Principal Architect

Iron Mountain

3d•Remote

About The Position

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That's why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you're looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain. We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways. Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation. The Opportunity Iron Mountain seeks a Platform Architect to have deep architecture experience with a specific platform along with experience and knowledge with many of the latest technologies in that domain. The Platform Architect is tasked with overseeing the design, development and implementation of robust, scalable and secure platform solutions that align with business objectives while establishing a strong technical foundation in the platform. The Platform Architect guides and collaborates closely with cross functional teams to define, maintain and modernize the platform architecture and ensures alignment with enterprise goals and drives innovation. This role will also be responsible for continuously improving the capabilities using data-driven methods, enforcing platform standards, ensuring compliance with policy where required and enabling a rich developer and user experience. This position will be a key change agent, strategic thinker and technical expert who can build a team to focus on results while also building long term strategic plans to evolve the technology platform solutions to position the company for strategic growth. This leader will need to balance strategic vision with hands-on leadership and also bring energy and enthusiasm by leading by example to inspire cultural change and demonstrate what “art of the possible” means in practice.

Requirements

At least 15+ years of experience
Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Information Security or related field or equivalent experience
Experience working across all levels of a highly matrixed global organization
Strong sense of urgency and results orientation
Ability to quickly develop domain expertise and manage change
Exceptional written and oral communication skills
Ability to work in a team environment and maintain professionalism and integrity

Responsibilities

Platform Design and Development ● Develop and evolve a platform strategy, aligned to and prioritized by business objectives
Develop and communicate measurements of platform progress and business impact
Translate business requirements into technical requirements that technical team members include in the project design and delivery
Drive the overall technical design and end-to-end platform design for assigned initiatives
Support application teams as they design and implement solutions which center on the consumption of the platform
Influence/coach modern evolutionary platform architecture principles and practices
Review and identify gaps in architecture and assess and define remediation efforts or mitigation options
Document and share platform technical best practices and insights
Partner with enterprise and technology architects to identify and enable the top strategic technologies/platforms that will help shape the organization's technology footprint to support cross-enterprise business requirements
Designs reference and platform architectures based on specific business constraints, requirements and dependencies
Drives cross-domain initiatives that are supported by end-to-end design, applies digital standards to project platform architecture, and drives technical strategy and architectural tradeoff discussions Leadership
Drives the recruitment, hiring, training, motivating and retaining of team members
Coaches and provides technical guidance and mentorship to the teams to improve collaboration and outcomes
Encourages a culture of team-driven decision making and commitment
Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations, etc. in order to lead strategic business direction of the department Technical Skills Front-End & Web Platforms Strong hands-on coding experience with React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Ability to define front-end architecture standards, performance best practices, and component design systems Back-End & API Development Experience designing and implementing back-end services using Ruby / Ruby on Rails and Python Strong understanding of API design, service boundaries, and scalable backend architectures Mobile Platform Architecture Experience contributing to and guiding iOS applications using Swift Ability to define shared platform services and integration patterns across web and mobile clients Familiarity with mobile performance, release pipelines, and observability Code Review & Technical Guidance ● Lead and participate in code reviews across front-end (React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), back-end (Ruby/Rails, Python), and mobile (Swift/iOS) codebases
Establish, document, and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices
Guide teams on performance, scalability, security, maintainability, and testability
Provide architectural feedback early in the development lifecycle to prevent technical debt Critical Competencies ● Strong understanding of platform architecture principles and design patterns
Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable and high-performance platforms
Expertise in relevant programming languages and technologies
Deep knowledge of cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
Experience with Agile development methodologies
High level working knowledge of multiple complex software and hardware platforms including network architectures
Ability to work in a fast paced, high tech environment juggling multiple priorities while meeting deadlines