Enterprise Cloud Architect

Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Define enterprise cloud strategy, reference architectures, and design patterns aligned with business modernization roadmaps.
• Lead enterprise architecture discipline across domains in conjunction with business and IT leadership.
• Identify and analyze emerging technology trends relevant to the organization.
• Lead strategy development for assigned domains and detect critical deficiencies, legacy systems, and technical debt.
• Develop, maintain, and evolve architecture context (current, transition, and future state) across domains.
• Build consensus across technical and business stakeholders on cloud adoption and architectural direction.
• Clarify and document integration between on-prem and cloud systems with a focus on security, compliance, and governance.

Cloud Solutions & Design

• Architect and design cloud solutions (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) that meet business requirements, compliance, and cost optimization goals.
• Partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into enterprise and cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Lead evaluation and selection of cloud and technology product standards.
• Design infrastructure-as-code frameworks and reusable components.
• Establish governance frameworks, technology standards, and architectural principles.

Platform Engineering & Operations

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
• Develop and oversee automation frameworks and configuration management practices.
• Establish infrastructure monitoring, observability, and operational standards.
• Ensure architecture and automation satisfy regulatory compliance and security controls.
• Participate in operational escalation and on-call support as needed.
• Coach, mentor, and collaborate with technical subject matter experts and architecture peers.
• Mentor application and infrastructure teams on cloud capabilities and DevOps best practices.
• Communicate architectural vision and technical decisions to executive, technical, and business audiences.
• Develop technology roadmaps and maintain reusable architecture documentation and patterns.
• Serve as internal cloud and architecture subject‑matter expert.

Requirements

• 10+ years of IT experience with progressive responsibility.
• 5+ years of enterprise or solutions architecture experience, preferably in a leadership role.
• 5+ years designing and implementing highly available, scalable cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• 3+ years architecting and deploying cloud services for enterprise environments.
• 2+ years establishing observability and operational excellence solutions (metrics, logging, tracing).
• 2+ years with IT controls, compliance frameworks, and security standards.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams and influencing senior-level stakeholders.
• Expert-level infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
• Strong cloud platform knowledge with cost optimization expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Advanced understanding of cloud security, identity, and compliance (IAM, encryption, VPC).
• Experience with the following:
  • Automation scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, BASH)
  • Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS)
  • CI/CD pipeline design and DevOps workflows (Terraform)
  • Configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
  • Network fundamentals (VPC design, routing, load balancing, DNS)
  • Software development methodologies and QA standards
  • Industry standards and architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ITIL)
• Ability not only to architect, but to build.

Preferred

• Financial systems integration/implementation experience.
• Any of the following certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or equivalent enterprise cloud certification (Azure, GCP, TOGAF).

This is a Direct Hire opportunity with our Kansas City, MO client. Excellent medical/dental benefits and annual bonus opportunity. H1-B visa sponsorship is not available for this position. No third-parties, please.

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