DevOps Solution Architect

Role Overview

• Lead the architecture, implementation, and continuous improvement of CLA’s DevOps capabilities, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, environment automation, and operational readiness for application and platform workloads.
• Design scalable delivery patterns, enable stable pre-production environments, oversee reliable releases into production.
• Champion a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement across development, QA, security, and IT operations teams.
• Define target-state DevOps architecture and reference patterns for build, test, release, and run across application portfolios.
• Partner with product, development, QA, security, and operations stakeholders to translate business and non-functional requirements into delivery and reliability solutions.
• Define architecture and standards for CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, and release automation.
• Architect and automate environment provisioning using infrastructure-as-code and configuration management.
• Implement observability standards (monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting) and SLO/SLI reporting; lead incident response improvements and root-cause analysis to drive remediation through automation and architectural changes.
• Document reference architectures and standards; maintain runbooks, onboarding guides, and reusable pipeline/IaC templates to drive consistent adoption across teams.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements through DevSecOps practices, secure configurations, evidence collection, and automated controls.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or cloud engineering
• Bachelor's degree or a combination of relevant experience and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong proficiency with Git-based version control, pull request workflows, and command-line tooling.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Bash, PowerShell) and declarative configuration (YAML).
• Working knowledge of at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C#) for building automation, tooling, and integrations.
• Experience designing and operating solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform).
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) and pipeline design for multi-environment promotion.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management (e.g., Terraform, Bicep/ARM, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Familiarity with agile planning and work management tools (Azure Boards, Jira, or GitLab Issues) and tracking delivery metrics.
• Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals (networking, identity, security, and resiliency) and container-based runtime architectures.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD and DevSecOps concepts, including automated testing, security scanning, secrets management, and deployment strategies.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Azure
• Chef
• Cloud
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• JavaScript
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Puppet
• Python
• Terraform
• TypeScript

Benefits

• Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Mental health coverage
• Quarterly Wellness stipend
• Fertility benefits