Sr. Cloud Architect

CAA is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to define and own the vision, strategy, and design of the cloud infrastructure that powers its global platforms and applications. The role is Microsoft Azure–first, with secondary responsibility for Amazon Web Services, and encompasses cloud reference architectures, infrastructure-as-code standards, CI/CD and automation strategy, and standards for cloud reliability, security, and cost efficiency. The position operates as a technical leader across the organisation, guiding engineering teams, mentoring engineers, and advancing FinOps practices across the cloud estate.

• Define and own the cloud architecture and reference designs across Microsoft Azure (primary) and AWS (secondary) that support CAA's global platforms.
• Establish infrastructure-as-code standards with Terraform, defining reusable modules and governing team adoption.
• Set CI/CD strategy and design patterns to automate provisioning, testing, and deployment of cloud workloads.
• Define cloud security architecture and best practices, including identity and access management, network segmentation, least privilege, encryption, and zero-trust principles.
• Establish observability and capacity-planning standards, and guide root-cause analysis and remediation of incidents.
• Lead FinOps practices, governing cloud spend and driving cost-savings opportunities across the cloud estate, including AI token consumption and cost-per-inference tracking.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, standards, runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Automate recurring operational tasks and configuration management using Terraform, PowerShell, Python, or similar tooling.
• Deploy, manage, and scale containerised workloads on Kubernetes (AKS), including cluster provisioning, upgrades, and workload orchestration.
• Use GenAI tools such as Claude for code reviews, documentation validation, and automated testing.
• Partner with engineering, security, and application teams as a technical authority, providing architecture guidance and escalation as needed.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, lead technical design reviews, and set architecture and coding standards for the team.
• Lead and participate in an on-call rotation and respond to critical cloud outages outside of business hours as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of cloud engineering experience, including 4+ years in a cloud architecture or design role.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and solid working knowledge of AWS.
• Advanced experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, including modular, version-controlled, and reusable designs.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI).
• Deep understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, and networking within Azure and AWS.
• Familiarity with FinOps or cloud cost optimisation, including tagging, rightsizing, and reserved/savings-plan concepts.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams and to mentor junior engineers.

• Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or Azure Administrator (AZ-104); AWS certifications a plus.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS) and scripting in PowerShell or Python.
• Familiarity with media and entertainment workflows or high-bandwidth production environments.
• Experience supporting global, multi-site organisations with 24x7 availability requirements.

• Hybrid, based in the Nashville office.

• Discretionary bonus eligibility in addition to base salary.
• Benefits where the company pays 80%–100% of the cost include medical, basic life and AD&D insurance, telemedicine, employee assistance and mental health counselling in person, virtually or by text, paid vacation and holidays, paid sick time, paid parental leave and other paid leaves of absence, NICU leave, bereavement resources, adoption benefits, educational assistance, mental health resources
• And an employee assistance plan.
• Voluntary benefits employees may elect include dental and vision insurance, a 401K plan, flexible spending accounts (health care and dependent care), a health savings account, and voluntary life and AD&D insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Other statutory mandated benefits.

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CAA has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally.