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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 EngineerOtherRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 1908H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Alabama

Posted

146 days ago

Salary

$122K - $150K / year

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Lead Cloud Architect

Protective Life

• 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

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