Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

About the role

This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business. We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems and ecosystems in AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Develop and maintain the cloud roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices (Well-Architected Framework).
• Establish guardrails for resource provisioning to ensure security compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2, etc.) and operational consistency.
• Drive the transition towards a fully automated environment using tools (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation) to eliminate manual configuration drift.
• Lead the strategy for migrating legacy workloads to the cloud (Re-Hosting, Re-Platforming, and Re-Architecting).
• Partner with DevOps teams to integrate architectural patterns into automated deployment pipelines.
• Identify bottlenecks in current architecture and implement caching, CDN, and load-balancing strategies to optimize latency.
• Act as final escalation point for complex cloud technical hurdles.
• Translate complex architectural decisions into business terms for C-suite executives and non-technical stakeholders.
• Level up Cloud Engineers through design reviews, pair programming and architectural workshops.
• Contribute to the definition of architectural cloud strategies and plans for enterprise’s information technology.
• Conduct assessments, studies, and/or surveys to obtain data; analyze data to advise and recommend cloud solutions.
• Participate in key planning sessions to advise and clarify capabilities, limitations, and trade-offs of established enterprise architectures and technology in general.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of enterprise’s businesses; align cloud technology roadmap to deliver upon current and future needs.
• Identify, analyze, and communicate cloud architecture and integrations options and make recommendations to management.
• Analyze project requirements with development teams and influence the appropriate technical design at the project level maintaining consistency with architecture vision.
• Develop architectural diagrams that document project plans and production systems.
• Develop documentation on recommended cloud solutions that would include relevant research, cost analysis data, risk information, implementation strategies and industry positions.
• Conduct industry research and evaluations in order to develop cloud solutions to resolve business needs.
• Contribute to the Architecture Standards and Review Board (ASRB); ASRB capabilities, documentation and processes.
• Responsible for third-party vendor relationships related to area of responsibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience.
• 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering or System Administration, with at least 5+ years of Cloud Architecture experience.
• IT Cloud Architecture, Design, and Implementation utilizing Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Expert-level mastery of AWS, Azure and/or GCP. Deep knowledge of core services (Computing, Storage, Database, Networking, Cloud Governance).
• Proven experience managing production environments via IaC tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible etc.).
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) and Docker orchestration.
• Strong understanding of VPCs, Subnets, Transit Gateways, DNS, and Hybrid-Cloud connectivity.
• Experience designing redundancy across two or more cloud providers.
• Proven track record of deploying event-driven architecture using Lambda, Azure Functions, or Google Cloud Functions.
• Strong cloud migration and cloud management skills with emphasis on cloud resource management and security.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with interpersonal, customer service skills and leadership skills.
• Strong knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC), architecture frameworks, design patterns, and programming concepts.
• Experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud systems and applications.
• Experience in project management, including budget and time management.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities.
• Certifications or 10+ years of experience across a wide range of Information Technology disciplines.
• Must have at least one of the following Certifications:
  • Professional level Cloud Certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect—Professional)
  • Certifications in Architecture Frameworks (e.g TOGAF, Zachman)

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment
• Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Transportation and Commuting Benefits
• Banking Benefits
• Pet Insurance

Pay

The estimated salary range for this role is $117,000.00 – $158,000.00, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience.