IT Cloud Software Architect
Nelnet, Inc.6 days ago
Centennial, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$140k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-optimized cloud-native applications.
- Define software patterns for microservices, APIs, containers, and serverless workloads.
- Engage internal stakeholders, partners, and external clients to gather requirements and recommend solutions.
- Support pre-sales activities through discovery sessions, technical deep-dives, architecture workshops, technical proposals, RFP responses, and presentations.
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering teams, developers, and junior architects.
- Champion DevOps, CI/CD, agile delivery, Infrastructure as Code, automation, DevSecOps, security, compliance, and governance practices.
- Evaluate and pilot emerging cloud, AI/ML, and software engineering technologies through proofs of concept.
- Partner with Delivery, Product, Security, and Operations teams to ensure solution viability and reliable implementation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5+ years in cloud architecture or solution architecture.
- Expertise developing cloud-native applications on GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Strong proficiency with Node, Angular, C#, and Python.
- Experience designing and scaling microservices, APIs, serverless applications, and containerized workloads.
- Experience with AI/ML services and integrations such as Google Vertex AI, Gemini, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, or OpenAI.
- Experience engaging business and client stakeholders at multiple levels and communicating technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strongly preferred: hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience.
- Strongly preferred: GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification, or willingness to earn it within 6–12 months with company-supported training and exam costs.
- Preferred: experience supporting pre-sales, proposals/RFPs, or client-facing solution design.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with a standard 3/2 in-office/work-from-home schedule for associates within 30 miles of an office, subject to manager discretion.
- Candidates are currently sought within 30 miles of offices in Lincoln, Nebraska; Centennial, Colorado; Madison, Wisconsin; or Brownsville, Texas; internal remote associates may be considered.
- Medical, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA benefits.
- Earned time off, 401(k)/student loan repayment, life insurance, AD&D insurance, employee assistance, employee stock purchase, tuition reimbursement, disability coverage, and wellness programs.
- Performance-based incentive pay.
- Training time and exam-cost support for the GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Nelnet, Inc.
Nelnet, Inc. is a publicly traded financial services and education technology company that serves students, families, schools, and government agencies through loan servicing, refinancing, and payment solutions. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, it also operates Nelnet Bank and multiple service divisions. Its Nelnet Business Services unit provides payment technology and education services to over 1,200 higher education institutions and nearly 12,000 K–12 schools.