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CLA is growing and seeking to hire an experienced DevEx Architect to join our talented Information Technology team. The position offers growth, flexibility and a collaborative work environment.

In this position you should have the following; excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels. Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment. Most important, demonstrate a high level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.

This role is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of the CLA's Development Framework and platform engineering initiatives specifically for application development. As a Lead Application Developer, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining stable, scalable, and efficient pre-production environments. You will oversee seamless deployments to production and champion a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement across development, QA, and IT operations teams.

This role combines the functions of a Development Lead with framework engineering responsibilities for all CLA environments. In addition, this role will lead the strategy and vision for the Framework Engineering Team. This role ensures efficient development, stable framework design, and thorough monitoring and tooling.

How you'll create opportunities in this DevEx Architect role:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of core application frameworks and supporting tooling to meet business needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, project managers, and other developers, to define technical requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Establish and promote best practices for coding standards, design patterns, secure development, and software delivery workflows.
• Mentor and guide junior developers, providing technical oversight and support for professional development.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure the quality, performance, and security of application frameworks.
• Own and evolve the development toolchain (e.g., source control workflows, CI/CD, code quality, security scanning) and evaluate new technologies to improve reliability and developer productivity.
• Design, standardize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release automation to support repeatable deployments across environments.
• Partner with platform/operations teams to define environment standards and automate provisioning using infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools.
• Enable container-based development and deployments by defining patterns, templates, and operational practices for Docker and Kubernetes-based workloads.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting standards; develop dashboards and reporting that support operational visibility and rapid incident response.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to framework architecture and application integration.
• Document framework designs, architecture decisions, and development processes for future reference and team knowledge sharing.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Utilize a consistent framework development approach across products/projects by providing standards, templates, and guidance to improve delivery quality and repeatability.
• Manage and oversee the framework team velocity, issues, risks and bottlenecks and related projects.

What you will need:

• 6 years of relevant experience required
• Bachelor's degree or a combination of relevant experience and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Degrees in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred.

Technical Competencies:

• Proficiency with version control systems such as Git and command line interface
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell) and YAML markup
• Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GC
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or Jenkin
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

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