Cloud and AI Platform Architect

Role Description

This position provides enterprise-level technical and architectural leadership across cloud platform architecture, infrastructure modernization, and the organization’s emerging AI platform and ecosystem. The role is responsible for guiding cloud transformation, infrastructure optimization, resiliency and disaster recovery design, and AI enablement.

As a primary architecture partner for IT Services, Engineering, Information Management, Security, and business stakeholders, this position establishes standards, reference architectures, integration environments, governance guardrails, and reusable platform capabilities that support strategic business outcomes, operational stability, cost optimization, and responsible AI adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead culture of change for cloud adoption.
• Influence culture/change in behaviors toward the adoption and consumption of cloud services.
• Inspire a culture that resists the urge to execute "Business as usual."
• Lead organization to adopt/incorporate cloud computing correctly and effectively.
• Develop and coordinate the cloud architecture.
• Coordinate cloud architecture across all applicable areas, including AppDev, IM, Governance, Infrastructure, EA, Security, etc.
• Refine and coordinate the adoption of the Cloud Strategy.
• Work with stakeholders to identify and clearly articulate when to leverage cloud services and when not to.
• Develop a process for IT & the Business to easily select the appropriate cloud resource per application.
• Create a process or criteria for the evaluation and selection of cloud providers and services.
• Identify risks posed by cloud computing and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensure the most cost-effective cloud services are procured.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to move from traditional infrastructure vendors toward cloud providers.
• Partner with EA and other stakeholders to create governance for on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with architecture, SMEs, and stakeholders to evaluate, design, and validate cloud and infrastructure architectures.
• Represent infrastructure and cloud reference architectures within the broader enterprise’s architecture community.
• Create designs that map technical components to infrastructure that satisfies functional and non-functional requirements.
• Define and guide the enterprise AI platform and ecosystem architecture.
• Establish architecture standards and governance guardrails for responsible AI adoption.
• Drive sustainable cloud and infrastructure cost optimization.
• Serve as a system-thinking architecture leader connecting cloud, infrastructure, integration, data, security, and AI decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of seven to ten years’ relevant work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experienced in leading and implementing the design and delivery of infrastructure solutions.
• Experience in Healthcare and knowledge of Workers’ Compensation industry is a plus.
• Experience designing or establishing enterprise AI platforms, AI infrastructure, agent-based architectures, model integration patterns, or AI-enabled application ecosystems is strongly preferred.

Requirements

• EA or I&O background with hands-on experience in cloud (Public/Private/Hybrid), virtualization, infrastructure domains, and development.
• Demonstrated understanding of AI platform architecture, AI governance concepts, agent gateways or orchestration patterns, model deployment considerations, prompt and context management concepts, API management, event-driven integration, observability, and secure cloud-native design.
• Ability to translate emerging AI capabilities into practical enterprise architecture guidance.
• Variable work hours, including evenings and weekends, may be required.
• Proven experience working with project teams in an influential role.
• Must have experience in identifying and implementing sound design patterns.
• Must be comfortable with change, close collaboration, and have conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn Agile / DevOps practices.
• Preferred background with strong hands-on expertise working with Microsoft, IaaS, PaaS, Linux, Cisco, storage, security, middleware, database management systems, Java, and public and private cloud.
• Preferred experience with cloud AI services, enterprise integration platforms, API gateways, service mesh concepts, infrastructure-as-code, DevSecOps practices, identity and access management, secrets management, data protection controls, and platform observability.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage.
• PTO and paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan.
• Company-provided life insurance/disability coverage.
• Wellness options.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, wellness resources, recognition programs, 401k contribution, and PTO & Holiday pay (all subject to eligibility requirements).

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

Duties are performed primarily in a home office setting utilizing computer equipment. Travel to attend meetings and visit locations throughout the country may be required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.

Job descriptions will be reviewed and are subject to changes of business necessity. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, geographical cost of labor, etc.

To facilitate working from home, candidates must provide their own reliable, high-speed internet access with sufficient bandwidth to execute all job functions. Company laptop will be provided (except for temporary internship roles).