Remote Cloud Platform Architect: Kubernetes, EKS & CI/CD

Maximus; Charleston (WV); Remote; USD 133.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Maximus is seeking an IT Architect - Cloud Platform to lead the vision, design, and evolution of enterprise platforms across cloud, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and data ecosystems. This remote role influences multiple teams, defining architecture strategy, governance, and secure, scalable standards while hands-on in critical areas.

The candidate will drive platform modernization, establish patterns for CI/CD, IaC, and secure SDLC, and mentor engineers.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7+ years of related experience.
• Proven track record designing and scaling enterprise cloud platforms on AWS.
• Deep expertise in DevSecOps, secure SDLC, and software supply chain security.
• Advanced experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and cloud-native architectures at scale.
• Strong leadership, architecture governance, and cross-team influence.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise SaaS and PaaS platform architectures, automation solutions, and deployment frameworks to improve scalability, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Lead the evaluation, design, and implementation of cloud platform solutions, providing architectural recommendations that address business, operational, and technical requirements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for cloud platform technologies, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and consultation to project teams, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Design and maintain platform infrastructure, disaster recovery capabilities, and high-availability solutions to support reliable and resilient service delivery.
• Analyze complex technical issues, perform root cause investigations, and develop innovative solutions to improve platform performance, reliability, and manageability.
• Evaluate and recommend new cloud services, platform technologies, and software integrations, including proof‑of‑concept efforts and adoption recommendations for emerging capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and application teams to promote cloud architecture standards, automation best practices, and operational procedures.
• Lead the development and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code solutions, automated testing frameworks, and deployment processes to support efficient software delivery and platform operations.

Kenntnisse

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Security

Platform engineering

SRE

Architecture governance

Mentoring

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

SonarQube

JFrog Artifactory/Xray

GitOps (Argo CD)

AWS / EKS

Jobbeschreibung

Maximus is seeking an IT Architect - Cloud Platform to lead the vision, design, and evolution of enterprise platforms across cloud, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and data ecosystems. This remote role influences multiple teams, defining architecture strategy, governance, and secure, scalable standards while hands-on in critical areas.

The candidate will drive platform modernization, establish patterns for CI/CD, IaC, and secure SDLC, and mentor engineers.