Domain Managing Architect - Cloud

The role

The Domain Managing Architect – Cloud will lead the development and execution of the enterprise cloud strategy. This person will partner with business and IT leadership to drive modernization and technology transformation across Azure and AWS.

What you will do

• Define, lead, and execute the enterprise cloud strategy.
• Develop hybrid and multi-cloud strategies.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, data, integration, and platform teams.
• Lead modernization initiatives including application rationalization and technical debt reduction.
• Lead and approve Enterprise Architecture Assessments.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and security requirements.
• Guide the design of landing zones, cloud foundations, and FinOps practices.
• Provide end-to-end architecture leadership for large-scale transformation programs.
• Guide domain architects, solution architects, and engineering teams.
• Define and govern enterprise standards, patterns, and technology roadmaps.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including at least eight years in cloud architecture and technical leadership roles.
• Hands-on cloud architecture experience leading enterprise-scale cloud transformation and legacy modernization programs.
• Broad, cross-domain expertise in enterprise and solution architecture, data platforms, integration, infrastructure, networking, security, and cloud operations.
• Experience working within an Enterprise Architecture framework, such as TOGAF.
• Strong knowledge of modern architecture practices, including cloud-native, microservices, event-driven, and AI-enabled architectures.
• Proven ability to lead modernization initiatives across complex application and technology landscapes.
• Experience defining and governing enterprise architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.
• Proficiency in creating architecture artifacts and diagrams using tools such as Microsoft Visio or draw.io.
• Ability to collaborate with business leaders, IT executives, architects, and engineering organizations.
• Experience with architecture risk management and executive-level presentations.
• Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost-management and optimization strategies.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in the insurance industry is highly preferred.
• Experience implementing AI governance frameworks in regulated environments.
• Exposure to Agentic AI and Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, vector databases)
• Professional cloud certifications, such as Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

About the company

Horace Mann was founded in 1945 to help educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow. The company serves more than 4,100 school districts nationwide and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.