Senior Software Architect

Location: Needham, Massachusetts, us, Remote

Company Description

About CyberArk

CyberArk, a Palo Alto Networks company, is the global leader in identity security, trusted by organizations around the world to secure human and machine identities in the modern enterprise. CyberArk’s AI-powered Identity Security Platform applies intelligent privilege controls to every identity with continuous threat prevention, detection and response across the identity lifecycle. With Identity Security, organizations can reduce operational and security risks by enabling zero trust and least privilege with complete visibility, empowering all users and identities, including workforce, IT, developers and machines, to securely access any resource, located anywhere, from everywhere. Learn more at cyberark.com.

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Job Description

Job Description:

CyberArk, a Palo Alto Networks company is seeking a skilled Production Engineering Architect to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader responsible for designing and implementing scalable, secure cloud infrastructure within a FedRAMP-compliant environment. You will work alongside cross-functional teams to drive platform visibility, accelerate CI/CD maturity, and shape the future of our cloud architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Design Implementation of AWS infrastructure components such as VPCs, EC2, EKS, S3, tagging schemes, CloudFormation, etc.
• Architecture of deployment and management automation of cloud-based infrastructure and software
• Design and implement automated solutions to streamline FedRAMP compliance activities (Inventory, Vulnerability Management, etc.).
• Architecting the use of configuration management tools in both Windows and Linux – AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible
• Design and implement SRE solutions for high availability and resiliency - Ensuring architectures meet availability and recoverability requirements
• Architecture and implementation of cloud-based monitoring, alerting and observability
• Provide support and guidance to junior engineers to create efficiencies within the team
• Deep understanding of the latest tech solutions, trends, and ability to dive into the details of the architecture as needed.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, design standards, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates to drive consistency across our platforms
• Work with the Team Leads within the group to identify areas of improvement, prepare architecture road maps, and advocate to the Product Management group.
• Evaluate and integrate AI-powered tooling into engineering workflows — including AI-assisted code review, anomaly detection, intelligent alerting, and automated remediation.

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Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing AWS infrastructure
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with systems engineering and software development
• Expert understanding/experience of container orchestration platforms such as Kubernete,SS1 CF2 , ECS or equivalent
• Solid understanding/experience of web services, databases and relating infrastructure/architectures
• Solid understanding of backup/restore best practices
• Strong level of expertise programming in C# / C++ / Java / Python or equivalent language
• Strong grasp of platform observability, including AI-assisted monitoring strategies using tools like Datadog or similar.
• Experience supporting an enterprise-level SaaS environment
• Familiarity with FedRAMP compliance requirements and how they influence architectural decisions around network segmentation, encryption, identity, and access management - including considerations specific to AI data pipelines and model storage.
• Familiarity with NIST 800-53 control requirements as they relate to FedRAMP, cloud and AI system design.
• Must be a U.S Citizen for meeting with FedRAMP High authorized access requirements

Additional Information

CyberArk is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. 

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time. 

The salary range for this position is $181,000 – $227,000/year, plus commissions or discretionary bonus, which will be based on the employee’s performance. Base pay may also vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.