Job Description

Maybe you’ve stopped by for a coffee, fueled up your car, or grabbed something to eat on the go. Then you know what Circle K is about: making everyday life easier for people all over the world. We’ve grown into a successful global company with over 15,000 stores in 26 countries, serving more than 6 million customers each day. In all, we have more than 120,000 people working at our stores and support offices.

Circle K is transforming our Global Data Engineering and BI platform to match our business needs. Our ambition is to deliver modern and efficient solutions with the use of cutting-edge technologies. We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Architect Leader to join our Global Data Engineering and BI Team, responsible for the Circle K Data Platform in Microsoft Azure.

As the Cloud Platform Architect Manager, you will be responsible for providing leadership to a team of architects and cloud platform administrators who are designing, building, and maintaining robust platforms solutions on Azure. Your work will focus on optimizing delivery of cloud platforms and ensuring the architecture aligns with business objectives, supports new initiatives, and enhances existing data capabilities. You will lead architectural decisions, establish governance standards, and collaborate across teams to ensure seamless data flows and scalable solutions.

  

This role reports to the Head of Global Data Engineering and BI and will manage a team of two employee direct reports and four to six contractors.

Responsibilities:

Leading a team of platform architects to ensure work is assigned, understood and completed by the team members as per agreed timelines and in accordance with team members’ skillsets and company standards.Executing the required performance management requirements for your employee direct reports including but not limited to setting annual objects / Key Result Area (KRAs), mid-year and year-end progress reviews, and career growth conversations.Building roadmaps to meet short- and long-term business objectives within program timelines and overseeing the delivery of solutions based on business requirements.Communicate effectively with senior management, stakeholders, and teams on progress, risks and opportunities.Mentoring Data Engineering and Data Science teams on, for example, leveraging Azure platform capabilities, such as configuring SPNs for system connections, enabling monitoring/logging for pipelines, and implementing security protocols.Providing subject matter expertise in designing, architecting and maintaining Azure Cloud Platforms.Performing architectural assessments, defining solutions and producing detailed design documentation addressing complex business needs.Working with the Global BI, DE, and Analytics teams to define, drive and enforce architecture standards, best practices, and governance frameworks across the platform.Contributing and collaborating with other architects within the Enterprise Architecture team to get the required approval from the Architecture Review Board for new initiatives.Providing technical direction on Azure platform services, including best practices for system configurations, integration patterns, and support for business requirements.Defining platform standards to support the broader team of Data Engineering and Data Science Teams (i.e.; establishing standards & best practices for efficient usage of Azure service and integration design patterns).Providing technical guidance for platform performance tuning and optimization activities.Leading evaluations and POC of new technologies to identify opportunities for improving platform capabilities while maintaining information accuracy and security.Approving teams design for review by Information Security Architects to ensure they are conforming to enterprise security standards including identity management, access control, and data encryption within the Azure platform.Collaborating with product owners, business analysts, and developers to translate business requirements into scalable platform solutionsReviewing monitoring frameworks for platform services to ensure high availability and proactive issue resolution and working with the team to ensure SLA’s are met.Driving automation of platform deployments using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks such as Terraform or Azure DevOps.Oversee capacity planning, monitoring and optimization of Azure resources, ensuring cost-effective scaling.

Required Skills and Experience

10+ years of professional experience in designing & architecting Cloud platform solutions, with a focus on Azure-based platforms and enterprise-scale systems.3+ years’ experience leading teams of cloud platform architects and platform administrators within a global organization.Working experience in designing and architecting cloud platform solutions that leverage Databricks and Snowflake.Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud services (Azure VM, Azure functions, Container Services, IaaS, PaaS, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, Messaging services, Azure Identity and Security.)Practical experience in designing systems to handle large data volumesPractical experience in designing systems for large-scale processing with a focus on security, performance optimization and cost management.Working experience in designing and architecting solutions that comply with data security industry standards and regulations, including RBAC, data encryption (GDPR, PCI, etc.), and monitoring

Soft Skills:

Ability to understand complex business requirements and translate those into effective technical solutions for both strategic and tactical implementationsAbility to mentor and provide leadership to team members on Azure platform usage, including best practices for architecture, cost optimization, and performance tuning.Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with IT teams and business stakeholders, including facilitating discussions between technical and business staff.Agile mindset with a strong focus on continuous learning and staying current with new technologies.Ability to work as part of a global team, including understanding how to navigate cultural differences in workstyles and communications.

Other:

Experience working in agile methodologiesGit version controlFluent English (all project communication in English)

Nice to have:

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert CertificationExperience with IaC using Terraform to manage infrastructure resources for IaaC and PaaCExperience with CI/CD tools (preferably GitHub and Azure DevOps)Experience working with JIRA and ConfluenceExperience in the Retail Industry

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Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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