Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to accomplish their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Lead Architect to join the Experian Marketing Services architecture team. This critical role shapes the long-term technology strategy and ensures a scalable, secure, and interoperable enterprise architecture aligned with Experian's strategic goals. You will collaborate with business and technology teams to design a future-proof technology ecosystem that enables innovation, efficiency, and seamless integration across the organization.

As an important member of our architecture team, you will be more than just a technical expert; you will be a leader, a mentor, and a strategist. You will contribute to our most critical projects, using your unique blend of technical knowledge to shape our cloud ecosystem. You will report into the Director, Head of Architecture.

What you will do:

• Guide the Vision: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop the next generation of our cloud applications and infrastructure.
• Build Bridges: Be a critical link between teams to ensure technical projects align with strategic goals.
• Promote Excellence: Mentor engineers and promoting a culture of high-quality, secure, and automated development practices.
• Solving Complex Challenges: Architecting solutions for processing high-volume data workloads and ensuring our systems are secure and scalable.

Qualifications

What you will bring:

• 7+ years of hands on software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of experience in an architecture role.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing cloud migration strategies including workload assessment, migration planning, and adoption roadmaps.
• Experience developing secure cloud applications and infrastructure, applying best practices in cloud architecture, security, and DevOps automation; experience with large-scale data processing systems.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications and platforms, including re-architecting on-prem systems to run natively in the cloud.
• Experience with modernization strategies such as rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, and the evaluation of build vs. buy decisions.
• Experience with large-scale data processing using major cloud providers ( AWS or GCP)
• Experience designing across all architecture domains: application, data, infrastructure, security, and integration.
• Familiarity with non-functional requirements including scalability, performance, reliability, and security.
• Experience engaging with senior leadership, business owners, and technical teams.

Additional Information

What you will get:

• Work environment - excellent work conditions with friendly environment, recognized team spirit, and fun and quality recreation time.
• Social benefits package including life insurance, food vouchers, additional health insurance for you and a family member, monthly flex allowance including internet bill coverage, sick leave allowance, corporate discounts, marriage and childbirth / adoption allowance, Multisport card, Sharesave plan, Employee assistance program, а birthday gift and many more!
• Work-life balance - 25 days paid vacation, 1 additional day off for your birthday and extra 3 paid days for participation in social responsibility events.
• Opportunity for flexible working hours and home office.
• Personal Development - career pathways for professional growth supported by learning and development programmes and unlimited access to online educational training courses, learning materials and books.

Experian is an Equal opportunity employer. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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