Business Technology - Cloud Architect
About The Position
WoodmenLife is seeking a Cloud Architect to lead the evolution of its enterprise Azure platform and shape the technology foundation for its cloud-first and AI-enabled future. This strategic, highly visible role defines cloud strategy, establishes enterprise standards, guides modernization, and ensures the platform enables secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions. The Cloud Architect also serves as Product Owner for the Nimbus Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE), driving cloud adoption, platform maturity, governance, and reusable capabilities. The role is part of the Enterprise Architecture organization and partners with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Business Process Architects, Application Services, Technical Services/Infrastructure, Information Security, the Data & AI organization, product teams, and Agile Release Trains. It operates at a platform and strategy level rather than owning applications, and influences enterprise-wide technology strategy and cloud decisions. The Cloud Architect will shape initiatives involving Azure landing zones and platform modernization, cloud adoption and migrations, AI-enabled cloud capabilities, Dynamics 365 modernization and integration, Snowflake and enterprise data modernization, legacy system transformation, and FinOps maturity. WoodmenLife describes its culture as collaborative and people-focused, with a strong work-life balance that includes Friday afternoons off year-round. The position is remote and reports to the Director, Enterprise & Cloud Architecture. Applicants must already be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- 12 or more years of progressive IT experience.
- 7 or more years of cloud or infrastructure architecture experience.
- Strong experience designing enterprise solutions in Microsoft Azure.
- Proven ability to define architecture standards, governance models, and design patterns.
- Experience leading cloud platform or Cloud Center of Excellence initiatives.
- Experience serving as a Product Owner or managing platform backlogs.
- Experience with enterprise modernization and cloud adoption.
- Strong stakeholder communication and executive presence.
- Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; WoodmenLife will not sponsor work visas.
- Applicants must submit a resume containing their full name, current residential address, email address, and phone number.
- Candidates must successfully pass applicable criminal background, credit, fingerprint, drug-screen, and reference checks; credit and fingerprint checks apply where required for the position.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in regulated industries such as insurance or financial services.
- Master’s degree in a related field.
- Azure certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain enterprise cloud architecture aligned with business and technology strategy.
- Develop cloud standards, reference architectures, and design patterns; maintain architecture artifacts in enterprise repositories.
- Ensure cloud platforms meet requirements for scalability, resiliency, security, and efficiency.
- Guide the evolution of reusable platform capabilities and services.
- Support development and execution of enterprise cloud strategy and identify opportunities to improve agility, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Guide enterprise cloud adoption and workload migration initiatives; evaluate emerging technologies, including AI and advanced cloud services, and advise teams on appropriate Azure capabilities.
- Serve as Product Owner for the Nimbus Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE), defining and prioritizing the cloud platform backlog and roadmap.
- Partner with engineering teams to deliver platform improvements and drive adoption of reusable services, automation, and consistent cloud practices.
- Ensure cloud solutions align with enterprise architecture standards; lead architecture reviews and provide strategic guidance.
- Define and enforce cloud governance practices and guardrails, and identify and mitigate architectural risks related to cloud usage.
- Partner with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Data, Infrastructure, and Business Process Architects to maintain alignment across domains.
- Influence stakeholders across technology and business teams.
- Promote responsible cloud consumption and cost transparency; identify optimization opportunities, guide teams on cost-effective architecture patterns, and support enterprise FinOps maturity and accountability.
- Lead the Azure Community of Practice, mentor architects and engineering teams, promote best practices and knowledge sharing, and support continuous learning and cloud capability development.
- Guide modernization initiatives and cloud adoption efforts and ensure solutions align with enterprise cloud standards.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package.
- Comprehensive benefits package; details are provided on WoodmenLife’s benefits website.
- Strong work-life balance, including Friday afternoons off year-round.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
