Senior Cloud Platform Architect & DevOps Leader

Slalom, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Slalom, LLC in Boston is seeking Senior Consultants or Principal level professionals to design, develop and implement cloud platform solutions across industries. You will architect, build, and optimize platforms across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud while driving modernization initiatives.

You will create IaC and automation with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible; define CI/CD pipelines; strengthen observability and security; and mentor teams in DevOps and platform engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating enterprise-scale cloud platforms in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong background in DevOps, IaC with Terraform, CI/CD, containerization, and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with scripting and automation using Python.
• Knowledge of cloud security, networking, monitoring, reliability engineering, and governance frameworks.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both engineering and business stakeholders.
• Experience using GenAI tools to accelerate your work.
• Consulting mindset with strong problem-solving, collaboration, and client engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and optimize cloud platform solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Working with application teams to define CI/CD pipelines from scratch.
• Build observability, security controls, and platform governance best practices.
• Collaborate with application, security, and architecture teams to improve developer experience and accelerate software delivery.
• Lead cloud modernization and platform transformation initiatives for enterprise clients.
• Mentor engineering teams on DevOps, SRE, cloud-native, and platform engineering best practices.

Skills

Cloud platform design

DevOps & IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Python scripting

Cloud security & governance

Kubernetes

GenAI tools

Consulting mindset

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Slalom, LLC in Boston is seeking Senior Consultants or Principal level professionals to design, develop and implement cloud platform solutions across industries. You will architect, build, and optimize platforms across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud while driving modernization initiatives.

You will create IaC and automation with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible; define CI/CD pipelines; strengthen observability and security; and mentor teams in DevOps and platform engineering.