Principal Architect – Platform Infrastructure

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $175k - $185k / year

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Accela

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2000

🏛️ Government

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

Government • SaaS • Enterprise

Accela is a leader in providing cloud-based solutions designed to modernize government services. Their unified suite of innovative applications focuses on building more connected communities through enhanced efficiency and secure data management. Accela empowers local and state governments by streamlining processes such as building permits, licensing, cannabis regulation, and environmental health. With a focus on civic solutions, Accela aims to improve public sector operations by eliminating data silos and facilitating better interactions with residents. By leveraging their SaaS platform, governments can enhance service delivery, increase transparency, and reduce operational costs, leading to significant time and cost savings.

📋 Description

• Own the end-to-end architecture for Accela's cloud platform, including Azure infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, identity, security, and platform services. • Define and maintain platform architecture standards, reference patterns, and technical guardrails to support scalability, reliability, and operational excellence. • Lead architecture reviews and drive technical decision-making through the Architecture Decision Record (ADR) process. • Develop long-term technical strategy for modernization initiatives, including cloud-native transformation, platform consolidation, and infrastructure evolution. • Establish architectural approaches for multi-tenant SaaS environments, including tenant isolation, observability, resiliency, and data residency requirements. • Partner with Engineering, Product, Security, Compliance, and Operations teams to align architecture with business objectives and regulatory requirements. • Translate compliance requirements, including FedRAMP, GovRAMP, PCI-DSS, and SOC2, into scalable technical capabilities and platform controls. • Define target-state architecture for shared services and cross-product capabilities spanning multiple acquired technology platforms. • Govern architecture exceptions and provide guidance on complex technical trade-offs impacting multiple engineering organizations. • Mentor and coach senior engineers, staff engineers, and architects, fostering architectural best practices and technical excellence. • Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to inform platform strategy and future investments.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • 10+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems. • 5+ years of experience in a Principal Architect, Staff Architect, or equivalent technical leadership role within a SaaS environment. • Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, including AKS, APIM, networking, identity, security, and infrastructure services. • Strong Kubernetes architecture experience, including workload design, multi-tenancy, RBAC, GitOps, and platform operations. • Experience architecting and operating large-scale multi-tenant SaaS platforms. • Demonstrated success influencing technical direction across multiple engineering teams without direct management authority. • Experience working within regulated environments requiring compliance with frameworks such as FedRAMP, GovRAMP, PCI-DSS, or SOC2. • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.

🏖️ Benefits

• flexible time off • comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans • family planning benefits • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match • health savings account with company contributions • flexible spending account • life, accident, and disability coverage • business travel insurance • employee assistance programs • other well-being benefits