Cloud Platform Lead & Automation Architect

Farm Bureau Financial Services; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

401(k) matching program

Health, dental, vision benefits

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Farm Bureau Financial Services seeks a Lead Cloud Platform Developer to design, implement, and operate cloud platform capabilities that accelerate cloud adoption and boost developer productivity across the enterprise.

You will lead complex initiatives, provide architectural guidance, and drive automated deployment pipelines while collaborating with Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure teams to meet reliability and security goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years in cloud engineering, infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps or related roles.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud architecture and operating practices.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably Terraform.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and drive adoption of cloud platform tooling, automation, reusable services, and engineering capabilities that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.
• Lead complex platform initiatives from design through implementation, operational support, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for cloud platform challenges, providing architectural guidance and implementation direction.
• Design, build, and support CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and release automation processes using modern DevOps practices.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts and resolution of complex platform issues and major incidents across cloud environments.
• Develop and enhance cloud platform capabilities that enable secure, scalable, and reliable application delivery.
• Contribute to the development and evolution of enterprise cloud standards, governance practices, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with application development teams to support cloud migrations, platform onboarding, environment modernization, and adoption initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design discussions, mentoring, and code reviews that improve engineering quality and consistency.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Information Security, Infrastructure Operations, and development teams to ensure platform solutions meet business, security, reliability, and operational requirements.
• Promote operational excellence through automation, monitoring, observability, security controls, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Support business functions across the enterprise by delivering shared cloud services and reusable platform capabilities that accelerate engineering effectiveness.

Skills

Cloud engineering

IaC

CI/CD automation

Azure

Security controls

Mentoring

Platform leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Farm Bureau Financial Services seeks a Lead Cloud Platform Developer to design, implement, and operate cloud platform capabilities that accelerate cloud adoption and boost developer productivity across the enterprise.

You will lead complex initiatives, provide architectural guidance, and drive automated deployment pipelines while collaborating with Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure teams to meet reliability and security goals.