Job Description
Who We Are
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally.
The Role
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to define and own the vision, strategy, and design of the cloud infrastructure that powers CAA's global platforms and applications. This is a Microsoft Azure–first role, with secondary responsibility for Amazon Web Services (AWS), where you will own cloud reference architectures, establish infrastructure-as-code standards with Terraform, shape CI/CD and automation strategy, and set the standard for cloud reliability, security, and cost efficiency. As a technical leader across the organization, you will guide engineering teams, mentor engineers, and advance FinOps practices by governing cloud spend and driving cost-savings initiatives across our cloud estate. This is a role for an experienced architect who enjoys solving complex problems and shaping technical direction in a fast-moving, high-visibility environment.
Responsibilities
Define and own the cloud architecture and reference designs across Microsoft Azure (primary) and AWS (secondary) that support CAA's global platforms.
Establish infrastructure-as-code standards with Terraform, defining reusable modules and governing team adoption.
Set CI/CD strategy and design patterns to automate provisioning, testing, and deployment of cloud workloads.
Define cloud security architecture and best practices, including identity and access management, network segmentation, least privilege, encryption, and zero-trust principles.
Establish observability and capacity-planning standards, and guide root-cause analysis and remediation of incidents.
Lead FinOps practices—govern cloud spend and drive cost-savings opportunities across the cloud estate including AI token consumption and cost-per-inference tracking
Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, standards, runbooks, and technical documentation.
Automate recurring operational tasks and configuration management using Terraform, PowerShell, Python, or similar tooling.
Comfortable using GenAI tools like Claude to do code reviews, documentation validations, automated testing, etc
Deploy, manage, and scale containerized workloads on Kubernetes (AKS), including cluster provisioning, upgrades, and workload orchestration.
Partner with engineering, security, and application teams as a technical authority, providing architecture guidance and escalation as needed.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, lead technical design reviews, and set architecture and coding standards for the team.
Lead and participate in an on-call rotation and respond to critical cloud outages…