Senior Platform Architect – Scale & Strategy

AFLAC, INCORPORATED.; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The AFLAC, INCORPORATED. is seeking a Platform Architect to lead design and deployment of scalable platform solutions across the enterprise.

This role supports hybrid or remote work based on your distance to Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC offices, with in-office 60% for hybrid or remote from home in the continental US. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, define best practices, ensure security and governance, and guide architectural decisions for platform upgrades and integrations.

Qualifications

• Architectural design for platform deployment requirements
• Strategy for platform scalability and growth
• Deep expertise in platform limitations and workarounds
• Governance for platform configuration and standards
• Leadership in upgrade and migration strategies
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align platform with business goals
• Define best practices and standards for platform teams
• Support on architectural design of distributed environments
• Ensure compliance with security and policy requirements
• Plan upgrades, patches, and plugin installations per policy
• Monitor performance and capacity of platform components
• Design integrations to platform applications
• Adhere to security and coding standards for resilience and data

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align platform strategies with business objectives
• Define best practices & standards, guide team to ensure adherence to standards
• Provides support on architectural design and maintenance of the platform’s (COTS, SaaS, ERP) environment with distributed components
• Ensures compliance with the organization's requirements through the implementation of, auditing of, and adherence to policies, procedures, and security standards
• Plans software upgrades, patching, & plugin installations in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Monitors performance, resolves problems, & manages component capacity issues
• Design, test, develop, configure, & maintain integrations to platform’s applications
• Adhere to the platform’s security and coding standards for resilience, data, and security
• Review business requirements to deploy the best solution, including configuring, coding, & debugging
• Work closely with cross-functional departments to communicate statuses & technical proposal.
• Deploy and configure platform applications tailored to company needs
• Design technical solutions, configure/customize, test, maintain the platform applications to meet company requirements
• Performs other duties as required

Skills

Architectural Design

Platform Strategy

Leadership

Governance

Security standards

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field

6+ years of experience in release practices and environments or other related experience

Job description

The AFLAC, INCORPORATED. is seeking a Platform Architect to lead design and deployment of scalable platform solutions across the enterprise.

This role supports hybrid or remote work based on your distance to Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC offices, with in-office 60% for hybrid or remote from home in the continental US. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, define best practices, ensure security and governance, and guide architectural decisions for platform upgrades and integrations.