Senior Platform Architect: Cloud, DevOps & Automation Leader

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

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Job summary

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) is seeking a Senior Platform Architect (Cloud, DevOps & Automation) to lead the design, strategy, and evolution of our enterprise platform capabilities. You will modernize infrastructure and enable scalable cloud-native solutions across the firm.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and business technology teams to define platform standards, automation frameworks, and IaC adoption, driving CI/CD and SRE practices across enterprise services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; experience may substitute.
• Experience in platform engineering, cloud architecture, SRE, or infrastructure engineering preferred.
• Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent.
• Experience leading architecture reviews and modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise platform architecture roadmap.
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-based infrastructure solutions.
• Establish architectural standards, patterns, and governance models for platform services.
• Provide technical leadership on platform modernization initiatives.
• Design and optimize Azure-based platform services and infrastructure.
• Lead adoption of cloud-native architectures and services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend platform improvements.
• Drive infrastructure scalability, observability, resiliency, and cost optimization efforts.
• Develop and promote Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, or comparable technologies).
• Define and enhance CI/CD pipeline architectures and deployment strategies.
• Implement automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and developer experience.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud architecture

SRE

IaC

CI/CD

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Management, CS, or related

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

CloudFormation

Job description

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) is seeking a Senior Platform Architect (Cloud, DevOps & Automation) to lead the design, strategy, and evolution of our enterprise platform capabilities. You will modernize infrastructure and enable scalable cloud-native solutions across the firm.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and business technology teams to define platform standards, automation frameworks, and IaC adoption, driving CI/CD and SRE practices across enterprise services.