Director, Platform Architecture

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Deckers · - California Remote

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As the Director, Platform Architecture, you will define and scale Deckers' modern data and analytics platform architecture, ensuring it is secure, scalable, governed, and optimized for performance and cost. You'll establish foundational architectural frameworks, technology standards, and best practices for our cloud-native platform, with AWS as the core environment. Collaborating with data architects, platform and DevOps engineering teams, product leaders, and governance specialists, you'll enable analytics, AI, and domain-driven data products across the enterprise through reusable platform services, robust security and access controls, and clear operational standards. We celebrate diversity--of your background, your experiences and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.

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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

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