At Deckers Brands, we value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace. We are seeking a Director, Platform Architecture to lead the development of our enterprise data platform strategy and define the architectural blueprint for our cloud-native data platform using AWS as the core environment.
Requirements
- Support the development of the enterprise data platform strategy aligned with business objectives and digital transformation initiatives
- Define and maintain the architectural blueprint and reference architecture for the cloud-native data platform using AWS as the core environment
- Establish principles and patterns for platform scalability, reliability, security, observability, and cost optimization across platform services and shared capabilities
- Design and maintain standards for platform architecture layers including infrastructure, networking, identity and access management, audit logging, metadata management, access control, and observability
- Partner with domain architects and engineering teams to ensure shared platform services are reusable, modular, and governed, and that domain teams can self-serve effectively
- Guide the adoption of platform services and tools that enable data mesh, pub-sub models, event-driven architectures, and self-serve data product delivery
- Lead evaluation and selection of core platform technologies and services, ensuring they meet business needs for analytics, real-time streaming, governance, and machine learning enablement
- Promote architectural patterns that enable resilience, scalability, cost efficiency, and rapid delivery, including standards for automation, environment management, and operational readiness
- Partner with Data Governance, Security, and Compliance teams to embed privacy, security, and audit-readiness into platform architecture and delivery practices
- Define standards for metadata capture, lineage tracking, data quality measurement, and access management across platform services and tooling
- Provide architectural leadership and mentorship to platform engineers, DevOps teams, and data engineering teams, including design reviews and technical guidance
- Collaborate with Program Delivery, Product Management, and architecture peers to align roadmaps, sequencing, and execution plans across multiple teams
- Influence platform design decisions across the organization and drive alignment to enterprise goals through standards, reference implementations, and review processes
- Support vendor evaluations, licensing decisions, and long-term technology investments for the platform ecosystem, including total cost of ownership considerations
Benefits
- Competitive Pay and Bonuses
- Financial Planning and wellbeing
- Time away from work
- Extras, discounts and perks
- Growth and Development
- Health and Wellness
