Senior Cloud Architect - AWS & OpenShift

Simplify Alpha; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Simplify Alpha is seeking an Enterprise Architect to own the technical vision for large-scale cloud-native platforms on AWS (EKS) and OpenShift. Collaborate with clients, engineering leadership, and delivery teams to define standards, guide technology choices, and ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient systems.

You will mentor engineers, drive automation, and shape platform strategy across multi-region engagements with HIPAA/compliance considerations and a focus on health-insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years in software engineering, including 7+ years in an architecture-level role.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems design and cloud-native architecture on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with container platforms on AWS EKS and Red Hat OpenShift.
• Experience with Docker, Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms, service mesh, and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems on AWS (EKS) and OpenShift.
• Set platform strategy for container orchestration across cloud and enterprise Kubernetes environments.
• Define enterprise architecture standards, design patterns, and engineering guardrails.
• Lead architecture reviews, produce system blueprints, and maintain technology roadmaps.
• Drive an automation-first engineering culture: infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, self-healing systems, and observability.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Cloud-native architecture

Go

Python

Node.js

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS (EKS)

OpenShift

Docker

Terraform

Kafka

API gateways

Job description

Simplify Alpha is seeking an Enterprise Architect to own the technical vision for large-scale cloud-native platforms on AWS (EKS) and OpenShift. Collaborate with clients, engineering leadership, and delivery teams to define standards, guide technology choices, and ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient systems.

You will mentor engineers, drive automation, and shape platform strategy across multi-region engagements with HIPAA/compliance considerations and a focus on health-insurance