Senior Cloud Architect: Multi-Cloud FinOps & Governance

American Airlines; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Perks

Health Benefits

Wellness Programs

401(k) Program

Other benefits

Job summary

American Airlines is seeking a senior Cloud Governance Architect to lead end-to-end cloud governance, cost management, and FinOps initiatives across multi-cloud environments. You will mentor engineers, define best practices with Cybersecurity, and drive automation using IaC tools.

This role requires strong communication of strategy to stakeholders and hands-on optimization of cloud platforms. Responsibilities include policy automation, cost intelligence, and incident response with on-call

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments
• Master's degree in related field preferred
• Airline Industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Architects end to end cloud governance, cost management and FinOps solutions by integrating GenAI capabilities and policy automation across multi cloud environments.
• Partner with Cybersecurity and enterprise architects to define cloud best practices and align with business goals.
• Mentor engineering teams on design patterns, security, and new technologies in cloud computing and DevOps.
• Lead complex governance initiatives including policy remediation, cost intelligence, anomaly detection, and automation.
• Automate infrastructure through IaC technologies and adopt cutting-edge cloud tech.
• Oversee lifecycle of cloud solutions to stay updated with industry standards.
• Communicate cloud strategy and roadmaps to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Monitor availability, performance, and cost efficiency; troubleshoot and optimize resources.
• Perform root cause analysis on critical incidents and participate in 24/7 on-call rotation.

Skills

Cloud governance

Cost optimization

DevOps

Terraform

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

9+ years of production experience

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

American Airlines is seeking a senior Cloud Governance Architect to lead end-to-end cloud governance, cost management, and FinOps initiatives across multi-cloud environments. You will mentor engineers, define best practices with Cybersecurity, and drive automation using IaC tools.

This role requires strong communication of strategy to stakeholders and hands-on optimization of cloud platforms. Responsibilities include policy automation, cost intelligence, and incident response with on-call