Cloud Architect

POSITION SUMMARY

The Cloud Architect provides technical leadership for our hybrid, multi-cloud estate—spanning on-premises private cloud and public cloud platforms in Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. This role owns the reference architecture for infrastructure, drives platform automation and reliability, and partners with product, security, and operations teams to deliver secure, cost-effective, and resilient infrastructure foundations.

The ideal / preferred location for this role is on-site in Appleton, WI. May consider candidates in the Midwest (with some travel required to Appleton) based on relevancy of experience

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JOB RESPONSIBILIT

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Architecture, Design & Deli

• veryTranslate reference architectures into detailed designs and implementation plans for landing zones, networking, and
• IAM.Engineer scalable platforms with high availability and performance aligned to business SLOs and DR requireme
• nts.Create golden images/templates and secure baselines for repeatable deployme

nts.Automation, CI/CD & Gi

• tOpsBuild robust Terraform modules; integrate validation, testing, and security scanning into pipeli
• nes.Implement GitOps (Bitbucket pipelines) workflows where appropriate; improve release reliability and rollback saf
• ety.Guide teams on branching strategies and code review standa

rds.Reliability & Operat

• ionsLead complex incident response, perform post‑incident reviews, and drive preventive engineer
• ing.Establish capacity planning and performance testing practices for critical servi
• ces.Evolve runbooks to reduce MTTR and increase operational readin

ess.Security, Compliance & Fi

• nOpsImplement Zero Trust principles; design RBAC models and service identities; integrate secrets managem
• ent.Codify and enforce guardrails via policy‑as‑code; ensure auditability and remediation workfl
• ows.Collaborate on cost governance (tagging, budgets, alerts) and drive optimization initiati

ves.Collaboration & Leader

• shipMentor Engineer I and II teammates; conduct design and code reviews and provide constructive feedb
• ack.Partner with Security, Networking, App, and Data teams; influence roadmaps and standa
• rds.Contribute to vendor/tool evaluations and present recommendations with tradeo

ffs.Primary Tools & Technolo

• giesCloud: Azure, GCP; on‑prem virtualization/storage (VMware, SAN/N
• AS).IaC/Config: Terraform, Ansible/Chef; Git; Bitbucket; CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actio
• ns).Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS/GKE); registries; ingress; basic service m
• esh.Observability: Azure Monitor, GCP Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Elas
• tic.Security: Entra ID/Azure AD, GCP IAM; Key Vault/Secret Manager; KMS; policy‑as‑c

ode.Additional Job Responsibilit

• ies:Live our values of High Performance, Caring Relationships, Strategic Foresight, and Entrepreneurial Sp
• iritFind A Better Way by championing continuous improvement and quality control efforts to identify opportunities to innovate and improve efficiency, accuracy, and standardiza
• tionContinuously learn and develop self profession
• allySupport corporate efforts for safety, government compliance, and all other company policies & proced
• uresPerform other related duties as required and assi

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QUALIF

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• equired:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent exp
• erience.Progressive IT experience with 7+ years focused on cloud architecture/engi
• neering.Expertise in Terraform and/or Bicep; strong scripting (PowerShell or Python) and automation
• mindset.Solid networking (VNet/VPC design, DNS, VPN/ExpressRoute/Interconnect, load balancers, firewalls)
• and IAM.Production experience with containers and Kubernetes (A
• KS/GKE).Observability design and SRE practices; proven incident leadership and post‑mortem facil
• itation.CI/CD pipeline design (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) with testing, security scanning, and polic
• y gates.Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and mentoring
• skills.Ability to participate in an on-call rotation and support planned maintenance during of

f-hours.
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• referred:Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator + Azure Security Engineer; Google Professional Cloud Architect or Professional DevOps; Terraform Associate;
• CKA/CKAD.Experience with Packer, service mesh/Ingress, and secrets management
• at scale.Background applying policy‑as‑code (Azure Policy, Org Policy, OPA) and compliance frameworks; FinOps ex

perience.

DIVI

SION:IGENU.S. Venture will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H-1B, TN, E-3, F1, CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, visa status and other employment‑based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis and must not require U.S. Venture’s sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States. In general, U.S. Venture does not sponsor candidates for nonimmigrant visas or permanent residency except when there is a specific busin

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