Senior Cloud Architect

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Cloud Architect

Description

Lead client-facing cloud solution architecture across presales, assessments, discoveries, and strategic engagements. Design scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective solutions on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure, and define target-state architectures and transformation roadmaps. Run workshops, architecture reviews, and technical governance while partnering with engineering and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture across presales, assessments, discoveries, and strategic client engagements

• Work directly with client stakeholders, including engineering leaders, CIOs, and CTOs, to understand business goals and translate them into technology strategies

• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective solutions on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure

• Define target-state architectures and transformation roadmaps for cloud migration, application modernization, and cloud-native development

• Design architectures using microservices, containers, Kubernetes, serverless, APIs, and event-driven systems

• Define cloud platform foundations including networking, identity, security, observability, governance, and landing zones

• Lead technical workshops and architecture discussions with client and engineering teams

• Shape solutions for RFPs/RFIs including architecture, delivery approach, assumptions, risks, and estimates

• Work with engineering teams during project initiation and delivery to establish architecture principles, technical guardrails, and governance

• Perform architecture reviews and help teams resolve complex technical challenges

• Contribute to cloud offerings, reference architectures, accelerators, and reusable assets

• Stay current with cloud and AI capabilities and help clients identify where emerging technologies can create practical value

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, or architecture roles

• Strong hands-on architecture experience with AWS or Microsoft Azure

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade cloud solutions

• Experience with cloud migration, application modernization, or cloud-native transformation

• Strong understanding of distributed systems and modern application architecture

• Experience with containers and Kubernetes such as EKS or AKS

• Good understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security, resilience, observability, and cost optimization

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps/CI/CD practices

• Ability to move between high-level architecture and detailed technical discussions with engineering teams

• Experience leading technical workshops, discoveries, or architecture assessments

• Strong communication skills; able to explain complex technology decisions to technical and business stakeholders

• Upper-Intermediate/Advanced English

Benefits

• Work on complex cloud transformation challenges rather than being tied to a single product or project

• Shape solutions from the first client conversation through delivery

• Work across industries, architectures, and technology stacks

• Influence technical decisions on strategic enterprise engagements

• Build new cloud capabilities, accelerators, and offerings

• Grow beyond a single cloud platform as the market evolves