Distinguished Enterprise Architect, Infrastructure and Operations

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model : 2 days in-office

Distinguished Enterprise Architect, Infrastructure and Operations

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company : constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, youre in the right place.

Why this jobs a big deal

As the Distinguished Enterprise Architect for Infrastructure and Operations, youll set the strategy and standards that power reliability, speed, and safety across Pricelines platforms, networks, and run-time environments.

This role raises the architectural bar for Pricelines Infrastructure and Operationsbuilding reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective foundations so product teams can ship quickly without chaos. Youll unify platform engineering, SRE, networking, and multi-region cloud infrastructure into paved roads and guardrails that accelerate delivery, improve reliability, strengthen observability, reduce change-failure rate and MTTR, enable safe, scalable AI adoption, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

In this role you will get to

Define and evolve the target-state Infrastructure and Operations architecture aligned to Pricelines long-term business and technology objectives, with a pragmatic phased roadmap and measurable interim milestones.

Design and govern global, cloud-native platforms (e.g., Kubernetes / GKE, service mesh, data and messaging backbones, edge / CDN, identity / IAM, network architecture) that are resilient, scalable, secure, and cost-optimizedgrounded in explicit trade-offs.

Lead platform engineering strategyestablish paved roads / golden paths, an internal developer platform (IDP), reusable reference architectures, and self-service automation that shorten idea-to-production cycles.

Institutionalize SRE fundamentals and advance Infrastructure as Code and GitOps.

Embed security and privacy by designpartner with Security / Risk to implement Zero Trust, secrets and key management, vulnerability & patch orchestration, data protection, and regulatory controls (e.g., PCI, SOX, GDPR / CCPA) across platforms and pipelines.

Use business criticality classification to drive resiliency, capacity, and performance engineering requirements, with automated IaC policies for topology / redundancy, data protection, observability configuration, SLOs, change management requirements, and IAM policies.

Evaluate emerging technologies, patterns, and vendors to shape strategic roadmapsleading build / buy / partner analyses, proofs of concept, and TCO / ROI assessments to de-risk decisions.

Coach principal and staff engineers, uplevel engineering practices, and cultivate a culture of clarity, simplicity, and continuous improvement.

Who you are

Strategic thinker and clear communicator who can influence executives, peers, and engineers.

Deep experience across cloud infrastructure and operationsKubernetes / container platforms, platform engineering / IDP, networks, storage, observability, incident management, DR / BCP, and modern change management.

Hands?on engineering background with fluency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), automation (e.g., Python / Go), GitOps / CI / CD, service mesh, and production observability.

Cloud?native experienceideally GCP (e.g. GKE, Cloud Service Mesh, VPC, CloudSQL / AlloyDB / Spanner, BigQuery, Bigtable, GCE, GCS, Vertex AI, Looker) and Kafka.

Security?first mindset with practical knowledge of Zero Trust, IAM, secrets management, vulnerability management, and privacy / compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI, SOX, GDPR / CCPA).

FinOps?awareable to model and optimize cost / reliability / latency trade?offs at scale.

Bias for clarity and simplicityreducing complexity and enabling teams to move faster and smarter.

Analytical problem?framer who reduces ambiguity into clear, actionable components.

Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline : Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust.

The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; its a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics are essential.

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought / required. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and / or equity grant.

The salary range for this position is $210,000- $260,000K USD.

Inclusion is a Big Deal !

To be the best travel dealmakers in the world, we believe our team should reflect the broad range of customers and communities we serve. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees have the freedom to bring their individual perspectives, life experiences, and passion to work.

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. Wed love for you to join us and help shape what makes our team extraordinary.

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