Job Title: Cloud/FinOps Architect Location: Block 23 What you'll do: This Cloud Architect will be a go to person for Cloud platform, spend optimization expertise and an integral part of Enterprise Architecture organization within Western Alliance bank. The bank is on a Digital Transformation journey and is migrating workloads from on-prem data centers to Azure Cloud platform in addition to deploying solutions utilizing Cloud native services and technologies. As a Cloud Architect, you will be responsible for working with cross functional teams and coming up with design, development, and deployment strategies for highly available, scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions in the cloud platform. As a FinOps Architect, you will craft and execute cloud cost optimization strategies, analyze cloud spend, identify potential cost savings, define follow-up activities, and increase productivity. This role requires the candidate to demonstrate strong strategic & critical thinking skills as well as have an ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with multiple delivery teams, business partners, and IT leadership. What we are looking for: Responsibilities: Design and deploy highly available, secure, and scalable hybrid cloud solutions utilizing Cloud native and on-prem services under industry best practices realm and with "Cloud First" mentality. Design effective monitoring, logging, and auditing of production systems to satisfy IT governance and risk mandated compliance policies. Applies methodology and governance, as directed, to minimize business and technical risks and adhere to quality assurance while contributing to design and/or delivery of solutions (e.g. Well-Architected Framework, Enterprise Scale Landing Zone, Cloud Adoption Framework). Create conceptual, logical, and physical architecture artifacts for cloud-based solutions. Develop Cloud based Engineering and Technology standards for Enterprise Architecture - Engineering and Technology standards catalogs. Collaborate with cross functional teams within the IT organization - Business, Product, Network, Security, Development, DevOps, and Operations team. Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Application teams, Operations team, Finance team to maintain cloud spend and environment stability through data analysis, consulting, accurate documentation, and creative problem-solving lens. Analyze, optimize, and implement cost optimization actions over different cloud services by creating value added financial and usage dashboards to drive tangible cost saving results. Work with the financial teams on budget, forecast, tagging and related FinOps centric KPI's and SLA analytics and reporting requirements. Work closely with our finance and legal departments to negotiate cost terms and contracts with Cloud vendors. Lead a small team of FinOps inhouse or managed service professionals. Drive decision making. Identify alternatives, pros, and cons, and make recommendations. Analyzes new and emerging trends in Cloud Architecture to ensure standards remain current and relevant. Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures, or culture) and financial impact of solution designs. Establish relationships with strategic public and hybrid cloud vendors to acquire knowledge develop partnerships and collaborate on potential architectural solutions and technology acquisitions. Communicates architectural solutions to IT senior leaders and other critical stakeholders throughout the architecture planning and design process. Qualifications: Required: 7-10 years of related experience, with 5+ years in a Cloud architecture, design, and Cloud cost optimization role. Bachelor's degree in computer science, information-technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience. Experience working in an architecture fun