Cloud & Security Architect

** Job Description

Summary:

**** The Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Director, Cloud Architect for Global Equipment Platforms (GEP).
** GEP supports connected equipment capabilities across Freestyle, dispensed equipment, coolers, digital racks, IoT-enabled assets, and future equipment ecosystems. As GEP continues to modernize and connect its equipment platforms, cloud architecture will be critical to enabling secure, scalable, reliable, and supportable technology capabilities across the global equipment ecosystem.  
** The Director, Cloud Architect will define and guide the cloud architecture, modernization strategy, operational readiness, and technical roadmap for GEP platforms and supporting applications.
** This role establishes architecture patterns, technology standards, governance practices, and cloud foundations that enable scalable application delivery, platform integration, data movement, security, observability, and future digital and AI capabilities.
** This is a senior individual contributor architecture leadership role
** responsible for setting GEP cloud architecture direction and providing hands-on technical leadership for strategic initiatives and complex issues. The role will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Platform, Unified IoT, Security, Operations, Data, Operating Units, Bottlers, vendors, and external delivery partners, while working within the broader enterprise architecture and technology framework.  
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* Key Responsibilities:

**** Define GEP Cloud Architecture and Strategy
*** Evaluate existing cloud architecture, applications, infrastructure, integration patterns, and operational capabilities across GEP; identify gaps and opportunities; and define target-state architecture and modernization roadmaps aligned to enterprise standards and business priorities.
* Lead architecture decisions across AWS, Azure, SaaS platforms, connected equipment services, APIs, data integration, and supporting enterprise technologies.
* Define reusable architecture patterns and reference designs for application hosting, integration, networking, identity, security, data movement, observability, resilience, and deployment.
* Partner with GEP Engineering, Platform, Unified IoT, Data, Security, and broader global architecture teams to ensure architecture standards are implementable, scalable, secure, cost-conscious, and operationally sustainable.
** Lead Platform Modernization and Technical Roadmaps
*** Define and maintain technology roadmaps for GEP cloud platforms and supporting applications, including modernization, migration, lifecycle management, technical debt reduction, and capability expansion.
* Lead cloud migration and transformation initiatives, including evaluation of workload suitability, dependencies, sequencing, risk, operational readiness, and transition planning.
* Balance strategic architecture direction with near-term delivery needs, platform stability, security requirements, supportability, and business value.
* Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend practical adoption paths based on measurable business and operational outcomes.
** Provide Hands-On Technical Leadership
*** Serve as a senior technical advisor and escalation point for complex cloud, application, infrastructure, integration, deployment, and connected-equipment issues.
* Engage directly with architecture, design, configuration, logs, data flows, and technical diagnostics as needed to clarify trade-offs, identify root causes, unblock teams, and drive resolution.
* Lead architecture reviews, solution evaluations, and technical assessments for strategic GEP initiatives.
* Provide technical guidance to internal engineering teams, operations teams, vendors, and external delivery partners while maintaining clear…