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National Guardian Life Insurance Company · 3 weeks ago

Senior Digital Cloud Architect (Hybrid - In Office 10 days/Month)

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) is one of America’s most successful independent life insurance companies, specializing in innovative products for financial stability. They are seeking a Senior Digital Cloud Architect to deliver scalable and resilient cloud solutions, ensuring security and efficiency in their multi-cloud enterprise. This role involves collaborating with various teams to shape cloud strategy and architecture while overseeing cloud governance and compliance.

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Responsibilities

Develop and implement cloud strategy aligned with business objectives and architecture guiding principles

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand technical requirements and translate them into scalable secure solutions

Work with Enterprise Architecture team to develop enterprise roadmaps, blueprints and cloud adoption plans for a multi-cloud enterprise

Architect and design cloud infrastructure solutions based on industry best practices

Ensure the integration of cloud services, considering scalability, performance and cost

Perform Vendor and Technology Evaluations including product proof-of-concept and assessments

Ensure non-functional best practices are incorporated into patterns and standards including resilience, disaster recovery, cloud cost governance, and resource optimization

Incorporate modern development practices into architecture strategy and design including DevOps, IaC, automated testing, etc

Conduct regular assessments and implement improvements to security

Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements

Design and implement security controls and measures for cloud environments

Partner with Information Security on threat modeling, IAM strategy, and secure-by-design architecture

Design and implement infrastructure management, monitoring and maintenance to meet business requirements including performance, reliability and cost-effectiveness

Conduct regular assessments and implement improvements as new cloud services become available and business conditions change

Collaboration with developers, infrastructure and security teams

Communicate cloud architecture concepts and best practices to technical and non-technical resources

Present at Architecture Review Board candidate architectures and new patterns

Mentor developing architects and developers aspiring to transition to architecture

Develop and manage procedures for standards management and enforcement

Manage a peer review process for publishing architecture designs to ensure consistent quality

Maintain consistent and up to date documentation designed for development team and architecture consumption

Qualification

Cloud architecture designAWS platform expertiseContainerization toolsInfrastructure as CodeSecurityComplianceNetworking conceptsDevOps practicesCloud cost managementAdaptability to new technologiesEmerging technology trendsProject management leadershipMentoring skillsCommunication skills

Required

Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)

Expertise in designing and implementing scalable and secure cloud solutions

In-depth knowledge of AWS platform and technologies preferred

Strong understanding of networking concepts and security best practices in cloud environments and a multi-cloud enterprise

Articulate and can effectively communicate with technical teams, non-technical business leaders, and clients

Ability to quickly understand business requirements and propose reference architectures and technology solutions

Knowledge of emerging trends in the digital transformation, technology and architecture space and ability to recommend solutions

Demonstrated project management leadership

Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly

Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools

Familiarity with serverless computing and microservice architecture

Experience with identity and access management, cloud networking, and zero-trust principles

Knowledge of FinOps practices or experience managing a cloud cost management program

Ability to guide and mentor peers in a collaborative team environment

Experience with modern observability stacks

A minimum of five years of relevant hands-on solution architecture/design experience in infrastructure, and security domains required

A minimum of five years of experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation, etc.) required

A minimum of five years of relevant hands-on Cloud Solution architecture exposure to building on AWS required

Preferred

4 Year Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field

Cloud Certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect) desired

Benefits

20 days of Paid Time Off growing to 25 days after 5 years

11 Paid Holidays (10 company holidays and 1 personal holiday of your choice)

Health care, dental and vision plans

Up to $1,500 (Family) or $1,000 (Single) annually towards a Health Savings Account

Annual bonus based on company performance

Paid Parental Leave

401(k) match up to 9%

Paid Sabbatical after 8 years

Paid Volunteer Time

Education Assistance Program

Employee Recognition Program

And much more!

Company

National Guardian Life Insurance Company

Since 1909, National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) has been one of America’s most successful and highly rated independent life insurance companies.

Founded in 1909

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

201-500 employees