Be a part of our success story.
Launch offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to do the best work of their lives in a dynamic and growing company.
Through competitive salaries, outstanding benefits, internal advancement opportunities, and recognized community involvement, you will have the chance to create a career you can be proud of.
Your new trajectory starts here at Launch!
The Role:We are seeking a strategic Cloud Platform Architect to design, evolve, and guide the implementation of Kubernetes-based cloud platforms with a strong emphasis on GitOps, ArgoCD, and developer experience.
This role focuses on regulated industries such as healthcare and finance, requiring a deep understanding of compliance, security, and operational resilience.
Responsibilities Include:
- Architect scalable, secure, and compliant Kubernetes-based platforms across cloud and hybrid environments.
- Define and lead the implementation of GitOps workflows using ArgoCD.
- Design and evolve internal developer platforms (IDPs) using Backstage, ensuring strong developer experience.
- Evaluate and select open-source and commercial tools for platform automation, observability, security, and compliance.
- Collaborate with security, compliance, and data governance teams to ensure adherence to regulatory standards (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI).
- Mentor engineering teams and establish platform engineering best practices.
- Create architecture documentation, deployment patterns, and reusable templates.
- Serve as a technical leader in platform modernization and cloud migration efforts.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering, with 3+ in a Kubernetes-focused architecture role
- Proven expertise with ArgoCD, GitOps workflows, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, Helm)
- Hands-on experience with Backstage or similar developer portals
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes operations, security (PodSecurityPolicies, OPA/Gatekeeper), and multi-tenant design
- Experience building platforms in regulated environments (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI, or FedRAMP)
- Strong understanding of CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Tekton, Jenkins X, etc.)
- Experience designing for service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and ingress controllers (NGINX, Traefik)
- Familiarity with secrets management, SSO (OIDC, SAML), and RBAC/ABAC controls
- Clear communicator with the ability to lead architectural discussions and align stakeholders
Clearance/Compliance:
- Experience with regulatory frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI)
Compensation & Benefits:As an employee at Launch, you will grow your skills and experience through a variety of exciting project work (across industries and technologies) with some of the top companies in the world! Our employees receive full benefits—medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and matched 401k.
We also have an uncapped, take-what-you-need PTO policy.
The anticipated wage range for this role is $180,000-$210,000.
Education and experience will be highly considered, and we are happy to discuss your wage expectations in more detail throughout our internal interview process.
Be a part of our success story.
Launch offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to do the best work of their lives in a dynamic and growing company.
Through competitive salaries, outstanding benefits, internal advancement opportunities, and recognized community involvement, you will have the chance to create a career you can be proud of.
Your new trajectory starts here at Launch!
The Role:We are seeking a strategic Cloud Platform Architect to design, evolve, and guide the implementation of Kubernetes-based cloud platforms with a strong emphasis on GitOps, ArgoCD, and developer experience.
This role focuses on regulated industries such as healthcare and finance, requiring a deep understanding of compliance, security, and operational resilience.
Responsibilities Include:
- Architect scalable, secure, and compliant Kubernetes-based platforms across cloud and hybrid environments.
- Define and lead the implementation of GitOps workflows using ArgoCD.
- Design and evolve internal developer platforms (IDPs) using Backstage, ensuring strong developer experience.
- Evaluate and select open-source and commercial tools for platform automation, observability, security, and compliance.
- Collaborate with security, compliance, and data governance teams to ensure adherence to regulatory standards (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI).
- Mentor engineering teams and establish platform engineering best practices.
- Create architecture documentation, deployment patterns, and reusable templates.
- Serve as a technical leader in platform modernization and cloud migration efforts.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering, with 3+ in a Kubernetes-focused architecture role
- Proven expertise with ArgoCD, GitOps workflows, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, Helm)
- Hands-on experience with Backstage or similar developer portals
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes operations, security (PodSecurityPolicies, OPA/Gatekeeper), and multi-tenant design
- Experience building platforms in regulated environments (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI, or FedRAMP)
- Strong understanding of CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Tekton, Jenkins X, etc.)
- Experience designing for service meshes (Istio, Linkerd) and ingress controllers (NGINX, Traefik)
- Familiarity with secrets management, SSO (OIDC, SAML), and RBAC/ABAC controls
- Clear communicator with the ability to lead architectural discussions and align stakeholders
Clearance/Compliance:
- Experience with regulatory frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI)
Compensation & Benefits:As an employee at Launch, you will grow your skills and experience through a variety of exciting project work (across industries and technologies) with some of the top companies in the world! Our employees receive full benefits—medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and matched 401k.
We also have an uncapped, take-what-you-need PTO policy.
The anticipated wage range for this role is $180,000-$210,000.
Education and experience will be highly considered, and we are happy to discuss your wage expectations in more detail throughout our internal interview process.