Enterprise Cloud Architect

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• $136k Per Year Enterprise Cloud Architect UMB Financial Corporation

Occupation:

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

Location:

Kansas City, MO

• 64106

Job Type:

Full Time (30 Hours or More)

Posted:

05/27/2026 Positions available: 1

Source:

UMB Financial Corporation | NLX

Web Site:

www.umb.com Onsite /

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Work at home all of the time Job #: R-7752 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Telework & Remote Full Time Schedule Full Time Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. UMB's Enterprise Cloud Architect team was recently formed to streamline and accelerate adoption of the Cloud. The team provides self-service means to empower other teams to deploy cloud-native platforms while ensuring security, governance, architectural best-practice, cost containment, and control. The team works to provide architecture, tools, services, knowledge, support, organization structure, and operating model arranged as a compelling product. As an Enterprise Cloud Architect, you will serve as a strategic leader responsible for defining and evolving the organization's cloud-native platform and enterprise architecture strategy. This role uniquely combines enterprise architecture vision, solutions design expertise, and hands-on cloud engineering to enable enterprise-wide cloud adoption while maintaining alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry standards. You will lead enterprise responses to disruptive forces and emerging technology trends by identifying and orchestrating the execution of change toward desired business vision and outcomes. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership. This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City, MO. How you'll spend your time:

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy:

• Define enterprise cloud strategy, reference architectures, and design patterns aligned with business modernization roadmaps.
• Lead enterprise architecture discipline across domains in conjunction with business and IT leadership.
• Identify and analyze emerging technology trends relevant to the organization.
• Lead strategy development for assigned domains and detect critical deficiencies, legacy systems, and technical debt.
• Develop, maintain, and evolve architecture context (current, transition, and future state) across domains.
• Build consensus across technical and business stakeholders on cloud adoption and architectural direction.
• Understand and document integration between on-prem and cloud systems with a lens on security, compliance and governance.
• Cloud Solutions & Design
• Architect and design cloud solutions (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) that meet business requirements, compliance, and cost optimization goals.
• Partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into enterprise and cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Lead evaluation and selection of cloud and technology product standards.
• Design infrastructure-as-code frameworks and reusable components.
• Establish governance frameworks, technology standards, and architectural principles.
• Platform Engineering & Operations
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies
• Develop and oversee automation frameworks and configuration management practices.
• Establish infrastructure monitoring, observability, and operational standards.
• Ensure architecture and automation satisfy regulatory compliance and security controls.
• Participate in operational escalation and on-call support as needed.
• Coach, mentor, and collaborate with technical subject matter experts and architecture peers.
• Mentor application and infrastructure teams on cloud capabilities and DevOps best practices.
• Communicate architectural vision and technical decisions to executive, technical, and business audiences.
• Develop technology roadmaps and maintain reusable architecture documentation and patterns.
• Serve as internal cloud and architecture subject matter expert. Additional Information Help for Additional Information. Opens a new window. We're excited to talk with you if:
• You have a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• You have at least 10 years of IT experience with progressive responsibility.
• You have at least 5 years enterprise or solutions architecture experience, preferably in leadership role.
• You have at least 5 years designing and implementing highly available, scalable cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• You have at least 3 years architecting and deploying cloud services for enterprise environments.
• You have at least 2 years establishing observability and operational excellence solutions (metrics, logging, tracing).
• You have at least 2 years with IT controls, compliance frameworks, and security standards.
• You have demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams and influencing senior-level stakeholders.
• You have expert-level infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
• You have strong cloud platform knowledge with cost optimization expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• You have advanced understanding of cloud security, identity, and compliance (IAM, encryption, VPC).
• You have automation scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• You have containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS).
• You have CI/CD pipeline design and DevOps workflows (Terraform).
• You have configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• You have network fundamentals (VPC design, routing, load balancing, DNS).
• You have software development methodologies and QA standards.
• You have knowledge of industry standards and architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ITIL).
• You can not only architect, but build.

Bonus Points If:

• You have financial systems integration/implementation experience.
• You have any of the following certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or equivalent enterprise cloud certification (Azure, GCP, TOGAF).

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Ranges:

US Employees in

California, Washington DC, New Jersey, and New York:

$100,710

• $157,630 US Employees in

Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin:

$91,950

• $144,320 US Employees in all other states not listed above: $83,200
• $131,000 The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMB's good faith and reasonable estimate based on its budget and what it expects to be the starting pay for this role, but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location, experience level, and other job-related factors.

Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information. UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates, such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage; health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary. Are you ready to be part of something more? You're more than a means to an end—a way to help us meet the bottom line. UMB isn't comprised of workers, but of people who care about their work, one another, and their community. Expect more than the status quo. At UMB, you can expect more heart. You'll be valued for exactly who you are and encouraged to support causes you care about. Expect more trust. We want you to do the right thing, no matter what. And, expect more opportunities. UMBers are known for having multiple care... Visit the Employer site for more details