Lead Azure Cloud Architect - SRE & Platform Modernization

Protective Life; United States; On-site; USD 122,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

401(k) plan with matching

Paid parental leave

Emotional wellbeing support

ProHealth Rewards program

Job summary

Protective Life is seeking a Lead Cloud Architect to enhance their Azure cloud platform. This hands-on role demands extensive experience in cloud engineering and architecture, focusing on scalability, security, and reliability of cloud services.

The ideal candidate will collaborate on designing and refining Azure services, fostering a culture of innovation while addressing infrastructure challenges. Join us in ensuring cloud maturity and excellence within our cloud ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cloud engineering, 5+ years in Azure architecture/SRE.
• Hands-on in production-scale environments and high-availability systems.
• Experience managing projects of varying scale.

Responsibilities

• Architect Azure Landing Zone architectures with peers.
• Enhance reusable IaC modules and CI/CD templates.
• Define SLOs/SLIs and support production troubleshooting.
• Standardize and optimize Advanced Platforms like AKS.
• Engage in chaos engineering and incident response.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Azure architecture/SRE

IaC/mastery (Bicep/ARM/Terraform)

SRE core: SLOs/SLIs

Complex system problem-solving

Collaborative communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Protective Life is seeking a Lead Cloud Architect to enhance their Azure cloud platform. This hands-on role demands extensive experience in cloud engineering and architecture, focusing on scalability, security, and reliability of cloud services.

The ideal candidate will collaborate on designing and refining Azure services, fostering a culture of innovation while addressing infrastructure challenges. Join us in ensuring cloud maturity and excellence within our cloud ecosystem.