Grant County Public Utility District · 1 day ago
Azure Infrastructure Architect
Ephrata, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$158K/yr - $276K/yr
10+ years expGrant County Public Utility District is seeking an Azure Infrastructure Architect who will serve as the organization’s trusted technical authority and strategic leader for Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure. This role involves providing strategic leadership for long-term architecture, governance, automation, and reliability standards while ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and financial requirements.
Electrical DistributionEnergyPublic Safety
Responsibilities
Design, guide, and oversee enterprise-scale cloud frameworks and governance models spanning identity, networking, compute, and data
Establish organization-wide standards for security, compliance, and automation adopted across all teams
Lead modernization and multi-cloud initiatives, balancing innovation with long-term sustainability
Partner with senior IT and business leaders to translate strategic objectives into durable, scalable, secure cloud solutions, while leading architecture reviews and defining technical guardrails that ensure reliability, availability, and cost efficiency
Translate strategic goals into resilient infrastructure blueprints supporting business growth and continuity
Mentor senior engineers and cultivate the technical community across departments
Serve as the executive-level technical advisor for cloud direction, cost optimization, and vendor strategy
Author and maintain reference architectures, whitepapers, and technical standards used to guide enterprise best practices
Collaborate with cybersecurity, network, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment and integrated controls
Define multi-year Azure roadmaps for identity, network fabric, and automation platforms
Guide adoption of IaC frameworks, policy-as-code, and governance automation through CI/CD
Lead incident post-mortems and systemic resilience reviews; champion root-cause prevention
Evaluate new Azure services and emerging technologies and provide readiness recommendations
Collaborate with finance and procurement teams to mature FinOps and budget governance
Represent Grant PUD in vendor councils, technical alliances, and cross-agency collaboration forums
Continuously refine documentation, templates, and education materials to scale knowledge sharing
Support lifecycle planning and capacity forecasting for cloud infrastructure services
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or two (2) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
Ten (10) years of progressive experience in cloud architecture and operations
Demonstrated leadership of large-scale, enterprise Azure programs or equivalent multi-cloud initiatives
Deep expertise in Azure architecture, security, automation, and cost governance frameworks
Proven ability to influence executive-level technology strategy and cross-team alignment
Preferred
Experience leading enterprise governance or modernization initiatives across multiple business units
Experience mentoring or guiding engineering or technical staff
Advanced knowledge of Azure landing zones, policy orchestration, and compliance automation
Strong background in hybrid identity management and zero-trust implementation
Proven record of mentoring technical leaders and establishing long-lasting process improvements
Benefits
Grant PUD’s benefit that may be available if hired, different employee types are eligible for different benefits.
Company
Grant County Public Utility District
Grant County Public Utility District is a government administration and public utility service firm providing electric energy service.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Richard Wallen
General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
Bonnie Overfield
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-06-13
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