Senior Cloud Architect & DevOps Manager
On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Full TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Job Summary
Design end-to-end enterprise cloud solutions across Azure and AWS, defining disaster recovery strategies and managing shared Kubernetes cluster architecture. Architect and automate deployment practices using GitOps with ArgoCD and Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform and Bicep. Lead a team of DevOps engineers, establish engineering excellence standards, and drive observability and incident response protocols for hybrid connectivity issues.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in Cloud Architecture, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering
- 3+ years of people management experience
- Proven experience designing end-to-end enterprise cloud solutions, not just deploying to existing architecture
- Hands-on experience defining and implementing disaster recovery strategy (RTO/RPO, failover, backup/restore, DR testing)
- Deep hands-on CI/CD expertise (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
- Strong hands-on ArgoCD/GitOps experience
- Broad Azure and AWS experience, including networking, identity, storage, messaging, and managed data services
- Proven Kubernetes (AKS) experience, including shared/multi-tenant clusters, plus serverless
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end network segmentation across Azure, AWS, and on-prem, sufficient to troubleshoot hybrid and cross-cloud issues
- Strong IaC experience (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation)
- Solid grasp of cloud security and IAM (RBAC, managed identities)
- Strong cross-functional communication, especially with data engineering and network security teams
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
Desired Qualifications
- Certifications a plus: Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, or DR/BCP-related certifications
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