Lead Cloud Architect

Take the next step in your journey at Inspira Financial. You will help businesses and individuals thrive today, tomorrow, and into retirement. Become part of a company that is people centric and client obsessed in every interaction; a community of forward-thinking individuals focused on driving results to deliver our mission with an unwavering commitment to integrity. Join us as we strengthen and simplify the health and wealth journey - relentlessly pursuing better outcomes for all. We believe in finding the best talent! While some roles are based at one of our office locations, remote roles can sit in any of the following states: AL, AZ, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA and WV. Remote status and role locations are subject to change. Relocation is not provided.
Don't meet every single requirement? Here at Inspira Financial, we believe there is no "perfect" candidate and want to encourage applying even if all the requirements listed aren't met. Our goal is to build an authentic workplace by valuing diversity in our candidates. We work to ensure that our team reflects the diversity of the businesses and clients we serve. We are always looking to expand our growing team with dynamic and enthusiastic individuals. If you enjoy a collaborative, fun environment that champions career development, Inspira Financial is the place for you! We look forward to receiving your application! Check out this Inspira Financial video to learn more about our company!
HOW YOU WILL SOAR:
We are seeking a talented Lead Cloud Architect to join our team and lead the design and implementation of innovative technology solutions that address our business needs. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, coupled with a strategic mindset and excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders and translate business requirements into scalable and efficient solutions. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, architectural proficiency, and the ability to drive consensus on architectural decisions across diverse teams.

• Work in an Agile framework to identify and automate solutions that result in enhanced developer experience and increased developer productivity
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their requirements and define cloud architectures that meet business objectives
• Experience designing and deploying dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable Infrastructure on Azure
• Manage, monitor, troubleshoot and support existing projects and processes; collaborate with various cross-functional teams to determine and define software requirements and propose software solutions
• Provide guidance and oversight to development teams to ensure adherence to architectural standards and best practices
• Conduct architectural reviews and assessments to identify opportunities for optimization, performance improvement, and risk mitigation
• Define and maintain architectural principles, patterns, and guidelines to guide solution development and implementation
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and strategies
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and work with a wider team to ensure development activities are aligned with the scope, schedule, priority, and business objectives
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in solution architecture and technology innovation
• Define and establish benchmarks, metrics, and quality measures
• Focus on the implementation of cost-effective, extensible, and supportable solutions
• Support the stability and resiliency of all relevant production processes, as well as, instituting a robust support model addressing process and application failures
• Maintaining and upgrading the deployment platforms as well as system infrastructure with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or ARM templets or PowerShell or similar
• Troubleshooting AKS cluster-based issues, deployment through the ADO pipeline
• CLI, Powershell, ARMExperience working with teams to deliver complete azure solutions (security, operations, engineering, application team)
• Evaluate and integrate productivity tools, development tools, testing tools, databases, and purchased applications into this architecture
• Work with the leaders of Technology Infrastructure and Application Development to ensure effective operational tools and procedures are in place to support the application architecture
• Other duties as assigned

IF YOU HAVE SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, APPLY:

• 10+ years of experience in software or solution architecture roles, with a focus on designing and implementing complex, enterprise-level solutions using cloud platform.

• 10-15 years of computer system experience of which time was spent in systems development and in support of the computer systems environment.

• Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and architectural frameworks.

• Related certifications are a plus (e.g. AZ-900, AZ-305)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field OR documented equivalent experience

Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and architectural frameworks. Proficiency in various programming languages, technologies, and platforms relevant to the organization's technology stack.

• Source Code: git

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Packer

• CI/CD: Azure Pipelines (YAML), Linux, Bash, Azure CLI

• Build and Deployment: .NET and Node.js Azure Function Apps, React

• Cloud Foundation: Azure, Enterprise Hub-and-Spoke Network Architecture, Azure Firewall, Azure WAF

• Application Foundation: CloudFlare CDN, Azure API Management, Azure Function Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure SQL Server, Azure Storage Account, Atlas MongoDB

• Observability: Azure Monitor

• AI and ML platforms - Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services

Inspira Financial provides health, wealth, retirement, and benefits solutions that strengthen and simplify the health and wealth journey. With more than 7 million clients, representing over $62 billion in assets, Inspira works with thousands of employers, plan sponsors, recordkeepers, TPAs, and other institutional partners - helping the people they care about plan, save, and invest for a brighter future. Inspira relentlessly pursues better outcomes for all with our automatic rollover services, health savings accounts, emergency savings funds, custody services, and more. Learn more at inspirafinancial.com.
We have been recognized for our remarkable growth on lists such as Crain's Fast 50 and Inc. 5000, and for our outstanding workplace culture and benefits with Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work and Gallagher's 2022 Best-In-Class Employer awards.