Senior Platform Architect
WS Audiology · Hyderabad, IN ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Architecture
WS Audiology · Hyderabad, IN ·
Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WSA continues to grow as market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.
We are looking for a Senior Platform Architect to define and drive our cloud-native platform strategy. You will be responsible for designing scalable Kubernetes-based platforms, establishing architecture standards, and enabling engineering teams with modern platform capabilities. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will shape the future of our infrastructure while improving developer experience, reliability, and platform adoption
Define and maintain the architecture and standards for Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure.
Create and maintain Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) to ensure consistent technical decisions.
Build proof-of-concepts and evaluate emerging CNCF technologies for platform capabilities.
Drive platform adoption by providing technical guidance, workshops, and architectural best practices.
Collaborate with engineering teams to improve developer experience and establish platform "golden paths."
Design and enhance Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and platform reliability practices.
Experience
Extensive experience designing enterprise Kubernetes platforms with expert knowledge of Kubernetes and CNCF technologies.
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
Experience with cloud-native tools such as Helm, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Istio, and Crossplane.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools.
Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, GitOps, CI/CD, and platform engineering best practices.
Exposure to AI/ML platform architectures, including deploying and managing AI workloads on Kubernetes, with an understanding of MLOps practices and AI observability.
Knowledge of scalable AI infrastructure on cloud platforms and emerging AI infrastructure patterns integrated with cloud-native and platform engineering practices.
Personal competencies
Strong technical leadership with the ability to influence engineering decisions.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Collaborative mindset with a passion for mentoring and knowledge sharing.
Proactive, self-driven, and committed to continuous improvement.
Adaptable and eager to learn emerging cloud-native technologies.
At WSA, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.
Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.
With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.
Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.
WSA is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.