Senior Cloud Architect – DevOps Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Create comprehensive enterprise cloud solutions encompassing compute, networking, identity, storage, data, and messaging services.

• Influence cloud architecture choices across Azure and AWS to ensure secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.

• Develop and manage disaster recovery strategies, including RTO/RPO objectives, failover procedures, backup and restore processes, and DR testing.

• Provide guidance and troubleshoot issues related to network segmentation and hybrid/cross-cloud connectivity among Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments.

• Design and automate deployments across AKS, serverless architecture, API Management, data services, messaging/streaming, and storage.

• Implement standardized CI/CD practices, including pipeline design, branching strategies, automated testing, release gating, and rollback procedures.

• Promote GitOps practices using ArgoCD and spearhead infrastructure automation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Oversee the architecture of shared Kubernetes clusters, focusing on namespaces, multi-tenancy, RBAC, workload isolation, and cluster networking.

• Set observability standards for monitoring, logging, alerting, and tracing processes.

• Direct incident response efforts and conduct post-mortems for infrastructure and deployment challenges.

• Act as a technical escalation point for complex architectural, deployment, and infrastructure matters.

• Assess tools to enhance automation, deployment speed, and reliability.

• Lead, mentor, recruit, and nurture a team of DevOps/platform engineers.

• Integrate DevSecOps practices in collaboration with security and compliance teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in Cloud Architecture, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering.

• More than 3 years of experience in people management.

• Proven track record in designing end-to-end enterprise cloud solutions.

• Practical experience in disaster recovery strategy development, including RTO/RPO, failover, backup/restore, and DR testing.

• Extensive hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.

• Strong hands-on experience with ArgoCD and GitOps.

• Broad expertise in Azure and AWS, covering networking, identity, storage, messaging, and managed data services.

• Established experience with Kubernetes/AKS, including shared or multi-tenant clusters, as well as serverless technologies.

• In-depth knowledge of network segmentation across Azure, AWS, and on-premises environments.

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or CloudFormation.

• Solid understanding of cloud security and IAM principles, including RBAC and managed identities.

• Excellent cross-functional communication skills, particularly with data engineering and network security teams.

• Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

• Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, or those related to DR/BCP are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care coverage.

• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary.

• Paid time off and company holidays.

• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay.

• Supportive culture with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical, and emotional health.

• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.