Cloud Platform Architect Manager

Addison Group; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 126,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a Cloud Platform Architect Manager to lead a talented team in designing and maintaining scalable Azure-based solutions. This role is pivotal in optimizing cloud infrastructure, ensuring alignment with architectural standards, and enabling seamless data capabilities across the organization. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in cloud architecture, strong leadership skills, and a strategic mindset. If you are passionate about cloud technologies and enjoy mentoring teams, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

401(k)

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud platform design, mainly in Azure.
• Experience leading global cloud architecture teams.
• Hands-on with Azure services and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of architects to deliver cloud platform solutions.
• Mentor team members on Azure capabilities and best practices.
• Define architectural standards and oversee their implementation.

Skills

Cloud Platform Architecture

Azure Services

CI/CD Pipelines

Leadership

Data Security

System Design

Compliance Standards

Agile Methodologies

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Git

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

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We are seeking a Cloud Platform Architect Manager to lead a team of architects and cloud platform administrators in designing, building, and maintaining scalable Azure-based platform solutions. This role focuses on optimizing cloud infrastructure to support evolving business needs, ensuring alignment with architectural standards, and enabling seamless data capabilities across the organization.

This position reports to the Head of Global Data Engineering and BI and will directly manage a team of two employees and four to six contractors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of platform architects, ensuring clear assignment and timely delivery of work that aligns with team skillsets and organizational standards.
• Conduct performance management for direct reports, including goal setting, progress reviews, and career development conversations.
• Build strategic and tactical roadmaps to align with short- and long-term business objectives and oversee their implementation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment on cloud platform strategies, risks, opportunities, and progress.
• Provide mentorship on leveraging Azure capabilities such as secure configurations, monitoring, logging, and system integrations.
• Deliver architectural solutions and documentation for complex business challenges.
• Define and enforce architectural standards, governance frameworks, and best practices in collaboration with data engineering, analytics, and enterprise architecture teams.
• Guide technical decisions on Azure services, system configuration, integration, and automation strategies using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools.
• Ensure platform compliance with enterprise security standards, including identity management, access control, and data encryption.
• Oversee capacity planning, cost optimization, and performance tuning for cloud platform environments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and conduct proof of concepts (POCs) to enhance platform capabilities.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of experience designing and architecting cloud platform solutions, primarily within Azure environments.
• 3+ years of experience leading cloud architecture and administration teams in a global setting.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services including VMs, Functions, Containers, Storage, Cosmos DB, Messaging, and Security tools.
• Strong understanding of enterprise-grade data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake.
• Demonstrated expertise in large-scale system design with a focus on performance, security, and cost-efficiency.
• Familiarity with compliance standards and data protection (e.g., RBAC, GDPR, PCI, data encryption).
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git version control, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Azure DevOps).

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication abilities.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Collaborative and adaptable, with an agile mindset and a focus on continuous learning.
• Comfortable working in globally distributed teams and navigating cross-cultural communication

Nice to Have:

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification.
• Experience with Terraform and managing IaaS/PaaS environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Experience with agile methodologies and tools like JIRA and Confluence.
• Industry experience in retail or other high-volume data environments.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Oil and Gas

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