Lead System Architect – High Availability, Cloud Infrastructure

Chiri

. Design highly available, fault-tolerant systems with redundancy, failure isolation, automated recovery, and disaster recovery capabilities .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeRemoteSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and operating highly available, fault-tolerant systems using Kubernetes and Terraform, with a strong focus on cloud networking, observability, and disaster recovery. Proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams and manage client engagements effectively.

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Kubernetes ArchitectureTerraform ImplementationCloud NetworkingObservability PlatformsCross-Functional Team Leadership

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Hard Skills

Highly Available Production SystemsFault-Isolated ArchitecturesCI/CD ImplementationContainer SecurityInfrastructure AutomationProduction Incident ManagementReal-Time MonitoringPerformance TargetsTechnical ReviewsDisaster Recovery

Soft Skills

Technical CommunicationDelivery Accountability

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft AzureInfrastructure as CodeDistributed TracingDashboardsAlerting

Industry Keywords

HealthcareFinancial ServicesRegulated EnvironmentsHIPAA Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design highly available, fault-tolerant systems with redundancy, failure isolation, automated recovery, and disaster recovery capabilities
Architect and implement Kubernetes-based environments using Terraform and infrastructure as code
Establish independent cell-based deployment and failure boundaries to limit outage impact and support scalable operations
Build comprehensive real-time monitoring across infrastructure, applications, transactions, data pipelines, latency, errors, and system health
Work with backend and data engineers to establish deployment standards, performance targets, operational controls, and secure production environments
Make architectural decisions across infrastructure, backend services, data engineering, and ML
Conduct technical reviews, resolve blockers, and remain hands-on with engineering work
Lead customer-facing technical delivery, including requirements, milestones, technical communications, and delivery accountability

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience architecting and operating highly available production systems
Advanced hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Terraform
Experience implementing cell-based, fault-isolated, or similarly resilient distributed architectures
Strong understanding of cloud networking, load balancing, autoscaling, service reliability, and disaster recovery
Experience building observability platforms with metrics, logs, distributed tracing, dashboards, and alerting
Experience with CI/CD, container security, infrastructure automation, and production incident management
Experience leading small, cross-functional engineering teams across infrastructure, backend, and data engineering
Proven ability to serve as the primary technical lead for client engagements, managing requirements, milestones, technical communications, and delivery accountability with minimal oversight
Experience with Microsoft Azure
Terraform is required; Azure Bicep is not part of the intended infrastructure approach
Preferred: experience building low-latency, transaction-intensive platforms
Preferred: experience in healthcare, financial services, or other regulated environments
Preferred: familiarity with HIPAA-related security and data isolation requirements

Benefits

Comp & perks

High-ownership opportunity to establish the architecture and reliability foundations of a new production platform
Working directly with Chiri's technical leadership