Cloud Architect

Summary As a Cloud Architect on our Cloud Engineering team, you will design and implement scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions that address client business and technical requirements. You will serve as a technical subject matter expert for cloud services and work directly with clients and engineering teams to develop practical cloud architectures and support successful implementation. The Cloud Architect should have expert knowledge of at least one major public cloud platform, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with a strong understanding of cloud networking, security, infrastructure, cost management, and operational requirements. This role will also support clients in the adoption of emerging cloud and enterprise AI capabilities. You will help evaluate and design solutions involving technologies such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Amazon Bedrock, and other enterprise AI platforms, with consideration for security, governance, data protection, and responsible adoption. Responsibilities (including, but not limited to the following) • Design scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures tailored to client business requirements. • Design and implement cloud solutions across public cloud and hybrid environments. • Serve as a cloud services subject matter expert for clients and internal engineering teams. • Participate in client meetings and communicate cloud architecture recommendations to technical and business stakeholders. • Develop cloud architecture designs that address performance, availability, scalability, security, and operational requirements. • Apply cloud security best practices to infrastructure and solution designs. • Design cloud infrastructure with ongoing monitoring, management, support, and operational requirements in mind. • Estimate and help manage cloud consumption and infrastructure costs. • Conduct cloud assessments and identify opportunities for cost optimization and improved resource utilization. • Develop and maintain cloud architecture diagrams, technical documentation, standards, and implementation guidance. • Support cloud migration initiatives, including planning, assessment, architecture, and implementation. • Design and support workload migrations to public cloud environments. • Work with engineering teams to translate architecture designs into secure and maintainable implementations. • Support infrastructure automation using Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tools Skills • Must be able to articulate complex technical architectures to executive leadership and diverse stakeholders • Ability to deliver innovative, enterprise-grade technology solutions for clients • Ability to lead projects under pressure and with competing priorities • Highly analytical thinker with advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills • Must have availability to occasionally work nights and some weekends • Expert knowledge of multiple major public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud) including advanced networking, compute, security, IAM, and cost optimization • Expert technical skills with Windows Server Technologies, including Active Directory and hybrid identity solutions • Proficiency with git and version control in conjunction with Azure DevOps repositories • Deep familiarity with containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud-native application architectures • Expert understanding of Windows and Linux environments at the enterprise scale • Expert understanding of deploying to Azure using Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tools • Advanced understanding of deploying to Azure using CI/CD processes with complex pipelines • Advanced experience