Associate Director – Enterprise Cloud Architect

Role Overview

• Define and maintain the enterprise cloud architecture roadmap aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Design secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions primarily on Azure, with integration and interoperability across AWS.
• Establish cloud governance frameworks, standards, and best practices.
• Manages annual budget and contracts for Cloud services.
• Maintains Cloud services roadmap and ensures execution of the roadmap through demand pipelines.
• Drives Cloud service modernization efforts and stays current with emerging technologies.
• Lead and mentor a distributed team of MSP-provided engineers across onshore and offshore locations.
• Review and approve Cloud solution architecture, standards, and diagrams created by MSP.
• Monitor KPIs and SLAs to ensure high performance and accountability from service providers.
• Collaborate with procurement and vendor management teams to evaluate and onboard new technologies and services.
• Oversee implementation of cloud infrastructure, automation, and orchestration solutions.
• Optimize cloud performance, reliability, and cost management.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and disaster recovery strategies for cloud workloads.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to implement robust controls and respond to audits and assessments.
• Maintain documentation and change management processes aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Ensure all cloud solutions adhere to financial industry regulations (e.g., FINRA, SOX, etc.).
• Collaborate with security teams to implement robust identity, access management, and encryption strategies.
• Act as a subject matter expert in Cloud technologies and trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or System/Computer is preferred (Master’s preferred).
• 8+ years in Cloud engineering, with 3+ years in cloud architecture role.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and strong working knowledge of AWS.
• Experience leading distributed teams, including offshore resources and MSP engagements.
• Proven track record in designing and implementing secure cloud solutions in highly regulated environments.
• Proficiency in Terraform, ARM templates, or similar IaC tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization.
• Strong understanding of networking, identity management, and security principles in cloud environments.
• Proven experience managing distributed Cloud engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance in financial services.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in implementing Technical specifications.
• Worked on ITIL incident, problem, and service request resolution for customers.
• Experience in production incident handling, Change Requests, and Change management.
• Create and maintain support documentation (operation run book, data flow diagrams, architecture diagrams, Incident responses, RCA's).
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Customer service and quality-focused with proven process improvement skills.
• Innovative problem solving, research, and analytical skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize work effectively.
• Highly motivated self-starter.
• Strong sense of ownership and driven to manage tasks to completion.
• Financial services industry experience.
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification preferred.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Cyber Security
• Terraform

Benefits

• We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees and offer a quality, competitive benefits package that provides valuable healthcare and financial protection for our workforce, while emphasizing a healthy work/life balance.
• You Time: We want you to have the time needed to recharge and manage life with our competitive vacation policy, floating personal holidays, extensive leave options, our annual observed holidays, and more.
• Family Care: Every family has a different journey and ORIX USA Group is proud to offer extensive benefit programs such as: infertility coverage, adoption support, child and elder care, fully paid maternity, and generous parental leave benefits to help you and your families along the way.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: ORIX associates enjoy the advantages of our hybrid working model with a 3 day in-office minimum requirement.