Senior manager, cloud architect

Job Details:

• Job Location: Cambridge, MA
• Position Type: Fixed Term
• Education Level: 4 Year Degree
• Salary Range: $95000.00 - $115000.00
• Travel Percentage: Up to 10%
• Job Category: Information Technology

Who We Are

The Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS) is a self-sustaining nonprofit enterprise. Founded to help bridge the gap between policy and practice, our mission is to enable people and the planet to meet the pace of change by expanding access to new technologies that power more sustainable and equitable outcomes. We are a fully remote team of award-winning professionals with decades of applied expertise and end-to-end GIS capabilities. By embracing whole-system thinking and state-of-the-art technology, we enable partners across public, private, and nonprofit sectors to tackle complex, real-world challenges—like housing affordability, ecosystem conservation, water management, and sustainable infrastructure—with greater clarity.

Position Overview:

The Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS) is seeking a Senior Manager, Cloud Architecture to serve as the lead backend and cloud architect for a complex, multi-year federal program, in addition to working on a second program focused on water reservoir system analysis and data interoperability. Reporting to the Associate Director of Data Engineering, the Senior Manager, Cloud Architecture will serve as the technical and managerial lead for backend development on a federal program, dedicating most of their time to this work.

What You Will Do:

Federal Backend Architecture and Technical Delivery

Responsible for backend and cloud engineering work on a federal program, coordinating closely with technical leads, project manager, partner organizations, and federal stakeholders.

Technical Collaboration & Team Management

Directly supervise and empower backend data development staff, overseeing their day-to-day work, performance and professional growth.

Backend Software Engineering and Systems Integration

Design and oversee the implementation of production-quality backend services, APIs, data-access layers, workflow services, and reusable software components using Python or another appropriate language.

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Provision and manage compute, object storage, databases, networking, identity and access management, secrets, logging, and related cloud services using infrastructure as code.

DevOps, Reliability, Security, and Operations

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure, backend applications, data workflows, and analytical services.

Qualifications:

What You Will Need: Undergraduate degree or equivalent professional experience in computer science, software engineering, information systems, engineering, geography, or a related technical field. 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, site reliability engineering, or a closely related role.

Compensation Overview

The salary market range for this role is $96,000-$115,000 depending on level of education, years of experience, and other relevant qualifications.