Lead Cloud and Systems Engineering

Position

Lead Cloud and Systems Engineering – Full Time/Exempt

Information Technology

Reports to: Vice President, Technology

Location: Arizona Cardinals (Tempe, AZ) –

NOTE:

Starting 2028, this role will be based at the new Arizona Cardinals Training Facility in North Phoenix, AZ.

Format: In-person

Application Requirements: Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. No visa sponsorship.

The Arizona Cardinals are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, passionate, and experienced enterprise applications lead with strong technology collaboration, development, migration, and integration experience. This position will be part of a dynamic and multifunctional technical team that supports Arizona Cardinals staff at the Tempe facilities and State Farm Stadium. The role involves planning and managing enterprise systems such as Cloud, Hybrid cloud, Cloud applications and integrations on‑premises server integrations, HRIS, Fintech, ERP, Legal, and other related computing technologies and systems.

It also encompasses managing cloud systems and applications (Azure, AWS, GCP) and ensuring enterprise architecture models are maintained coherently with considerations for extensibility, scalability, cybersecurity, and quality. The role provides technology thought leadership, facilitates alignment across teams, safeguards network systems 24/7/365, supports troubleshooting for Cardinals-related businesses and vendors, and participates in live event support, game‑day duties, training camp and extended trips, often requiring 7‑day work schedules.

• Work with all departments and business leaders to define strategic and tactical needs for technology‑enabled business processes; collaborate with VP of Technology and other leaders to develop/enhance the technology roadmap.
• Understand and execute cloud engineering techniques related to systems architecture, migration, integration and transformation.
• Manage the data systems team and provide leadership and support.
• Guide implementation of controls to ensure data quality and security; recommend data security, retention and archival strategies.
• Guide product, component, and vendor selection for specific projects, including evolution of ERP and CRM systems and other enterprise applications.
• Own maintenance, support, and continued enhancement of all applications within the organization.
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendor partners to provide support for outsourced applications.
• Define Enterprise Architecture strategies, principles, vision, standards, tools, and methodologies.
• Understand current enterprise application integration capabilities; utilize services‑based frameworks and other data integration technologies for continuous improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least eight (8) years of experience leading deployment and management of Cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP), ERP, financial, HRIS, and CRM systems.
• At least five (5) years of people and project management experience covering full lifecycle of software development projects.
• At least six (6) years of experience architecting and deploying cloud‑enabled solutions, including serverless computing technologies.
• Strong project management skills and experience implementing technical projects and system migrations.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture, including cloud application architecture, database architecture, and technology architecture.
• Exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) concepts and initiatives.
• Strong experience with cloud application integration frameworks; expertise in blob storage and functions/hooks.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Java, Ruby and knowledge of cloud automation, API security, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong experience with Dev Ops best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, release automation, application performance monitoring, production operations and software quality assurance.
• Prior experience as an IT systems administrator and/or server administrator (ideal).
• Experience with structured software…