About Brillio:

Brillio is the partner of choice for many Fortune 1000 companies seeking to turn disruption into a competitive advantage through innovative digital adoption. Backed by Bain Capital private equity, and growing at nearly 60% YoY since its inception, Brillio is one of the fastest growing digital technology service providers. We help clients harness the transformative potential of the four superpowers of technology – cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and mobility. Born digital in 2014, we apply Customer Experience Solutions, Data Analytics and AI, Digital Infrastructure and Security, and Platform and Product Engineering expertise to help clients quickly innovate for growth, create digital products, build service platforms, and drive smarter, data-driven performance.

With delivery locations across the United States, Romania, Canada, Mexico, and India, our growing global workforce of over 6,000 Brillians blends the latest technology and design thinking with digital fluency to solve complex business problems and drive competitive differentiation for our clients. Brillio was awarded ‘Great Place To Work’ in 2021 and 2022. Learn more www.Brillio.com.

About the Role

We are seeking a Principal Architect to lead the design and evolution of enterprise-scale SRE, DevOps, and DevSecOps capabilities.

This role is designed for a highly experienced technology leader who operates as a strong individual contributor, combining deep architectural expertise with the ability to influence organization-wide engineering practices.

The ideal candidate will have built and scaled centralized engineering capabilities (CoE) and driven reliability, automation, and security transformation across large, distributed environments.

Experience

14–20 years of experience in technology, with 6+ years in architecture roles within SRE / DevOps / DevSecOps.
Proven experience in building or contributing to SRE / DevOps CoE or shared platform engineering models.
Strong ownership of reliability engineering at enterprise scale.
Experience in RFP/RFI solutioning, architecture proposals, and technical consulting.
Demonstrated ability to work with senior leadership and influence engineering direction.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Technical Leadership

Define and drive architecture for SRE, DevOps, and DevSecOps platforms.
Lead design of scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems.
Drive enterprise-wide platform engineering and reliability strategies.
Review and govern complex engineering implementations and system design.

SRE / DevOps / DevSecOps Governance

Establish standards and best practices for:

SRE: SLI / SLO / Error Budget frameworks, incident management, reliability engineering.
DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, automation strategy.
DevSecOps: Security-by-design, secure SDLC, compliance integration.

Drive adoption of:

Observability and monitoring practices.
Automation at scale.
Platform engineering and developer productivity frameworks.
High availability, performance, and resilience engineering.

CoE & Transformation Enablement

Contribute to building and scaling SRE / DevOps CoE or shared services model.
Enable standardization across multiple engineering teams and business units.
Drive enterprise transformation toward reliability-first and secure engineering culture.
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Business teams for solution alignment.

Hands-on Individual Contribution (Critical)

Act as an active architect and problem-solver, not a pure manager.
Deep dive into system design, scalability, and production reliability challenges.
Influence platform decisions and engineering standards.
Mentor engineers and guide teams on complex architecture problems.

Technology Expertise

Strong hands-on experience in:

Cloud platforms: AWS / Azure / GCP (Multicloud is a Must).
Kubernetes, microservices, and distributed systems architecture.
Observability, SRE practices, and incident response models.
CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and GitOps.
Platform modernization and large-scale enterprise transformation.
Exposure to AIOps / AI-driven automation.

Preferred Certifications

Cloud Architect Certifications (AWS / Azure / GCP – Professional).
CKA / CKAD / CKS.
SRE / DevOps certifications.

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