Senior Data Platform Architect - Cloud & Platform Strategy

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Job summary

CLA is seeking an experienced Senior Data Platform Architect to guide platform architecture and engineering across cloud, data, and DevOps domains.

You will lead a small team of platform architects, set standards, and partner with Cloud Architecture and engineering leaders to define strategies, automation frameworks, and CI/CD deployment patterns that enable secure, scalable software delivery across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT or related field.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills with cross-team collaboration.
• Experience with cloud platforms and security considerations.
• Experience establishing platform governance and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define platform reference architectures and roadmaps aligned to strategy.
• Lead architecture reviews across multiple engineering teams.
• Establish enterprise CI/CD standards and automation frameworks.
• Partner with DevOps, Security, and Infra teams to ensure end-to-end delivery.
• Ensure reliability, security, compliance, and operability of platforms.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud architecture

SRE

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure/AWS/GCP

Job description

CLA is seeking an experienced Senior Data Platform Architect to guide platform architecture and engineering across cloud, data, and DevOps domains.

You will lead a small team of platform architects, set standards, and partner with Cloud Architecture and engineering leaders to define strategies, automation frameworks, and CI/CD deployment patterns that enable secure, scalable software delivery across the organization.