Platform Architect

Description

**Ciklum** is looking for a **Platform Architect **to join our team full-time in India.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

**About the role**:
As a Platform Architect, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Join a leading global technology center dedicated to providing specialized services and driving innovation in the banking industry. As a Platform Architect, you will play a crucial role in defining and executing our technology strategy, delivering high-quality technology platforms, and overseeing the development and delivery of cutting-edge solutions. You will lead a diverse team of technologists and engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and ensuring successful project implementation across the organization.

**Responsibilities**:

- Investigate and adopt new infrastructure technologies to meet evolving business requirements
- Develop technical strategies that underpin the Future State Architecture
- Optimize the portfolio of infrastructure services for operational improvement and cost efficiencies
- Develop and review Infrastructure Architecture Designs and drive the implementation
- Drive transformation programs for greater utilization and lowering operational costs, while phasing out non-strategic technology platforms
- Manage relationships with IT Architecture, IT Infrastructure Delivery, and Application Development teams to ensure alignment and collaboration
- Deliver comprehensive technical infrastructure designs that meet Non-Functional Requirements
- Assess the impact on interconnected services and systems, validate deployment and support models, and offer technical counsel for system components

**Requirements**:

- Cloud Technologies: Working knowledge of cloud technologies, including AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Container Technologies: Working knowledge of container technologies (Docker and Kubernetes)
- Database Management: Knowledgeable in databases including Oracle RAC, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
- Programming Languages: Familiar with Java/Java GUI, XML/XSLT, HTML/JavaScript, and Infrastructure as Code
- Technical Passion: Stay abreast of developments in the DevOps PaaS/IaaS landscape and proactively incorporate innovations to yield tangible benefits
- Technical Governance: Experience providing technical governance over products using frameworks such as the Technical Reference Model (TRM)
- Business Effectiveness: Proven track record of implementing significant changes that enhance business effectiveness sustainably

Personal skills
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and deliver persuasive presentations
- Experienced in leading and inspiring teams, fostering an environment that supports development and delivery
- Skilled in making complex business decisions, considering long-term risks and implications even in ambiguous situations
- Eager to learn and grow: curious, keen to constant self-development
- Constantly improving own mastership
- Proactive in efforts to deliver results according to the expectations
- Ability to express ideas, thoughts, and questions simply, concisely and in a structured way

What's in it for you
- Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, as well as financial and legal consultation
- Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy licence, language courses and company-paid certifications
- Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
- Flexibility: hybrid work mode at Chennai or Pune
- Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Resourcing Team helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfil your potential
- Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
- Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

**About us**:
India is a strategic growth market for Ciklum.
Be a part of a big story created right now. Lets grow our delivery center in India together Boost your skills and knowledge: create and innovate with like-minded professionals — all of that within a global company with a local spirit and start-up soul.
Supported by Recognize Partners and expanding globally, we will engineer the experiences of tomorrow

**Be bold, not bored**

Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered