Senior Cloud Platform Architect - Kubernetes & CI/CD

Maximus; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 133,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus seeks an IT Architect - Cloud Platform to lead the vision, design, and evolution of enterprise platform ecosystems across cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and data platforms. The role defines architecture strategy, governance models, and engineering standards to ensure secure, scalable, and developer-friendly platforms.

The IT Architect operates at an enterprise level, influencing multiple teams and domains, driving platform modernization, and aligning with security and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or infrastructure architecture roles.
• Proven track record designing and scaling enterprise cloud platforms on AWS.
• Deep expertise in DevSecOps, secure SDLC, and software supply chain security.
• Advanced experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and cloud native architectures at scale.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins), SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory/Xray, and GitOps.
• Demonstrated ability to define architecture standards, governance, and enterprise frameworks.
• Experience leading large scale transformations and influencing multi team/platform strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize enterprise SaaS and PaaS platform architectures, automation solutions, and deployment frameworks to improve scalability, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Lead the evaluation, design, and implementation of cloud platform solutions, providing architectural recommendations that address business, operational, and technical requirements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for cloud platform technologies, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and consultation to project teams, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Design and maintain platform infrastructure, disaster recovery capabilities, and high-availability solutions to support reliable and resilient service delivery.
• Analyze complex technical issues, perform root cause investigations, and develop innovative solutions to improve platform performance, reliability, and manageability.
• Evaluate and recommend new cloud services, platform technologies, and software integrations, including proof-of-concept efforts and adoption recommendations for emerging capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and application teams to promote cloud architecture standards, automation best practices, and operational procedures.
• Lead the development and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code solutions, automated testing frameworks, and deployment processes to support efficient software delivery and platform operations.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cloud architecture

Platform modernization

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

SonarQube

JFrog Artifactory/Xray

GitOps (Argo CD)

Job description

Maximus seeks an IT Architect - Cloud Platform to lead the vision, design, and evolution of enterprise platform ecosystems across cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and data platforms. The role defines architecture strategy, governance models, and engineering standards to ensure secure, scalable, and developer-friendly platforms.

The IT Architect operates at an enterprise level, influencing multiple teams and domains, driving platform modernization, and aligning with security and