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Senior Cloud Architect

Summary

Lead the design and management of Azure-based cloud platform services, overseeing DevOps/CI/CD pipelines, hybrid container platforms (OpenShift/AKS), IaC, and observability solutions while enforcing security and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, build, and ongoing management of the cloud platform service, with a primary focus on Azure and cloud-native services, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure PaaS offerings.

  • Architect, implement, and maintain cloud platform services, driving modernization and continuous improvement to meet evolving business and regulatory requirements.

  • Oversee the DevOps and automation platform, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and integration of best practices to accelerate delivery, reliability, and operational efficiency.

  • Manage and optimize the hybrid container platform, leveraging technologies such as Red Hat OpenShift to support diverse application workloads.

  • Establish and enforce engineering standards, architecture blueprints, operational procedures, and runbooks for all aspects of the cloud platform.

  • Champion cloud platform security, compliance, and cost optimization across all platform services, ensuring alignment with industry regulations and internal policies.

  • Collaborate with architects, application teams, external vendors, and offshore partners to ensure strategic alignment and seamless delivery of cloud platform capabilities.

  • Mentor and inspire a high-performing team of cloud architects and engineers, fostering a collaborative, growth-focused environment.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise with cloud platforms, Azure (preferred), or AWS/GCP, including extensive use of cloud-native services.

  • Expert-level experience designing, building, and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins.

  • Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform, ARM templates, CloudFormation, or similar.

  • Proven production experience with container orchestration, including OCP/AKS, covering cluster management and service mesh.

  • Advanced scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell for infrastructure and tooling automation.

  • Demonstrated experience implementing comprehensive observability solutions, including monitoring, logging, and tracing with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or Application Insights.

  • Solid understanding of cloud security best practices, secrets management, and compliance frameworks relevant to financial institutions.

  • Strong grasp of cloud networking concepts, including VPNs, load balancers, API gateways, and DNS.

  • Hands-on experience with Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) solutions, specifically implementing and managing Ping Identity platforms.

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