Lead Cloud & Platform Architect

Momnt is a financial technology company specializing in embedded lending and point-of-need consumer financing. The Lead Cloud & Platform Architect designs, builds, secures, and operates the company’s cloud and platform infrastructure, with ownership of reliability, disaster recovery, security, and cost governance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and write infrastructure-as-code for scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS solutions across compute, storage, networking, and security
• Drive platform modernization (microservices, serverless, containers) using AWS CDK as the primary deployment framework
• Manage multi-account strategy, landing zone design, IAM governance, and network architecture
• Directly build, own, and maintain platform components, including CI/CD pipelines, shared services, deployment frameworks, and observability stacks
• Own platform SLAs, uptime targets, performance baselines, root cause analysis/post-mortems, and overall operational reliability
• Define, test, and maintain DR strategies, including failover design, RTO/RPO targets, and continuous DR testing cadences
• Implement and enforce platform security (IAM, secrets management, encryption, SOC2 controls) and manage cloud spending/optimization (FinOps)
• Manage day-to-day AWS administration (VPCs, routing, backups, patching, CloudWatch/Datadog monitoring)

Skills

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cloud architecture
• Strong hands-on mastery of AWS CDK (TypeScript, Python, or Java) to build and manage production infrastructure
• Deep technical expertise in AWS core services, VPC design, IAM, security, and multi-account strategies
• Practical experience working with ECS/EKS, AWS Lambda, EventBridge, and event-driven architectures
• Proven track record building CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and internal platform tooling
• Demonstrated ability to directly own operational reliability, incident response, DR, and SLAs in a production environment
• Experience with Terraform is strongly preferred for potential future integration
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• Experience establishing internal developer platforms or "golden path" deployment patterns
• Direct experience with SOC2 compliance frameworks and automated security tooling
• Strong background in FinOps, budget enforcement, and cloud cost management

Benefits

• Hybrid work in Sandy Springs, GA or Chicago, IL; on-site at the Sandy Springs or Chicago office a minimum of 2 days per week for direct team collaboration.

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