Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. iCapital is a company focused on evolving core infrastructure for their global technology stack. They are seeking a Vice President of Platform Infrastructure Architecture to define and evolve technical standards for Kubernetes platforms, cloud networking, and API access, while ensuring scalability and security across regions.
Responsibilities
- Evolve platform architecture standards across core infrastructure domains
- Design and validate Kubernetes platform architecture, including cluster lifecycle, autoscaling strategies, node provisioning, and OS standards (e.g., EKS, Karpenter, Bottlerocket)
- Define cloud networking architecture patterns, including VPC design, routing, ingress/egress, TGW design and private connectivity
- Own architectural guidance for edge and traffic management, including CDN, DNS, and TLS strategies (e.g., Akamai, Cloudflare)
- Define and standardize API Gateway and north south access patterns for secure and consistent service exposure
- Establish and maintain multi account and multi cluster architecture standards supporting scale, isolation, and operational clarity
- Produce and maintain reference architectures, design documents, and architectural guardrails consumed by Platform Infrastructure engineers and application teams
- Review proposed platform designs and changes to ensure alignment with long term architecture strategy
- Stay hands on through proof of concepts, reference implementations, and technical deep dives to validate architectural decisions
- Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to ensure platform standards are practical, well understood, and broadly adopted
Skills
- 8+ years of experience in platform, cloud, or infrastructure engineering roles, with demonstrated architectural responsibility
- Strong hands on experience designing and operating Kubernetes platforms in production environments
- Deep understanding of AWS infrastructure, including networking, security primitives, and managed services
- Experience designing cloud networking and edge architectures, including ingress/egress and traffic management
- Proven ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear standards and reference architectures
- Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor with influence across multiple teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain architectural decisions to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Certifications (AWS / Kubernetes) are a plus but not required
Benefits
- Equity for all full-time employees
- An annual performance bonus
- An employer matched retirement plan
- Generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling
- Parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday
Company Overview
Dice is a job-searching platform for technology professionals. It is a sub-organization of DHI Group. It was founded in 1990, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.dice.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Dice has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.