Cloud Architect - Platform Architecture

Cloud Architect - Platform Architecture | Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., is driven by a dynamic technology team of 2,300+ professionals delivering innovative solutions to 1,400+ stores and 200,000+ associates across 8 states. From IT security and platform engineering to architecture, software development, and infrastructure, we offer career opportunities at every level—internships through technical leadership. Join a company consistently ranked among Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and help us build more than great subs—build the future of technology at Publix. You will be joining the Publix Platform Architecture team. As a Cloud Architect, you should have a deep understanding of relevant cloud technologies and their relationships, as well as the cost implications of cloud resources. You will design large-scale, multi-region, and multi-cloud architectures and integrate cloud services to create highly available and resilient cloud solutions. Your role includes addressing information governance and security challenges associated with public clouds. Additionally, you should be able to thoroughly document your work and changes to the cloud environment effectively.

Location: Hybrid (Lakeland, FL) Work Model: Enjoy the best of both worlds—collaborate in person and innovate remotely.

Why Join Us?

• Hybrid Flexibility: Work remotely when you need focus time and join us onsite for high-impact collaboration and brainstorming sessions.
• Operational Efficiency: Ensure technology solutions support efficient workflows and enable automation to improve operational effectiveness.
• Empowered Culture: We value autonomy, creativity, and continuous learning—your ideas shape the future of technology in our organization.

Your Impact

• Provide expert leadership in cloud architecture and implementation (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, scalability).
• Oversee cloud strategy development, architecture governance, and foundational standards.
• Define and enforce cloud operating environment, standards, and supporting tools/frameworks.
• Shape Publix's cloud roadmap for cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid solutions.
• Establish and uphold best practices for availability, resiliency, performance, disaster recovery, and data integration.
• Recommend cost optimizations and ensure efficient cloud resource utilization.
• Analyze cloud configurations and partner cross-functionally to implement long-term fixes.
• Serve as SME for end-to-end cloud architecture, including networking and provisioning.
• Create and maintain documented cloud design patterns for application deployments.
• Mentor team members on cloud standards and drive cultural adoption of cloud practices.
• Lead development of cloud reference architecture and management systems.
• Escalate and resolve delivery risks, issues, and roadblocks.
• Validate cloud resource performance post-deployment through monitoring and metrics.
• Troubleshoot across IaaS, PaaS, applications, network, and security layers.
• Identify recurring issues and build tools/processes to prevent them.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Development, Engineering, and Security teams for robust solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of architecture experience
• 8+ years of experience supporting multi-tier web applications.
• 5+ years of experience handling workloads in large-scale environments.
• 5+ years of experience in design and implementation of cloud workloads in Azure

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Experience with analyzing and defining technical requirements & design specifications.
• Experience with cloud native database design with both relational and document-based database systems
• Experience with integrating complex multi-tier applications.
• Experience with API design and development.
• Experience with application lifecycle tools (Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, etc.).
• Experience with cloud networking and network security, including virtual networks, network security groups, cloud-native firewalls, etc.
• Able to demonstrate writing shell scripts (Cloud Shell, Bash, PowerShell, or Python).
• Have a sound understanding of standard networking protocols such as DNS, TCP/IP, and advanced load balancing.
• Have practical knowledge of application security.
• Have recent experience supporting hybrid cloud and multi-cloud configuration.
• Have previous experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Recent experience working with database technologies hosted in the cloud such as SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
• Have recent experience with Azure Cosmos DB, MongoDB, or Cassandra
• Have passed one or more Azure certification exams.
• Have recent experience with Azure DevOps or other continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) tools and pipelines.
• Have recent experience with big data clustering technologies (Spark, HDInsight, Databricks, etc.).
• Have experience in design and implementation of cloud workloads in GCP.
• Have the ability to demonstrate recent experience developing software that is deployed to the cloud.

Frequency of Pay

Minimum Base Pay: 10,400

Maximum Base Pay: 15,600

Potential Annual Pay with Bonus: 135,200 - 202,800

Year End Bonus: As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month's extra pay (pro-rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.

Benefits Information

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Group health, dental and vision plans
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria
• Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits - Jobs (publix.com)

Address: 331 S. Florida Ave

City: Lakeland

State: Florida

Zip Code: 33801

Additional Information: Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours. Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email. ***Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.***

Facility: Lak Information Systems/DTO2 B015

Job Category: Publix Technology