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Principal Forward Deployed Architect
Location
Worldwide
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19 days ago
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Job Description
Principal Forward Deployed Architect
Atlassian
Role Description The Forward Deployed Architect (FDA) is a trusted transformation architect who combines enterprise-grade technical design with consulting-grade business acumen to shape how strategic customers adopt Atlassian as their operating system for work. This is not a traditional Solutions Engineer role, nor a hands-on-keyboard engineering role. The FDA is the architect in the room — the person who turns a CIO's ambiguous “modernize how we work” into a credible, phased, AI-native architecture and the business transformation plan that makes it stick across HR, Finance, Marketing, PMO, Operations, and Engineering. You will be embedded with 1–3 strategic accounts at a time, typically for 3–9 months each, owning both the technical truth and the business transformation narrative end-to-end. What You'll Do - Business Transformation & Expansion - Design the customer's System of Work across functions using Jira, Confluence, Rovo, and the broader Atlassian platform. - Lead process and workflow transformation from current state to future state, including operating model design, Center of Excellence structures, RACI, governance, and platform team design. - Expand Atlassian beyond the development buyer into HR, Finance, Marketing, PMO, Operations, and other business teams through cross-functional workflow design. - Drive AI adoption for knowledge workers through practical, workflow-based use cases embedded into daily work. - Support adoption through change management, enablement, and success metrics. - Own and evolve the System of Work blueprint based on outcomes, feedback, and usage data. - Architecture & Technical Design - Own the target-state architecture for strategic enterprise customers across the Atlassian System of Work — Plans, Goals, Work, Knowledge, Code, and AI (Rovo, Teamwork Graph, Atlassian Intelligence). - Design across the full stack: multi-tenant SaaS, identity & SSO (SAML/OIDC/SCIM), data residency, integration patterns (REST/GraphQL/event-driven), Forge & Connect app strategy, Marketplace ecosystem, and migration paths (Server/DC → Cloud, Cloud-to-Cloud). - Co-design AI-native workflows — Rovo agents, knowledge grounding, Teamwork Graph enrichment, AI governance, and human-in-the-loop patterns. - Ship durable artifacts — reference architectures, ADRs, Forge prototypes, Terraform/IaC modules, Compass scorecards, automation rule libraries — that survive past the engagement. - Orchestration & Influence - Lead executive discovery with CIOs, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and Heads of Platform — translating business outcomes into capability roadmaps and phased delivery plans. - Orchestrate execution across SE, SA, TAS/FDE, Professional Services, Partners, and customer stakeholders. - Close the loop with Product — capture patterns from the field and convert them into prioritized, well-articulated product and platform requirements. - Mentor and uplevel Senior Solution Engineers, Solution Architects, and Partner Architects. - Represent Atlassian externally through conference talks, reference architecture publications, and Developer Community contributions. Qualifications - 8–12+ years in customer-facing technical, advisory, consulting, or transformation roles. - A track record of owning and delivering end-to-end transformations at Fortune 1000, large regulated, or public sector customers — not only scoping them. - Executive presence and exceptional written communication; able to produce a memo, ADR, or design doc that stands up to executive review. - Strong workflow and systems thinking, including the ability to map complex processes and design scalable ways of working across business functions. - Comfort with enterprise architecture concepts: cloud-native design, integration patterns, identity, security, and data. - Ability to prototype, debug, and read code in at least one of: Java/Kotlin, TypeScript/Node, Python. - Cross-functional credibility with IT, PMO, HR, Finance, and senior business stakeholders. - Willingness to travel 25–50% and operate across customer time zones. Requirements - Deep cloud-native architecture experience on AWS or equivalent hyperscaler, including multi-region, multi-tenant SaaS, identity, security, and data. - Prior experience at a SaaS vendor's Forward Deployed, Customer Engineering, or Professional Services team. - Or senior architect / Principal Consultant experience at a major SI or Atlassian Solution Partner with a track record of leading platform transformations. - Management or technology consulting background, including Big 4, boutique, or internal strategy. - Domain depth in one or more of: DevOps / Platform Engineering, ITSM/ESM, Agile-at-Scale, FSI, Public Sector, Healthcare. - Experience designing on Forge, the Atlassian Marketplace ecosystem, or large Atlassian Cloud migrations. - AI/LLM architecture experience including RAG, knowledge graphs, agent design, and AI governance. - Relevant certifications such as ACP, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, TOGAF, or CISSP. - Public artifacts including conference talks, open source contributions, published reference architectures, or blogs. Benefits - Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. - Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more.
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