At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.
Job Description – Technical Architect (Platform Engineering)
We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of an enterprise-scale platform. The role is responsible for defining scalable, secure, and cloud-native platform architectures, driving Kubernetes and DevOps adoption, establishing platform engineering best practices, and enabling automated, reliable, and governed application deployments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build enterprise-scale cloud-native and cloud-agnostic PaaS platforms across Azure and AWS
- Define the end-to-end platform architecture, including cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, security, DevOps, and platform services
- Develop and implement Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and reusable platform components
- Define platform governance, security policies, SOPs, design standards, operational guidelines, and engineering best practices
- Establish IAM, observability, networking, platform security, backup, disaster recovery, and operational excellence
- Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, and design and technical discussions with stakeholders and engineering teams
- Identify technical risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and proactively address implementation challenges
- Drive platform standardization, automation, scalability, resilience, and continuous improvement
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Cloud Engineers, DevOps, and QA to ensure successful delivery
- Create architecture documents, technical standards, and implementation guidelines while mentoring engineering teams
- Evaluate emerging technologies, and tools to recommend the most appropriate solutions
- Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle
Required Skillset
- 12+ years of IT experience in Cloud Architecture, Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, or DevOps.
- Strong experience in designing and building enterprise-scale cloud-native and cloud-agnostic platforms across Azure and AWS
- Hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, Docker/Rancher Desktop, microservices architecture, and container orchestration
- Managed multi-cloud accounts for multi-tenant applications and onboard, manage multiple customer's cloud infrastructure
- Strong programming and automation skills using Python, PowerShell, and experience with Azure SDK and AWS SDK for platform automation
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, OpenTofu, Helm, Git, and configuration management
- Strong knowledge of cloud services including Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines (VMs/EC2), Container Registry, API Gateway/API Management, Load Balancers, DNS, Storage, IAM/RBAC, Secrets Management, and networking services
- Experience designing governance models, security and platform standards, SOPs, policies, guardrails, and operational best practices
- Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and platform automation
- Strong knowledge of observability using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, monitoring, logging, tracing, corelation, and alerting solutions
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases, messaging/integration services, API security, and cloud-native application deployment patterns
- Excellent technical leadership, architecture governance, stakeholder management, mentoring, and problem-solving skills
We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.
We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.
