Principal Architect - Hybrid

Principal Architect - Hybrid

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Principal Architect - Hybrid position with a Global Financial Institution located in Irving, TX. This is a 24+ month contract opportunity.

As a Principal Architect, you will serve as the chief technical visionary and enterprise architecture leader driving DevSecOps and release engineering transformation across the data and analytics ecosystem. You will define reference architectures and standards for CI/CD using GitHub Actions and reusable workflows, embed compliance controls into the software delivery lifecycle, and design deployment patterns that promote reliability and auditability. A central focus of this role is enabling predictable, enterprise-scale delivery by aligning release governance with OpenShift (OCP) deployments through Harness.

Responsibilities:

• Define and own the technical vision, architecture roadmap, and technology strategy for the Cross Platform Engineering and Reference Architecture team
• Lead the design, governance, and evolution of reference architectures for web services, APIs, data pipelines, and enterprise integration patterns
• Define the target-state architecture for enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines with integrated security controls and compliance automation
• Architect and maintain standardized GitHub Actions workflow templates and reusable workflows that encode enterprise best practices
• Serve as the primary architecture liaison with Enterprise Architecture, ensuring standards align with firm-wide architectural principles
• Evaluate, select, and champion emerging technologies in the Python ecosystem, DevOps, cloud-native platforms, and AI-enabled development
• Drive cultural transformation toward DevSecOps, SRE practices, and engineering excellence through architectural leadership

Requirements:

• 12+ years of software engineering and architecture experience with demonstrated expertise designing systems in Python at enterprise scale
• 12+ years of architecting web applications, distributed systems, and platform solutions using industry-standard frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask)
• 12+ years with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS) or on-prem platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenShift
• 10+ years of experience architecting CI/CD pipelines, DevOps platforms, and release engineering systems, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow design
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python
• 8+ years designing and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices
• 7+ years of security architecture experience including DevSecOps, application security, threat modeling, and compliance automation
• 7+ years of enterprise architecture leadership defining architecture standards, governance frameworks, and engineering processes
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) including deployment automation
• Hands-on experience integrating automated security scans into CI/CD pipelines (Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, etc)
• Experience designing and operating deployment automation to OpenShift (OCP) using Harness CD (or equivalent)
• Must have demonstrable prior experience with Open Source Contributions to Conda-Forge, Pixi Package Manager, Developing GitHub Actions and CI/CD Automation

Desired Skills:

• 15–20 years of Python development with deep expertise in modern Python patterns
• 15+ years of web application architecture with at least 10 years using the Django web application framework
• 10+ years of platform architecture and engineering experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes
• 7+ years of infrastructure-as-code and GitOps architecture (Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with SRE practices, observability platform architecture, and incident management frameworks
• Proven track record of leading enterprise-scale technical transformations and architecture modernization programs
• Experience presenting to and influencing senior technology leadership

Pay range: $86.09 - $94.09 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!