Lead Solutions Architect
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting14 days ago
Base Salary
$155k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain client CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
- Write and maintain Terraform modules and manage infrastructure as code across Azure, AWS, and multiple client environments.
- Automate build, test, and deployment workflows and reduce manual release steps.
- Implement infrastructure security practices including secrets management, least-privilege IAM, RBAC, and policy-as-code guardrails.
- Monitor pipeline health and infrastructure reliability and troubleshoot build, deployment, and runtime failures.
- Containerize applications and integrate deployment pipelines with Azure Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes, or equivalent platforms.
- Support client developers across frontend, backend, and infrastructure troubleshooting.
- Document architectures, infrastructure patterns, and operational runbooks for client handoff.
- Mentor client engineers and junior team members on DevOps and Terraform practices.
- Present technical approaches and delivery progress to client stakeholders while maintaining client relationships.
- Partner with senior engineering leadership to create reusable DevOps patterns, reference architectures, and Terraform modules.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or site reliability engineering.
- Strong hands-on Azure experience, including Azure DevOps, Resource Manager, networking, IAM, compute, and storage services.
- Working knowledge of AWS services including EC2, IAM, VPC, and S3.
- Production Terraform experience including module design and remote state management.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines from scratch and designing reusable infrastructure patterns.
- Scripting ability in Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or AKS.
- Working fluency across frontend, backend, and infrastructure systems.
- Understanding of infrastructure and pipeline security fundamentals, secrets management, and access control.
- Hands-on use of Claude Code in daily engineering work.
- Ability to work directly with clients, present technical decisions, and communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Preferred qualifications include Azure, AWS, Terraform Associate, or Anthropic/Claude certifications; experience with Sentinel, OPA, Azure Policy, security scanning, and consulting delivery is also valued.
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement.
- Competitive base salary of $155,000 to $175,000 plus annual profit-sharing opportunity.
- 401(k) matching.
- 25 days of accrued annual paid time off.
- Subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Reimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses.
- North America team training and retreats.
- Professional certification and training sponsorship with 5 days of paid training time.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) is a London‑headquartered consultancy for financial services, delivering sector‑focused strategy, operating model change, and technology implementation for asset and wealth managers, alternatives firms, and insurers. It earns fees for consulting engagements and provides data and SaaS-based benchmarking and solutions. Founded in 2003, it operates across North America, Europe, MENA and APAC, and in 2024 was acquired by Bridgepoint.