Senior Cloud Architect & Strategy Leader

First Citizens Bank; North Carolina; On-site; USD 170,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a senior cloud architect to set technical strategy, oversee complex cloud architectures, and drive innovation across the organization. You will lead cross‑functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and cost‑efficient cloud solutions, with emphasis on governance, IaC, multi‑cloud, and compliance.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, deep cloud expertise, and collaboration to enable enterprise-scale platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on cloud leadership experience.
• Multi-cloud experience across AWS, Azure, GCP and on-premises.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the overall cloud architecture and strategy.
• Guide best practices in design, scalability, resilience, and performance.
• Lead end-to-end cloud projects, coordinating with engineering, DevOps, security and operations.
• Develop strategies for efficient cloud resource management, cost optimization and performance.
• Establish and maintain high‑quality documentation and operational standards.
• Provide technical mentorship and 24/7 on‑call support for cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud services

Infrastructure as Code

Policy as Code

Automation scripting

Container orchestration

Monitoring

Operating systems

Cloud security

Cloud architecture

Developer enablement

Agile DevOps

Security leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a senior cloud architect to set technical strategy, oversee complex cloud architectures, and drive innovation across the organization. You will lead cross‑functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and cost‑efficient cloud solutions, with emphasis on governance, IaC, multi‑cloud, and compliance.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, deep cloud expertise, and collaboration to enable enterprise-scale platforms.