Lead Cloud Architect

SEI has a challenging career opportunity for a Cloud Architect / Engineer. The optimal candidate will be a senior-level engineer with extensive experience in application migrations to the Azure and Oracle Cloud, Cloud modular Enterprise-scale architecture, security controls, automation / orchestration, and the enforcement of governance policies.You should be adaptable, possess a wide range of technical skills, and demonstrate the ability to understand financial services business requirements. You will be responsible for deploying and maintaining many components of the cloud infrastructure including network design, resource allocation, storage, and security.

What you will do :

• Design and implement enterprise landing zones (e.g., Azure Landing Zones, Oracle Cloud Landing zones, AWS Control Tower, Google Cloud Foundation) that support multi-account / multi-subscription cloud environments.
• Define and enforce cloud governance frameworks, including identity and access management (IAM), network segmentation, tagging policies, cost controls, and security baselines.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams to ensure compliance, resilience, and operational excellence in landing zone configurations.
• Lead cloud workload onboarding efforts for application teams, providing architectural guidance, technical onboarding playbooks, and infrastructure-as-code templates.
• Evaluate and integrate automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) for provisioning landing zones and reusable cloud components.
• Partner with enterprise architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to align landing zones and workload onboarding practices with organizational goals.
• Contribute to the development of cloud blueprints, reference architectures, and technical standards for common workload patterns (e.g., web apps, data platforms, microservices).
• Conduct architecture reviews, provide remediation recommendations, and support DevSecOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Stay updated with cloud provider advancements and recommend improvements to cloud enablement strategy.
• Hands-on engineer that assists and enables product / scrum teams with migrating and onboarding the respective workloads to the cloud.
• Provides app reference architecture patterns for the phased app transformation approach with specific insights on migrating to native cloud services.
• Assist with DevOps needs as well as CI / CD pipelines and deployment patterns.
• Mentor team members and provide hands on technical delivery of projects

What we need from you :

What we would like from you :

SEI's competitive advantage :

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive care for your physical and mental well-being, a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, a hybrid working environment for most roles, support for working parents and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, EAP, FSA), life and disability insurance (premiums paid for base coverage), 401(k) match, education assistance, commuter benefits, up to 11 paid holidays / year, 21 days PTO / year pro-rated for new hires which increases over time, paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, a discounted stock purchase plan, investment options, access to thriving employee networks and more.

We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures (SM)-for our clients, our communities, and ourselves. Come build your brave future at SEI.

SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more...

After over 50 years in business, SEI remains a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our offices encompass an open floor plan and numerous art installations designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognize that our people are our most valuable asset and that a healthy, happy, and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. At SEI, we're (literally) invested in your success. We offer our employees paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, education assistance and access to thriving employee networks.

SEI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

AI Acceptable Use in the application and interview process :

SEI acknowledges the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into individuals' personal and professional lives. If you intend to incorporate the use of any AI tools at any stage of the application and / or interview process, please ensure you have reviewed and adhere to our AI use guidelines.