SDLC & API Architect

Title: SDLC & API Architect
Location: Dallas TX
Duration: Permanent Position
Compensation: $200000 - $350000/year
Work Requirements: US Citizen GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

SDLC & API Architect
The SDLC & API Architect will define and own the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle
platform and API enablement strategy for the engineering teams. This role will
establish the tooling stack design developer workflows and ensure governance auditing
and compliance against architectural decisions. The architect will drive self-service
developer experiences define APIs and developer portal requirements and document
key decisions. This role will partner with the Platform Engineering org.

Responsibilities:

• Establish the enterprise SDLC tooling stack (GitHub/GitLab CI/CD registries artifact repositories build runners deployment tooling).
• Design and document the software delivery lifecycle model including separation of duties (developers vs. administrators vs. customer workloads) GenAI integration etc.
• Drive paved paths / golden templates for engineering teams ensuring consistency and adoption of best practices.
• Drive Strong API contracts and Consistency across interfaces.
• Define auditing and compliance guardrails across repos pipelines and deployments; guidance for migrating tooling/pipelines.
• Produce and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to capture SDL and API gateway architectural decisions.
• Architect the developer experience (DX) through an Internal Developer Portal (IDP) integrating SDLC workflows and APIs; guidance on access lifecycle management.
• Define self-service APIs/capabilities (repo creation namespace provisioning cluster onboarding pipeline bootstrap);
• Lead API gateway strategy (domain boundaries API Catalog governance) - both internal self-service and external customers.
• Perform capability mapping and gap analysis across organizational units and customer needs identifying improvements to platform capabilities.
• Optimize for Flow by helping streamline SDLC with the Ways of Working initiative measuring engineering productivity.
• Partner with Security Platform and Solution Architecture to embed DevSecOps practices into delivery pipelines.
• Partner with Developer Experience and UX Architects to ensure frictionless standardized workflows.

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in DevOps and SDLC tooling: GitHub/GitLab Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI ArgoCD Jenkins/Tekton Nexus/Artifactory.
• Experience with API management platforms: Kong Tyk Apigee or similar.
• Deep understanding of software delivery lifecycle design (branching release strategies artifact promotion separation of duties).
• Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps patterns.
• Knowledge of auditing compliance and governance in multi-tenant SDLC environments.
• Strong communication skills with ability to produce ADRs and platform documentation.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams (engineering ops compliance customer success).

Preferred Experience:

• 12 years in DevOps Platform Engineering or Software Architecture.
• Experience implementing an Internal Developer Portal (IDP) (Backstage Port ServiceNow integrations).
• Designing self-service workflows for developers (repo creation namespace/cluster provisioning etc.).
• Exposure to multi-tenant platform models and customer-facing workload separation.
• Knowledge/Experience with Consul integrations with Kubernetes Vault or other relevant platforms.
• Prior work on capability mapping and gap analysis to drive platform roadmap.
• Experience in integrating GenAI into SDLC.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks as applied to SDLC processes

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