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Team Overview
The role will sit within the organisation responsible for platform engineering, OneDev 2.0 and technology modernisation, with a focus on providing architecture leadership across shared engineering capabilities.The team's current priorities include:
OneDev 2.0 and platform engineering
Technology modernisation
Architecture governance and engineering standards
Operational resilience
Improving engineering effectiveness and reducing architectural bottlenecks This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
Role Overview And Core Responsibilities
The Senior Architect will provide architecture leadership across platform engineering and modernisation, translating strategic technology direction into scalable engineering solutions.
Key responsibilities
- Own and guide architecture for strategic platform and modernisation initiatives.
- Define architecture patterns, technical standards and engineering guardrails.
- Lead architecture decisions for complex, cross-team technology initiatives.
- Partner with engineering teams to translate architecture into executable solutions.
- Review solution designs for scalability, resilience, security, maintainability and operational readiness.
- Identify architectural risks, dependencies and technical debt early in the delivery lifecycle.
- Reduce technical decision bottlenecks by providing senior-level architecture direction.
- Drive standardisation and reuse across engineering teams rather than allowing fragmented solutions.
- Mentor engineers and technical leads and strengthen architecture capability within the broader organisation.
- Support technology roadmap development and alignment between platform strategy and engineering execution.
Required Knowledge And Experiences
Required Knowledge and Experience: Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, CI/CD, DevSecOps, platform engineering and cloud-native delivery. Strong knowledge of modern software delivery technologies including Harness, source control, JFrog Artifactory, SonarQube, IaC, policy-as-code and developer platforms. Experience establishing architecture standards, reusable patterns, security controls and governance across enterprise engineering environments. Strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents and agentic workflows, with experience or demonstrated ability to integrate AI-assisted capabilities into the CI/CD lifecycle for intelligent automation, pipeline optimisation, troubleshooting, security analysis, knowledge discovery and engineering productivity. Knowledge of RAG, enterprise knowledge grounding, AI tool/API integration, Responsible AI and governance is highly desirable.
TransUnion Overview:
At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.
Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
TransUnion Job Title
Sr Architect, Software Development
Skills Required
- Extensive experience in enterprise architecture
- Experience with CI/CD
- Experience with DevSecOps
- Experience with platform engineering
- Experience with cloud-native delivery
- Knowledge of Harness
- Knowledge of source control systems
- Knowledge of JFrog Artifactory
- Knowledge of SonarQube
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code
- Knowledge of policy-as-code
- Experience establishing architecture standards, reusable patterns, security controls, and governance across enterprise engineering environments
- Strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, and agentic workflows
- Experience or demonstrated ability to integrate AI-assisted capabilities into the CI/CD lifecycle
- Knowledge of RAG, enterprise knowledge grounding, AI tool/API integration, Responsible AI, and governance
What the Team is Saying
TransUnion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options available from day one, plus mental-health resources and HSA/FSA support. Plan breadth and access appear strong, though costs can vary by selection.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave of about 12 weeks with a gradual return, along with adoption assistance, caregiver resources, and dependent-care FSA, is prominently offered. These provisions provide meaningful support for new parents and caregivers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, paid holidays, global wellness days, and paid volunteer time are part of the package. Time-off options are positioned as a notable strength when team norms support usage.
TransUnion Insights
What We Do
TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace. We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person. This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world. Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve. We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.
Why Work With Us
Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.
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