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Senior Cloud Architect - Kubernetes
Humana INC · 🇺🇸 Louisville, KY
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Humana INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles29 certified filings for “Senior Cloud Architect” (Information Technology Project Managers) in KY: $127k–$156k, median $145k. Most were filed at wage level IV (90%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Become a part of our caring community Humana is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect – Kubernetes to support and evolve AKS and GKE runtime environments within Humana’s Cloud Platform. This role is responsible for architecting, improving, and governing enterprise Kubernetes platforms to deliver scalable, secure, cost-effective, and highly observable cloud solutions. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native architecture, along with excellent communication and collaboration skills. Key Responsibilities • Architect, design, support, and enhance Kubernetes platforms across Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) environments. • Lead the full lifecycle management of Kubernetes platform services, including planning, implementation, upgrades, enhancements, and retirement strategies. • Develop and implement platform features that improve scalability, reliability, performance, and developer experience. • Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies, tools, and patterns to advance platform capabilities. • Optimize Kubernetes resource utilization, workload scheduling, and cluster performance to maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness. • Drive operational excellence initiatives through automation, standardization, and continuous process improvement. • Design and implement platform security controls, governance standards, policy enforcement, and architectural guardrails. • Build and maintain observability solutions, dashboards, monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities to improve platform visibility and reliability. • Lead capacity planning, forecasting, incident prevention, and resiliency initiatives. • Partner with engineering, security, infrastructure, and application development teams to deliver scalable platform solutions. • Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship to engineering teams. • Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps, and cloud-native best practices across the organization. • Lead vulnerability remediation efforts and maintain Power BI dashboards to track image pull volumes and governance Use your skills to make an impact Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent experience will be considered. • 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, systems engineering, or related technical disciplines. • 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting Kubernetes-based platforms in enterprise cloud environments. • Strong experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and/or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). • Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies. • Experience utilizing GitHub for source control, collaboration, CI/CD, and platform engineering workflows. • Strong understanding of cloud architecture, distributed systems, networking, security, governance, and reliability engineering principles. • Experience implementing monitoring, observability, logging, and alerting solutions for cloud-native environments. • Proven ability to troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root cause analysis. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. • Demonstrated ability to influence architectural decisions and lead cross-functional initiatives. Preferred Qualifications • Experience with Azure and Google platforms, and AKS and GKE runtime environments. • Expertise with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux. • Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio. • Experience with container security platforms and Kubernetes security best practices. • Knowledge of policy-as-code technologi