Join us at Entrust
At Entrust, we're shaping the future of identity centric security solutions. From our comprehensive portfolio of solutions to our flexible, global workplace, we empower careers, foster collaboration, and build solutions that help keep the world moving safely.
Get to Know Us
Headquartered in Minnesota, Entrust is an industry leader in identity-centric security solutions, serving over 150 countries with cutting-edge, scalable technologies. But our secret weapon? Our people. It's the curiosity, dedication, and innovation that drive our success and help us anticipate the future.
Position Overview:
The Instant Financial Issuance as a Service (IFIaaS) Cloud Service consists of various components, such as web services, application servers, and databases, all hosted in an on-premises environment.
We are seeking a Senior Platform Architect who is hands-on and deeply involved in the design and evolution of a modern, on-premises SaaS platform. The platform is built using distributed microservices, runs primarily on VMware hosted Windows workloads, and is transitioning toward containerized architectures.
This role focuses on designing and validating systems that meet strict requirements for availability (99.9%), scalability, performance, and security.
Responsibilities:
• Own the availability architecture across compute, network, storage, data, and app tiers to exceed 99.9% service availability • Design fault domains (host, rack, cluster, site) and enforce placement strategies to ensure resilience and predictable failure behavior and blast radius limits • Eliminate single points of failure across compute, storage, networking, ingress, identity, secrets, and CI/CD pipelines • Design graceful degradation strategies at the infrastructure level to maintain core functionality during overload or partial failure • Define performance budgets, SLOs, and capacity headroom for peak traffic and failure scenarios • Define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets and ensure they inform deployment, scaling, and incident response • Drive infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices to ensure consistent, repeatable environments • Define and enable progressive deployment models (canary, blue/green, rolling) with automated rollback • Build platform and CI/CD capabilities that directly improve (deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, mean time to recover MTTR) • Embed security by design, including zero-trust networking, mTLS, secrets management, and least privilege access • Establish standard observability for metrics, logs, traces, and health signals across the platform • Enable operational and incident response readiness, including runbooks, failure testing, and automated remediation • Act as the technical authority for platform architecture decisions and tradeoffs
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience • 8+ years of related experience as a Platform/Solutions/System Design Architect, Software Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, or a role in similar capacity • Proven experience designing distributed systems with an emphasis on availability, scalability, resilience, and performance • Demonstrated expertise in microservices architecture, API design, and service-to-service communication patterns • Strong knowledge of system design principles, including fault tolerance, capacity planning, dependency isolation, and failure handling • Experience leading or contributing to architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and cross-team initiatives • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document and explain complex system designs
About Entrust:
Entrust keeps the world moving safely by enabling trusted identities, payments, and data protection around the globe. Today more than ever, people demand seamless, secure experiences, whether they're crossing borders, making a purchase, or accessing corporate networks. With our unmatched breadth of digital security and credential issuance solutions, it's no wonder the world's most entrusted organizations trust us.
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Entrust Corporation is an EOE/AA/Veteran/People with Disabilities employer. NO AGENCIES, NO RELOCATION
Career Growth:
Whether you're a budding developer or a seasoned expert, we're invested in your professional journey. With learning-forward initiatives and exciting challenges, your growth is our priority.
Flexibility:
Life is all about balance. Whether you're remote, hybrid, or on-site, we offer flexible options that fit your lifestyle.
Collaboration:
Here, your voice matters. Our teams thrive on sharing ideas, brainstorming solutions, and working together to build a better tomorrow.
We believe in securing identities-but it doesn't stop there. At Entrust, we're passionate about valuing all identities. Our culture is built on diversity, inclusion, and respect. From unconscious bias training for our leaders to global affinity groups that connect colleagues across the globe, we're creating a community where everyone is encouraged to be themselves.
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you're excited by the prospect of innovating, growing your career, and collaborating in a dynamic environment, Entrust is the place for you. Join us in making a difference. Let's build a more secure world-together.
Apply today!
For more information, visit www.entrust.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Compensation Range:
In the US: The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $134,939-$197,910 per year (in the primary posting location). Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location, education, skills, and experience. This position is also eligible for the company's discretionary annual incentive plan.
In addition to your pay, Entrust offers eligible colleagues and their dependents comprehensive health and well-being programs, which include medical, vision, dental, a generous 401(k) matching contribution, life and disability insurance, mental health coaching, virtual fitness programs, paid personal time off plus 12 paid holidays, parental leave, and education reimbursement.
Please speak with the recruiter for more details. Note: Benefit and Compensation programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
In Canada: The pay range for this position is $120,500 - $170,500 per year. This position is also eligible for the company's discretionary annual incentive plan. Actual compensation will be determined based on education, skills, and experience.
In addition to your pay, Entrust offers eligible colleagues and their dependents comprehensive benefits, vacation, paid time off, and paid holidays. Please speak with the recruiter for more details. Note: Benefit and Compensation programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
For US roles, or where applicable: Entrust is an EEO/AA/Disabled/Veterans Employer
For Canadian roles, or where applicable: Entrust values diversity and inclusion and we are committed to building a diverse workforce with wide perspectives and innovative ideas. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, and we strive to provide an accessible experience for candidates of all abilities. If you require an accommodation, contact accessibility@entrust.com.
Recruiter: Grace Rusingiza Grace.Rusingiza@entrust.com