About this opportunity:
We are looking for an experienced and visionary Senior Architect to lead technology strategy, architecture governance, DevSecOps transformation, and innovation initiatives across globally distributed engineering teams.
This role is responsible for defining and driving the future-state architecture for software delivery platforms, CI/CD ecosystems, release automation, AI-enabled engineering capabilities, developer productivity, and operational excellence at scale.
As a strategic technology leader, you will partner with product engineering teams, architects, platform engineers, operations teams, and business stakeholders to establish technology direction, drive engineering transformation, and accelerate the adoption of modern software delivery practices.
In addition, you will lead innovation initiatives that foster experimentation, automation, AI adoption, and engineering excellence across the organization.
What you will do:• Define and drive the technology vision, architecture strategy, and roadmap for engineering platforms and software delivery ecosystems.• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and engineering best practices across multiple product organizations.• Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and key technical decision-making processes.• Drive consistency, scalability, security, resilience, and operational excellence across engineering platforms.• Partner with senior technology leaders to align architecture roadmaps with long-term business and engineering objectives.• Lead the evolution of modern software delivery capabilities including CI/CD, GitOps, Release Automation, Platform Engineering, and Cloud-Native technologies.• Define strategies to improve deployment frequency, lead time, software quality, security posture, reliability, and developer productivity.• Drive modernization of engineering toolchains including GitLab, Jenkins, Kubernetes, observability platforms, infrastructure automation, and AI-assisted developer tooling.• Advocate and drive adoption of common platforms, engineering standards, DevSecOps practices, and reusable architectural patterns across the enterprise.• Lead innovation programs including hackathons, proof-of-concepts, technical showcases, and engineering accelerator initiatives.• Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning.• Drive the identification, incubation, and scaling of innovative ideas into production-ready solutions.• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, analytics, and intelligent tooling to improve engineering efficiency and business outcomes.
The skills you bring:
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure domains.• 8+ years in architecture, technical leadership, or enterprise platform strategy roles.• Proven track record of driving large-scale DevSecOps, CI/CD, platform engineering, and engineering transformation initiatives.• Experience working with globally distributed engineering organizations and complex enterprise environments.• Experience leading technical strategy and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple business domains.
Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: India (IN) || Gurgaon
Req ID: 788524
Skills Required
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure domains
- 8+ years in architecture, technical leadership, or enterprise platform strategy roles
- Proven track record of driving large-scale DevSecOps, CI/CD, platform engineering, and engineering transformation initiatives
- Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, Release Automation, Platform Engineering, and Cloud-Native technologies
- Experience modernizing engineering toolchains including GitLab, Jenkins, Kubernetes, observability platforms, infrastructure automation, and AI-assisted developer tooling
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering organizations and complex enterprise environments
- Experience leading technical strategy and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple business domains
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What We Do
Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day. We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale. Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient. Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical. Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term. As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
Why Work With Us
Ericsson is a place for people who want to work on technology that powers everyday life. You’ll contribute to large-scale systems used every day, tackle complex challenges in live environments, and keep developing your skills and career in your own vision.
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