Cloud Architect

WoodmenLife
Omaha, NE
Job Description
Role Overview

This is a highly visible, strategic role that combines enterprise architecture, cloud platform strategy, and organizational leadership to accelerate modernization across the enterprise. As the organization's cloud architecture leader, you will define cloud strategy, establish enterprise standards, guide modernization efforts, and ensure our platform enables secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions.

What You Will Do

Define and maintain enterprise cloud architecture aligned to business and technology strategy, develop cloud standards, reference architectures, and design patterns, ensure cloud platforms meet requirements for scalability, resiliency, security, and efficiency, guide evolution of reusable platform capabilities and services, and maintain architecture artifacts within enterprise repositories.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology decisions, partner with senior technology leaders, and shape key initiatives spanning cloud adoption, AI enablement, data modernization, enterprise integration, and legacy platform transformation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
  • 12+ years of progressive IT experience
  • 7+ years of cloud or infrastructure architecture experience
  • Strong experience designing enterprise solutions in Microsoft Azure
  • Proven ability to define architecture standards, governance models, and design patterns
  • Experience leading cloud platform or Cloud Center of Excellence initiatives
  • Experience serving as a Product Owner or managing platform backlogs
  • Experience with enterprise modernization and cloud adoption
  • Strong stakeholder communication and executive presence
  • Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments
  • Experience in regulated industries (insurance, financial services, etc.) preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Paid holidays
  • Friday afternoons off year-round
  • Strong work-life balance
  • Collaborative environment
  • Focus on meaningful outcomes
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