environments.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD architecture, pipeline engineering, and software delivery modernization.
• Experience leading large-scale platform transformation and migration initiatives.
• Strong understanding of source control management, repository governance, release management, and software development lifecycle practices.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, reusable workflows, templates, and automation frameworks.
• Strong scripting and automation experience with PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar technologies.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Experience operating artifact management platforms such as Nexus Repository or equivalent solutions.
• Strong understanding of software supply chain security, secrets management, dependency management, and DevSecOps principles.
• Experience designing highly available, resilient, and scalable platform architectures.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision, roadmap, and architecture for GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps, Nexus Repository, and related CI/CD platforms.
• Define the target-state software delivery architecture, standards, governance models, and platform operating model.
• Drive modernization of software delivery capabilities, including migration from legacy CI/CD tooling and platforms to GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Lead the migration strategy and execution approach for enterprise-scale CI/CD transformation initiatives.
• Establish reference architectures, reusable patterns, and engineering standards for application delivery across diverse technology stacks.
• Partner with enterprise architecture and engineering leaders to align platform capabilities with broader modernization and cloud strategies.
• Design and implement enterprise CI/CD standards, reusable workflows, templates, and automation frameworks.
• Establish scalable, self-service onboarding capabilities for development teams.
• Define standards for source control management, branching strategies, pull request workflows, approvals, repository governance, and release management.
• Drive adoption of GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and modern software delivery practices.
• Improve developer productivity through automation, platform engineering, and developer experience improvements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, engineering playbooks, and onboarding materials.
• Operationalize GitHub Copilot and related AI-assisted engineering capabilities by defining enablement models, adoption patterns, governance expectations, and practical usage guidance that improves developer productivity while maintaining appropriate controls.
• Manage GitHub Copilot consumption, licensing, and budget oversight in partnership with platform, finance, and engineering stakeholders to ensure AI capabilities are adopted responsibly, usage is visible, and value is maximized against spend.

Skills

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Platform Engineering

DevSecOps

Tech Leadership

SRE

Software Delivery

Tools

Nexus Repository

GitHub Enterprise

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal Architect to lead the strategy, architecture, and modernization of our enterprise GitHub and Azure DevOps platforms. You will own CI/CD pipelines, software supply chain security, artifact management, and developer productivity services across the organization.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, risk, and executive leadership to define the long-term roadmap, establish standards, and mentor teams.