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Role Overview: As a Platform Architect on the Engineering Platforms team at Invesco, you will play a crucial role in defining and driving the architectural strategy for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. Your mission will be to ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and developer-friendly solutions that align with Invesco's enterprise vision. Your deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and passion for enabling engineering excellence at scale will be key to your success in this role. Key Responsibilities: - Define and evolve the architectural vision for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. - Lead the design and implementation of reusable patterns, frameworks, and integration strategies to promote platform maturity and developer enablement. - Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align platform capabilities with enterprise goals. - Champion DevSecOps practices and CI/CD maturity using tools such as Git, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube, and Artifactory. - Guide and support platform integrations including: - Asset management (Artifactory) - Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) - API Management platforms (MuleSoft preferred) - Power Platform for low-code/no-code solutions - GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development tools - Advocate for automation and self-service engineering across the organization. - Support the services you architect and participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and timely issue resolution. - Represent the team in enterprise architecture forums and governance bodies. - Mentor engineers and lead by example in applying best practices and execution excellence. - Promote a collaborative and engaging culture across global teams. Qualifications Required: - At least 9+ years of professional software development experience. - Proven experience in software architecture and platform engineering. - Deep expertise in Java and object-oriented programming. - Expert understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). - Strong proficiency working in agile development teams. - Strong proficiency developing with CI/CD tools and practices. - Expertise in AWS is required, multi-cloud experience preferred. Additional Details of the Company: In Invesco, the workplace model supports the culture and meets the needs of clients while providing flexibility valued by employees. As a full-time employee, you will work with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office. Invesco believes in acting with integrity, creating impact for stakeholders, and fostering a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued. They offer competitive compensation, flexible work options, comprehensive benefits, career development programs, mentoring opportunities, and more to ensure personal and professional growth. To learn more about Invesco, their culture, diversity and inclusion policy, corporate responsibility program, and to apply for the role, visit the Invesco Careers page. Role Overview: As a Platform Architect on the Engineering Platforms team at Invesco, you will play a crucial role in defining and driving the architectural strategy for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. Your mission will be to ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and developer-friendly solutions that align with Invesco's enterprise vision. Your deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and passion for enabling engineering excellence at scale will be key to your success in this role. Key Responsibilities: - Define and evolve the architectural vision for internal developer platforms and enterprise services. - Lead the design and implementation of reusable patterns, frameworks, and integration strategies to promote platform maturity and developer enablement. - Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align platform capabilities with enterprise goals. - Champion DevSecOps practices and CI/CD maturity using tools such as Git, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube, and Artifactory. - Guide and support platform integrations including: - Asset management (Artifactory) - Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) - API Management platforms (MuleSoft preferred) - Power Platform for low-code/no-code solutions - GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development tools - Advocate for automation and self-service engineering across the organization. - Support the services you architect and participate in an on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and timely issue resolution. - Represent the team in enterprise architecture forums and governance bodies. - Mentor engineers and lead by example in applying best practices and execution excellence. - Promote a collaborative and engaging culture acros
