Protective Life
We are on a mission to help more people achieve the sense of protection and security they deserve.
Lead Cloud Architect
Cloud EngineerCloud EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 1908H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
Alabama
Posted
54 days ago
Salary
$122K - $150K / year
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDNSDockerGrafanaKubernetesMicroservicesPrometheusSQLTerraformVault.net
Job Description
• Architect the Cloud Foundation: Partner with peers to refine Azure Landing Zone architectures
• Build "Paved Roads" for Cloud Enablement: Collaborate to enhance reusable IaC modules (Bicep, ARM, Terraform) and CI/CD templates (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• Drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices: Define SLOs/SLIs, troubleshooting, production support
• Standardize Advanced Platforms: Optimize AKS and related services
• Foster Platform Resilience and Scalability: Engaging in reviews, tuning, chaos engineering
• Contribute to Team Excellence: Knowledge sharing, Agile sprints, code reviews
• Advance DevOps and Automation: Champion CI/CD and release strategies
• Innovate with Identity and Emerging Tech: Apply on-prem/cloud IAM expertise for Entra ID, Federation, and Azure B2C
Job Requirements
- 8+ years in cloud engineering (5+ in Azure architecture/SRE)
- hands-on in production-scale environments
- high-availability and root-cause analysis
- background in Cloud Development and Architecture
- experience managing projects of varying scale
- proficient in Azure essentials: Landing Zones, AKS, VMs, Container Instances, Blob Storage, VNet, Entra ID, Policy/Blueprints
- design/manage IaaS/PaaS/SaaS (Load Balancers, App Gateways, DNS, Front Door, Storage, Monitor, Security Center, Log Analytics)
- IaC/CI/CD mastery (Bicep/ARM/Terraform, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, PowerShell/CLI)
- 2+ years in automation for CI/CD
- SRE core: SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, observability (Azure Monitor/Prometheus/Grafana)
- automation (Logic Apps/Functions)
- Security: Defender, Sentinel, Key Vault; IAM depth (Entra ID, AD, Azure AD DS/Connect/B2C, MFA)
- enterprise account/security models; Azure Policy implementation; Key Vault/encryption
- 2+ years O365 and Azure AD B2C
- 2+ years Kubernetes/Docker/Containers
- 3+ years Azure (Functions, API Mgmt, Blobs, VMs, SQL, Event Grid)
- Microservices, .NET Core, PowerApps
- large-scale distributed systems, OSes, secure configs
- deep Azure/cloud knowledge
- complex system problem-solving; container/microservices; requirements-to-architecture translation
- collaborative communicator for partnerships/influence; agile/blameless culture; change/incident management
- mentor juniors; plan/manage technical implementations.
Benefits
- comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- emotional wellbeing through mental health benefits
- employee assistance program
- paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, cultural observance day)
- contributions to healthcare accounts
- pension plan
- 401(k) plan with Company matching
- ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards
