Senior Solution Architect, Cloud, DevSecOps & Platform Engineering

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Life & Disability Insurance

MetLife Voluntary Benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401K Retirement Savings Plan

Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll

Referral Bonus Programs

Certification and training

Job summary

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann Company, is seeking a Solution Architect for AWS & Azure in Irving, TX. This hybrid role focuses on defining target-state architectures across cloud, infra, and platform engineering, with leadership responsibilities over a growing team of architects and engineers.

You will design secure reference architectures, establish standards, and drive DevSecOps practices using Azure DevOps, Harness, and GitLab. Strong communication and executive collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS/IT or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and own target-state architecture for cloud, infra, and platform engineering across AWS and Azure.
• Design scalable, secure reference architectures for networking, storage, identity, and container/orchestration platforms.
• Establish architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails for IaC, cloud landing zones, and platform services.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and modernize the tech stack.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance to align with enterprise standards.
• Guide CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps across the organization using Azure DevOps, Harness, and GitLab.
• Define architecture for embedding security into SDLC with SAST, DAST tooling.
• Partner with platform teams to design self-service infra and developer enablement.
• Champion policy-as-code and compliance automation across cloud environments.
• Define observability standards using New Relic, Dynatrace, Datadog.
• Design monitoring, alerting, and incident response to improve reliability.
• Lead SRE principles including SLIs/SLOs and capacity planning.
• Build and mentor a team of architects and engineers.
• Align architecture with business priorities and communicate risks clearly.
• Manage vendor relationships and evaluate third-party tools.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Leadership

DevSecOps

Observability

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Harness

GitLab

New Relic

Dynatrace

Datadog

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Solution Architect (AWS & Azure)

Direct Hire

Irving, TX (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the target-state architecture for cloud, infrastructure, and platform engineering environments across AWS and Azure.
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure reference architectures for networking, storage, identity, andcontainer/orchestrationplatforms.
• Establish architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails forinfrastructure-as-code,cloud landing zones, and platform services.
• Evaluate emerging cloud, infrastructure, and platform technologies and provide recommendations to modernize the technology stack.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance forums to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and long-term strategy.
• Architect and guide the evolution of CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices across the organization, leveraging tools such as Azure DevOps, Harness, and GitLab.
• Define the architecture for embedding security into the software development lifecycle, including SAST, DAST, and vulnerability management tooling.
• Partner with platform engineering teams to design self-service infrastructure, automation, and developer enablement capabilities.
• Champion policy-as-code, secure configuration management, and compliance automation across cloud and platform environments.
• Define architecture and standards for observability and monitoring using tools such as New Relic, Dynatrace, and Datadog.
• Guide the design of monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks to improve reliability and reduce time to detect and resolve issues.
• Champion site reliability engineering (SRE) principles, including SLIs/SLOs and proactive capacity and performance planning, across architecture decisions.
• Build, lead, mentor, and develop a team of architects and engineers, fostering technical growth and career development.
• Set team goals, manage performance, and create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, application development, and business stakeholders to align architecture decisions with business priorities.
• Communicate architecture strategy, trade-offs, and risk clearly to both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Manage vendor relationships and evaluate third-party tools and platforms that support the architecture roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field required.
• AWS and/or Azure architecture certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert) strongly preferred.
• Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, Security+) and/or Kubernetes certifications a plus.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure, or platform engineering, including 3+ years in a people leadership or management role.
• Deep hands-on expertise designing and implementing solutions on AWS and Azure, including compute, networking, storage, and identity services.
• Proven experience architecting DevSecOps pipelines using Azure DevOps, Harness, and/or GitLab, including embedded SAST and DAST security scanning.
• Strong experience with observability platforms such as New Relic, Dynatrace, and/or Datadog.
• Experience withinfrastructure-as-code(e.g., Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation) andcontainer/orchestrationplatforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and managing technical teams, including hiring, performance management, and career development.
• Proven track record influencing enterprise architecture decisions and driving alignment across cross-functional and executive stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and people management skills.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
• Deep understanding of DevSecOps principles, secure SDLC, and cloud security best practices.
• Ability to balance strategic architecture vision with hands-on technical depth.
• Ability to influence and drive alignment across engineering, security, and business stakeholders.
• Business acumen in technology transformation and cloud cost management

Estimated Min Rate

$112000.00

Estimated Max Rate

$170000.00

What’s In It for You?

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Visit https://www.yoh.com/applicants-with-disabilities to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.

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