DevOps Solution Architect

CLA is growing and seeking to hire an experienced Dev Ops Solution Architect to join our talented Information Technology team. The position offers growth, flexibility and a collaborative work environment.

This role leads the architecture, implementation, and continuous improvement of CLA’s Dev Ops capabilities, including CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, environment automation, and operational readiness for application and platform workloads. As a Dev Ops Solution Architect, you will design scalable delivery patterns, enable stable pre‑production environments, oversee reliable releases into production, and champion a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement across development, QA, security, and IT operations teams.

This role combines solution architecture with hands‑on Dev Ops engineering leadership across all CLA environments. In addition, this role helps set the strategy and vision for Dev Ops and platform engineering, ensuring secure, repeatable delivery, well‑defined standards, and strong monitoring, tooling, and governance.

• Define target‑state Dev Ops architecture and reference patterns for build, test, release and run across application portfolios.
• Partner with product, development, QA, security, and operations stakeholders to translate business and non‑functional requirements into delivery and reliability solutions.
• Define architecture and standards for CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, and release automation, including promotion controls, quality gates, deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags), and rollback.
• Architect and automate environment provisioning using infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration management; define secure standards for networking, identity, secrets, and configuration across environments.
• Define patterns and operational practices for containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes), including ingress, autoscaling, service discovery, and runtime security.
• Implement observability standards (monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting) and SLO/SLI reporting; lead incident response improvements and root‑cause analysis to drive remediation through automation and architectural changes.
• Document reference architectures and standards; maintain runbooks, onboarding guides, and reusable pipeline/IaC templates to drive consistent adoption across teams.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements through Dev Sec Ops  practices, secure configurations, evidence collection, and automated controls (including policy‑as‑code where applicable).
• Provide technical leadership for Dev Ops initiatives by prioritizing architectural work, identifying risks and bottlenecks, and aligning roadmaps across teams and projects.

• 6+ years of relevant experience in Dev Ops, platform engineering, SRE, or cloud engineering, including architecture and delivery leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree or a combination of relevant experience and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Strong proficiency with Git‑based version control, pull request workflows, and command‑line tooling.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Bash, Power Shell) and declarative configuration (YAML).
• Working knowledge of at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript/Type Script, or C#) for building automation, tooling, and integrations.
• Experience designing and operating solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform).
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (Azure Pipelines, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Git Lab CI) and pipeline design for multi‑environment promotion.
• Hands‑on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), including deployment patterns and operational considerations.
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration management (e.g., Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Cloud Formation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Familiarity with agile planning and work management tools (Azure Boards, Jira, or Git Lab Issues) and tracking delivery metrics.
• Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals (networking, identity, security, and resiliency) and container‑based runtime architectures.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD and Dev Sec Ops  concepts, including automated testing, security scanning, secrets management, and deployment strategies.

• Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Mental health coverage
• Quarterly Wellness stipend
• Fertility benefits
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well‑being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

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