Lead Cloud Software Architect

Diversified Services Network, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Diversified Services Network, Inc. is seeking a Lead Cloud Software Architect to guide a team building cloud-native apps on AWS. This is a hands-on leadership role with architecture ownership and cross-functional collaboration.

You will drive architecture decisions, champion DevOps, and mentor engineers to deliver secure, scalable solutions from design through deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 10+ years of software experience.
• Minimum 5+ years in a lead role managing cloud-native architectures.
• Strong hands-on leadership in AWS cloud and full-stack delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and delivery ownership for cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Drive architecture decisions, best practices, and design across microservices and CI/CD.
• Lead AWS cloud adoption, scalability, security, and reliability initiatives.
• Promote DevOps, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Mentor engineers and grow technical talent.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to align tech with business goals.
• Ensure secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

Event-Driven Architecture

API Integration

AWS

CI/CD

Docker

GitHub

Observability

OpenSearch

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ECS/Fargate

IAM

ALB

RDS

CloudWatch

Secrets Manager

Terraform

Job description

Lead Cloud Software Architect

Remote (Occasional Onsite) | Chicago, IL

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Lead Cloud Software Architect to join our team in Chicago, IL. We offer remote work, with occasional onsite work, full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company - let's talk!

Position Overview

DSN is seeking a Lead Cloud Software Architect to join a growing engineering team building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS. This is a hands-on technical leadership role combining architecture ownership, engineering mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions that support key business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team of software engineers building and operating scalable, cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Drive architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices, OpenSearch platforms, CI/CD, observability, and AWS infrastructure.
• Lead AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives, ensuring solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Promote DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Support incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor engineers and develop technical talent.
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and other stakeholders to align technology investments with business goals.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions.

Work Environment

• This is a remote position with occasional onsite work, based in Chicago, IL. Travel will be required as needed.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required and 10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years in a lead role.

Required Technical Skills

• Backend development: Java (latest version preferred), Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, Event-Driven Architecture, and API Integration.
• Cloud & infrastructure: AWS (ECS/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager), Cloud Architecture, Distributed Systems, and Infrastructure as Code.
• DevOps & delivery: Docker, CI/CD, GitHub, DevOps practices, and Observability.
• Data & search: SQL/NoSQL databases and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
• Emerging tools: Performance Optimization and AI-assisted Development Tools.

Soft Skills

• Technical leadership and ownership, with the ability to mentor and coach engineers and develop technical talent.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Collaborative problem solving, critical thinking, and sound decision making.
• Adaptability and conflict resolution skills that support successful delivery of complex, cloud-native solutions.

• 401(k)

• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid Holidays

Salary expectations: 160,000-170,000 per annual