Cloud Platform Architect

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, highly available, resilient, and secure cloud solutions leveraging IaaS and PaaS services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Lead cloud migration initiatives, including re‑hosting, re‑platforming, refactoring, and re‑architecting legacy and on‑premises workloads with a strong emphasis on security posture improvement and risk reduction.
• Drive application and infrastructure modernization programs to improve scalability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to define cloud‑native reference architectures, security guardrails, and modernization roadmaps.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, availability, reliability, security hardening, and cost efficiency.
• Establish and manage cloud security architectures and governance frameworks, aligned with industry standards and internal security policies.
• Design and enforce identity‑first security, including IAM strategies, least‑privilege access controls, role‑based access, identity federation, and secrets management.
• Design and implement secure cloud networking architectures, including VPN, Direct Connect, Express Route, and Cloud Interconnect.
• Configure and enforce network segmentation, micro‑segmentation, zero‑trust architectures, and advanced network security controls.
• Secure containers, Kubernetes, serverless, and microservices environments, including image scanning, runtime protection, and policy enforcement.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, and Azure ARM/Bicep templates with built‑in security, policy, and compliance controls.
• Design and evolve Dev Sec Ops  CI/CD pipelines, integrating security scanning, policy enforcement, and automated compliance validation.
• Define and implement cloud security observability, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident response integration.
• Evaluate emerging cloud and security technologies, driving continuous improvement of platform security and resilience.
• Develop, document, and present architecture diagrams, security models, threat assessments, technical documentation, roadmaps, and executive‑level presentations.
• Define and operate cloud operating models, including security governance, Fin Ops, tagging standards, resource governance, and operational excellence frameworks.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field with eight (8) years of related experience.
• Seven (7) years of hands‑on cloud architecture or engineering experience, including ownership of secure production environments.
• Proficient in at least one major cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP, with strong cross‑cloud security fundamentals.
• In‑depth understanding of cloud networking, cloud security, containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, and microservices.
• Confirmed experience with cloud security controls, including IAM, encryption, key management, network security, and zero‑trust principles.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud governance, monitoring, observability, Fin Ops, and cost management.
• Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO, SOC, CIS, PCI, or similar).
• Experience embedding security into architecture design, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines (Dev Sec Ops ).
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and customer‑management skills, with the ability to influence engineering, security, and executive stakeholders.

Base Pay Range: $–$ annually.

Primary

Location:

Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.