Lead Enterprise Cloud Architect - Hybrid

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Job Summary

Responsible for defining IT Cloud architecture to enable current and future business capabilities. This role participates as a top-level expert in the enterprise providing direction and leading multiple efforts, or a single large effort in analysis, design, scope, and approach of a Cloud solution. The Enterprise Cloud Architect is charged with improving the consistency, timeliness, quality, security and delivery of IT Cloud services. This role will have primary focus on the Azure and AWS Cloud environments.

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the planning and execution of OneAmerica's Cloud first strategy
• Lead the strategic direction for OneAmerica's future direction for the usage of cloud services
• Lead the definition of Standards, Policies and Procedures and best practices for the usage of cloud-based services and infrastructure
• Ability to understand and manage to budget as well as assist in annual budget exercise
• Identify solutions that represent opportunities to leverage cloud services and architectures by evaluating quality attributes, technology risk, capacity variability, and other factors where a cloud native architecture solution can add benefit to the overall solution.
• Develop overall Cloud Roadmap and Technology Platforms
• Develop Cloud COE principles, bets practices and Governance framework
• Identifying the best technical solutions that can be rolled out efficiently and, in a cost-effective manner
• Lead and advise teams building solutions on cloud platforms including design, planning, management, maintenance and assessing systems for potential weaknesses or issues.
• Collaborate across organizational functions to identify communications, change management and training needs driven by the adoption of cloud technologies
• Facilitate technical and design discussions with IT executives to help the enterprise improve outcomes thru new cloud technologies and practices
• Lead the evaluation of technology choices (network, compute, storage, and other service enabled capabilities) through the larger cloud team and collaboration with other part of the enterprise.
• Ensures appropriate operational procedures, processes and tools are in place and appropriately managed.
• Understand the financial impacts of cloud based architectural decisions and lead cloud cost management solutions, forecasting and proactive cloud management practices.
• Effectively communicates across the enterprise cloud expenses and opportunities to manage cost

Job Requirements

Required Education and/or Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree

Recommended Education and/or Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Math, Information Systems or a related technical field.

Required Work Experience

• 5 or more years of experience as an enterprise Cloud architect role acting as an individual contributor or leading a team in the design and implementation of IT Cloud architecture with primary experience in the Azure Cloud environment
• 10 or more years work experience in IT Cloud or related experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree in addition to the minimum years of work experience required.
• Experience in Modeling, Tradeoff Analysis, Roadmaps, Architecture Documents

Recommended:

• Demonstrated experience/knowledge of Financial Services products and processes (Life Insurance, Annuities, Investments, and Financial Advice)
• Demonstrated strategic thinker, plans IT Cloud architecture by studying the business/product strategy and target audience, envisioning architectural scheme and end user compute.
• Develop and deliver Cloud strategy and architecture artifacts; verify alignment of Cloud development to architectural design.
• Demonstrated experience in leadership, mentorship, managing stakeholders & collaboration with architectural partners

Salary Band: 07C

This selected candidate will be expected to work hybrid in Indianapolis, IN. The candidate will also be expected to physically return to the office in CA, WI, IN or ME as business needs dictate or for team-building and collaboration.

If you are offered and accept this position, please be advised that OneAmerica does not have any offices located in the State of New York and OneAmerica associates are not permitted to work remotely in the State of New York.

Disclaimer: OneAmerica is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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