Cloud Solutions Architect

Role Overview

• Serve as visionary and strategist for solution product areas associated with Azure.
• Provides consultation to application owners, business partners and peer groups regarding long and short-range architecture solutions to meet business objectives.
• Recommends solutions and develops business case alternatives that anticipate the future direction of the business, business drivers and technology strategy in context of cloud solutions
• Aligns new solutions to the current architectural principles regarding standards and integration in the organization.
• Lead cloud modernization and migration initiatives (e.g., App Gateway V1→V2, Azure SQL, Fabric), ensuring scalable, cost‑effective, and reusable solution designs.
• Partnering with other IT teams to define and govern cloud networking strategy, including Private Endpoints, DNS patterns, and segmentation models.
• Drive architecture governance, roadmaps, platform standards, guardrails, and futurization workshops, incorporating Microsoft best practices and reference architectures.
• Produce high‑quality reference architectures and Lucid diagrams that translate requirements into clear, actionable designs.
• Balance the functional and nonfunctional requirements with necessary compromises while maintaining project scope.
• Mentor and guide less experienced associates, while owning and strengthening the technical relationship with Microsoft.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science, information-technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study
• 5+ years of cloud infrastructure experience, Azure preferred
• Must have experience in at least two IT solution development disciplines, including technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or cloud development
• Insurance knowledge a plus [OR] equivalent level of education and experience
• Experience with the entire Software Development Lifecycle from Analysis to Deployment of Software/Apps.
• Experience working with various technology stacks across frontend and backend including databases.
• Knowledge of various aspects of an enterprise technology architecture like business, information, data, network and security.
• Contributor towards information technology principles and processes definition and implementation.
• Knowledge of financial models and budgeting.
• Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
• Knowledge and understanding of different scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, etc)
• Understanding and knowledge of IT standards and controls.
• Excellent understanding of application development methodologies and infrastructure and network architecture.
• Understanding and knowledge of Business domain.
• Experience analyzing and resolving moderately complex, cross-system issues.
• Excellent analytical, planning, organizational and technical and skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with developers in an in-and-out outsourced environment.

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• DNS
• ITSM
• Python
• SQL

Benefits

• Annual bonus plans
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) — automatic 3% company contribution
• Annual 401k and ESOP profit-sharing contributions (Up to 15% of eligible earnings)
• Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Paid volunteer time off (VTO) to support our communities
• Parental and family care leave
• Flexible & hybrid work arrangements
• Fitness center discounts and free virtual fitness platform
• Employee assistance program
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• 2x base salary for group life and AD&D insurance
• Voluntary life, critical illness, & accident insurance for purchase
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Training & certification opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Education bonuses