Participant Communication Services Platform Architect

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PCS Platform Architect designing cloud-native solutions for communications and document management platform. Collaborating on architecture decisions for federal government services provided by Alight.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement, and evolve cloud-native solutions for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines
  • Own production systems end-to-end, including design decisions, implementation, operational reliability, and iterative improvement
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
  • Design, implement, optimize, and own CI/CD pipeline tooling for application and infrastructure deployments using tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
  • Design, implement, and own high‑quality, maintainable code in a modern language like Python
  • Implement observability, monitoring, and alerting to ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency
  • Embed security into infrastructure and delivery workflows by applying DevSecOps practices
  • Collaborate effectively with application, platform, network, and security teams

Requirements:

  • Experience with Customer Communication Platforms and multi-channel communication
  • Familiarity with platforms like Quadient Inspire
  • Experience with Document Management platforms
  • Familiarity with IBM Content Manager
  • Deep knowledge of object-oriented languages and platforms, especially Java and the Spring Framework
  • Deep knowledge of cloud architecture and common cloud services, especially AWS
  • Knowledge of DevOps tools and practices, especially Terraform, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Docker, and Ansible
  • Familiarity with event-driven and microservice architecture
  • Knowledge of integration tools and frameworks, including Kafka and MQ
  • Automated testing experience using tools and frameworks, including Postman
  • Knowledge and experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, especially PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and MongoDB
  • Knowledge of emerging AI practices and tools, especially popular LLMs, prompt engineering, and context engineering
  • Experience with site reliability engineering
  • Experience with observability and APMs like New Relic
  • Experience across operating systems including Linux and Windows

Benefits:

  • Health coverage options
  • Wellbeing and support programs
  • Retirement plans
  • Vacation and sick leave
  • Maternity, paternity & adoption leave
  • Continuing education and training