Senior Cloud DevOps Architect - GCP & IaC Lead

University Of Michigan; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Michigan is seeking a Solution Architect at senior/intermediate level to empower DevOps teams and accelerate secure cloud adoption. The role emphasizes migrations to GCP, IaC with Terraform, and building scalable developer platforms.

We value the ability to mentor staff, drive architecture decisions, and deliver reliable services while balancing security, observability, and speed. This position offers hybrid work with on-site collaboration as needed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT-related experience.
• 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Software Development.
• Deep experience architecting and managing production workloads in a major public cloud (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Technical leadership: mentor staff, lead code reviews, design high-level architecture.
• 3+ years in a technical role focused on cloud-native environments and automation.
• Proficiency in Python or Go for automation and internal tooling.

Responsibilities

• Migrate and evolve applications within the public cloud (primarily GCP), focusing on GKE, VPC design, and IAM.
• Build self-service infrastructure tools that allow developers to provision environments and deploy code with minimal friction.
• Architect and maintain reproducible environments using Terraform and GitOps workflows.
• Provide stable hosting for critical vendor-provided systems and ensure uptime.

Skills

IT experience

SRE/DevOps/Software development

Public cloud architecture

Technical leadership

Cloud-native automation

Python/Go scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

GKE

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Job description

The University of Michigan is seeking a Solution Architect at senior/intermediate level to empower DevOps teams and accelerate secure cloud adoption. The role emphasizes migrations to GCP, IaC with Terraform, and building scalable developer platforms.

We value the ability to mentor staff, drive architecture decisions, and deliver reliable services while balancing security, observability, and speed. This position offers hybrid work with on-site collaboration as needed.