Cloud Architect

AAA-The Auto Club Group•MI-Admin Office Building (AOB), MI

7d•$121,035 - $174,834•Remote

About The Position

The Cloud Architect leads the design and delivery of secure, customer-centric cloud solutions integrated with on-premises systems. The role guides ACG’s cloud strategy, adoption, architecture, management, and monitoring as technology evolves, and serves as a subject matter expert in AWS and GCP. The architect defines cloud solution designs, works with business and technical teams, and provides cross-training and knowledge transfer to colleagues. This remote position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It may be performed from a home office for day-to-day operations, with occasional travel for meetings, collaborative activities, or team building if specified by leadership. The position’s compensation range is $121,035.20 to $174,834.40 annually, with annual performance-based bonus potential.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Mathematics, or Engineering; alternatively, an equivalent combination of education, certifications, and work experience.
At least 6 years of experience.
GCP or AWS certification is required.
At least 2 years of experience with the AWS and/or GCP platform, architecture, and related technologies.
At least 2 years of experience as an architect specializing in at least one technology domain, such as cloud computing, data management, integration, security, infrastructure, or application development.
At least 2 years of experience supporting software development projects using cloud technologies; past roles may include systems architect, software developer, and/or systems engineer.
Ability to understand business objectives and translate them into conceptual architecture.
Ability to analyze business operations and processes, understand their relationships, and drive business process optimization.
Experience with modern development and testing techniques, such as continuous delivery and continuous integration.

Nice To Haves

At least 5 years of hands-on GCP experience designing and supporting enterprise cloud solutions.
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification and practical GCP architecture experience.
Strong GCP networking experience, including VPC, Shared VPC, Private Service Connect, load balancing, routing, private connectivity, and hybrid connectivity.
Hands-on Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience, including reusable modules, CI/CD pipelines, and technical review of infrastructure changes.
Strong knowledge of GKE/GKE Autopilot, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, AlloyDB, Pub/Sub, and other GCP-native services.
Strong understanding of GCP IAM, service accounts, least-privilege access, organization policies, security controls, and cloud governance.
Experience with GCP landing zones, organization and project structures, migrations, modernization, high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, and operational readiness.
Experience performing cloud architecture and technical design reviews, identifying risks, establishing standards, and recommending secure and supportable GCP solutions.
Ability to act as a GCP technical subject matter expert, providing technical direction and troubleshooting complex platform, security, networking, and application-integration issues.
Strong collaboration and communication skills across Cloud Engineering, CloudOps, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Network, application teams, vendors, and Google Cloud technical resources.
Strong experience with the Atlassian ecosystem and Jenkins, including hands-on support of CI/CD pipelines, automated GCP infrastructure deployments, cross-functional project tracking, and enterprise documentation standards.

Responsibilities

Lead, facilitate, analyze, and design the development of seamless, customer-centric solutions.
Define, design, and deliver cloud architecture for enterprise applications hosted or built natively in the cloud and integrated with on-premises systems.
Oversee ACG’s cloud computing strategy, including cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, cloud management, cloud security, and monitoring.
Steer architecture strategy as technology evolves.
Serve as a subject matter expert on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Define conceptual, logical, and physical designs for cloud-based solutions.
Collaborate with business units, application developers, security teams, and infrastructure engineers to design and build application components in GCP, AWS, and other cloud providers.
Provide cross-training and knowledge transfer to colleagues, particularly on GCP and AWS platforms.
Perform cloud architecture and technical design reviews, identify risks, establish standards, and recommend secure and supportable GCP solutions.
Provide technical direction and troubleshoot complex platform, security, networking, and application-integration issues.
Support CI/CD pipelines, automated GCP infrastructure deployments, cross-functional project tracking, and enterprise documentation standards.

Benefits

Medical plans with multiple coverage options, including HSA eligibility.
Prescription drug coverage.
Dental and vision benefits.
Employee Assistance Program.
Company-paid basic life insurance; optional supplemental life insurance and dependent coverage.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Critical illness, accident, and pet insurance options.
401(k) plan, including a 50% company match on employee contributions up to 6% of pay, subject to the stated payment timing and eligibility terms.
Additional company retirement contribution of 4% of pay each payday, subject to vesting terms.
Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
Accrual-based paid time off, increasing with tenure and subject to eligibility terms.
Company-paid holidays, a mental health day, floating holidays, and volunteer day for eligible full-time employees.
Paid leave programs, including parental, bereavement, jury duty, and military leave.
Tuition assistance up to $5,250 annually, with 80% covered by ACG.
100% reimbursement for eligible professional certification programs.
Career development and advancement opportunities.
Complimentary AAA membership with roadside assistance and travel discounts.
Adoption assistance program.
Annual performance-based bonus potential.