Platform Architect

Description
The Platform Architect will serve as the technical "north star" for the design, integration, and evolution of the client's data platform for customer deployments and large programs. This individual will architect the platform, define integration points, and design scalable, secure solutions based on incoming enterprise requirements using the client's platform. They will participate in architecture review boards and ensure that all implementations align with client's composable, open-source design principles. This role is forward facing and requires customer centric mentality
Core Responsibilities
- Architect and evolve the end-to-end the client's platform across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments based on customer requirements and limitations.
- Design and designate integration points for data services, pipelines, orchestration, governance, and security layers.
- Translate solution requests and business requirements into scalable, compliant architecture blueprints.
- Lead and participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) to align deployments with enterprise standards.
- Define and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, and integration frameworks.
- Guide platform engineers and client teams in implementing best practices for security, observability, and reliability.
- Oversee the selection, integration, and tuning of open-source components such as Airflow, Spark, Trino, YuniKorn, Superset, S3, NiFi, Ranger, and DataHub.
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to evolve the the client's "North Star" architecture and roadmap.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate with DevOps, Security, and DataOps to drive alignment and platform maturity.
Skills
Communication and leadership skills, spark, kubernetes, open source
Top Skills Details
1. This person needs to be a senior architect that not only knows how to support platforms, but actually be in the weeds to build them. They will be bridging strong data and platform experience. Must be strong with Kubernetes, ideally Terraform (the automation for the project is terraform helm, so they need to be able to write python code and scripts).
2. Deep experience with Spark, and being able to troubleshoot, along with being able to understand how airflow needs to be orchestrated or deployed and how airflow jobs that need to be orchestrated
3. 8+ years of hands-on experience integrating and operating open-source data tools across hybrid-cloud and containerized environments.
4. 10+ years of experience designing or implementing large-scale distributed data platforms in regulated industries.
5. Extensive experience with Microservices, containers, kubernetes, automation with terraform, and helm scripting.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Ideal Background
- 8-12 years of experience designing or implementing large-scale distributed data platforms in regulated industries.
- Proven track record as a technical architect or lead engineer at Cloudera, Databricks, AWS EMR, or similar open-source platform providers.
- Hands-on experience integrating and operating open-source data tools across hybrid-cloud and containerized environments.
- Strong understanding of enterprise governance and security frameworks (SOX, FFIEC, GDPR).
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills to influence architecture decisions across engineering and client teams.
Experience Level
Expert Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Atlanta, GA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $90.00 - $100.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Atlanta,GA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jan 24, 2026.
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We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.