Job Description

Open to hiring in our west (Grand Rapids), east (Southfield), or South (St. Joseph) regions. Must be able to work onsite one day per week at closest corporate office.

The Hybrid Cloud System Architect is a strategic, full-stack hands-on architecture role responsible for designing, guiding implementation of, and continuously optimizing an integrated hybrid infrastructure platform spanning public cloud and on-premises data center environments. The role provides technical leadership across compute, storage, networking, automation, resilience, security, and observability, ensuring that workloads are placed and operated according to business, performance, availability, compliance, risk, and cost requirements. Unlike a cloud engineering role with incidental responsibility for on-premises infrastructure, this position intentionally unifies cloud and data center architecture as a single platform capability. This is a full-time position embedded within CPO/Platform Engineering and reporting to infrastructure leadership.

Essential Functions

• Unified infrastructure design - architects compute, storage, and networking solutions that treat on-premises data center and cloud as integrated platforms rather than separate silos.
• Hybrid workload orchestration - determines which workloads run where (cloud vs. data center) based on cost, latency, compliance, and performance requirements, design data flows between environments.
• SLA-based operations – defines and operationalizes service level agreements spanning both environments, moving from "manage hardware" to "deliver business outcomes.
• Cost and capacity optimization - manages consumption models, avoids cloud waste, and plans data center refresh cycles strategically across the hybrid environment.
• Compliance and cyber resilience - enforces HIPAA-compliant data residency, encryption, and security controls consistently across cloud and data center This role is embedded in cloud platform operations (CPO) teams, not in the CCOE. The CCOE sets governance, but this architect executes and optimizes the hybrid platform.
• Maintains capability roadmaps.

Soft Skills

• Cross-functional collaboration - work with cloud engineers, database architects, security, and clinical IT teams to align hybrid decisions
• Business acumen - understand workload economics, risk trade-offs, and how to present hybrid decisions to leadership
• Change leadership - managing the cultural shift from siloed infrastructure (storage team, networking team, cloud team) to unified hybrid operations
• Adaptability - cloud and storage technologies evolve rapidly; continuous learning is non-negotiable
• Systems Thinking: Ability to understand interdependencies across applications, infrastructure, security, operations, and business processes.
• Influencing Without Authority: Ability to drive architectural outcomes across multiple teams without direct management responsibility.
• Decision Making Under Ambiguity: Ability to make informed architectural recommendations with incomplete information while balancing risk, cost, speed, and operational complexity.
• Mentoring & Technical Leadership: Coach engineers and architects on hybrid-cloud patterns, standards, and best practices.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• At least 10 years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise infrastructure solutions across both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS and/or Azure, including compute, storage, networking, security, governance, and cost optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Broad knowledge of data center technologies, including virtualization, storage systems (SAN/NAS), backup and disaster recovery, high availability, and enterprise networking.
• Experience architecting and supporting hybrid cloud environments, including cloud-to-data-center connectivity, data mobility, storage, and workload portability.
• Familiarity with container technologies, cloud-native platforms, and emerging automation capabilities, including AI-driven infrastructure management.
• Strong understanding of security, compliance, and risk management, including zero-trust principles, HIPAA requirements, cybersecurity best practices, and resiliency planning.
• Experience implementing automation, configuration management, and operational efficiency initiatives at scale.
• Knowledge of cloud financial management (FinOps), including cost monitoring and optimization strategies.
• Proficiency with Git-based version control and collaborative engineering workflows.

Preferred

• Master's Degree or equivalent
• Proven experience designing and supporting hybrid environments
• Track record in healthcare IT or other regulated industries
• Certifications: AWS certified solution architect, Google professional cloud architect or Azure solutions architect expert
• Experience using any of the tools listed below:
  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Rundeck
  • Spacelift
  • GitHub and GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and support
  • AI Coding assistance
  • Kubernetes/EKS
  • DevSecOps

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Corewell Health Place - 100 Corewell Drive NW - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Domain Architecture Cloud Ops Service Mgmt - Corporate

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Days Worked

Monday to Friday

Weekend Frequency

Variable weekends

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Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members, patients, visitors, and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR, Varicella, Tdap, and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.

An interconnected, collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system, we advocate for equity as we care for our patients, our communities, and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence, to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work, we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

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