Azure Platform Architect | AI-Driven Engineering Leader

Invesco Ltd.; United States; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Invesco Ltd. seeks a Principal Cloud Engineer to lead the design and evolution of the enterprise Azure cloud platform, enabling AI-powered engineering across the firm.

You will drive platform architecture, governance, automation, and developer productivity while partnering with security and infrastructure teams. You will mentor engineers, define reference architectures, establish patterns, and evaluate new Azure and Generative AI technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate

Qualifications

• 10+ years of infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Azure engineering and architecture experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale cloud platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation frameworks, and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Experience leveraging automation, AI-assisted engineering tools, or Generative AI capabilities to improve engineering productivity.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve Azure cloud platform capabilities, landing zones, and shared services.
• Define reference architectures, engineering standards, and reusable patterns that enable secure and scalable cloud adoption.
• Lead technical decisions related to cloud architecture, resiliency, security, observability, and operational excellence.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging Azure, cloud-native, and Generative AI technologies that enhance platform capabilities, operational efficiency, and developer productivity.
• Help establish enterprise patterns for AI-enabled platforms, automation, and intelligent operations.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code, platform automation, and self-service capabilities using modern cloud engineering practices.
• Design and implement CI/CD, GitOps, and platform automation solutions that simplify cloud consumption and reduce operational overhead.
• Leverage Generative AI capabilities to automate engineering workflows, operational processes, incident response, knowledge management, and developer support.
• Establish governance, compliance, and policy-as-code controls across cloud environments.
• Partner with teams to improve operational reliability, lifecycle management, and cloud engineering efficiency through automation and AI-assisted solutions.

Skills

Azure

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Terraform

AI-assisted engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git

Job description

Invesco Ltd. seeks a Principal Cloud Engineer to lead the design and evolution of the enterprise Azure cloud platform, enabling AI-powered engineering across the firm.

You will drive platform architecture, governance, automation, and developer productivity while partnering with security and infrastructure teams. You will mentor engineers, define reference architectures, establish patterns, and evaluate new Azure and Generative AI technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate