Sr Cloud Infrastructure Architect - REMOTE from any EST or CST US-based location

CNO Financial Group, Inc.•St. Louis, MO

21h•$130,500 - $195,700•Remote

About The Position

CNO Financial Group’s IT Team is hiring a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect to independently define and drive cloud architecture strategy and implementation roadmaps. The role designs, governs, and evolves enterprise cloud platforms across Azure and AWS, emphasizing Infrastructure as Code, standardized architecture patterns, automation, and operational excellence. It operates with significant autonomy on complex assignments and leads enterprise initiatives to modernize infrastructure, enforce governance, and enable consistent, policy-driven cloud delivery. The architect partners with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, business teams, peer architects, technology leaders, third-party vendors, and managed services teams to deliver secure, resilient, cost-effective, and scalable cloud solutions. The position may be performed fully remotely from any U.S.-based EST or CST location. All work must be performed within the United States, and occasional travel to corporate offices may be required. Associates living within 60 miles of the Carmel, Indiana, or Chicago, Illinois, corporate offices may work from those locations as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of experience designing and implementing infrastructure or cloud solutions in one or more of these disciplines: Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Networking and Connectivity, Identity and Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevOps/CI-CD Automation, Cloud-Hosted Virtual Desktops, Enterprise Architecture, Network Architecture, or Server Architecture.
Strong working knowledge of enterprise cloud platforms; Azure is required and AWS is preferred.
Strong knowledge of cloud architecture principles, including networking, identity, and platform services.
Strong knowledge of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), including host pools, FSLogix, image management, autoscaling, networking, identity integration, and platform architecture.
Experience providing architectural oversight and governance for managed service providers, including reviewing solution designs, operational standards, service delivery practices, and technology roadmaps.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least two related industry certifications, including Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional, or Terraform- or DevOps-related certifications.
At least 7 years of experience designing and implementing infrastructure or cloud solutions within Azure and in one or more of the listed disciplines: Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Networking and Connectivity, Identity and Access Management, Platform Engineering, DevOps/CI-CD Automation, Cloud-Hosted Virtual Desktops, Enterprise Architecture, Network Architecture, or Server Architecture.
Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments.

Responsibilities

Design, govern, and evolve enterprise cloud platforms and foundational services, including networking, identity, and Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform, using version-controlled CI/CD pipelines and automation.
Develop, maintain, and enforce enterprise cloud architecture roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks that modernize legacy infrastructure and promote consistency, compliance, cost transparency, and operational efficiency.
Architect and oversee cloud platform services, including landing zones, subscription and account structures, identity and access management, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.
Collaborate with peer architects and technology leaders to align enterprise architecture domains and shared platform capabilities.
Design and govern cloud networking architectures across multiple regions, including hub-and-spoke topology, transit networks, routing strategies, VPN connectivity, and firewall integration.
Collaborate with engineering and application teams to define and review cloud solution architectures for alignment with enterprise standards, scalability requirements, and security policies.
Work with third-party vendors and the Managed Services team to develop and implement technology-enabled roadmaps, and provide architectural oversight and governance.
Identify, analyze, and recommend cloud technologies and platform capabilities based on business requirements, scalability needs, and cost considerations.
Establish operational excellence practices, including monitoring, alerting, cost optimization, and platform lifecycle management, to support reliability and performance.
Define and implement disaster recovery and resiliency strategies, including multi-region design patterns and high-availability architectures.
Define and govern cloud financial management practices, including capacity planning, cost allocation, chargeback/showback models, reserved-instance strategies, and cloud consumption optimization.
Document cloud architecture designs, standards, and processes to support maintainability and knowledge transfer.
Partner with Security Architecture and Engineering teams to establish secure-by-design cloud patterns, including network segmentation, privileged access management, encryption, vulnerability management, and regulatory compliance controls.
Train and mentor engineers and architects on cloud architecture standards, Infrastructure as Code practices, and platform engineering principles.