Cloud Architect – Engineer

• Define long-term strategic cloud technology blueprints and engineering standards
• Design, implement, optimize, and maintain secure, scalable, resilient hybrid-cloud architectures
• Architect and manage VPCs, VNets, subnets, transit gateways, peering, firewalls, private links, and dedicated connectivity
• Automate provisioning and configuration management using Infrastructure as Code
• Implement cloud security controls, compliance frameworks, encryption, WAF, and threat monitoring
• Optimize cloud cost and resource utilization through tagging, rightsizing, reserved instances, savings plans, and cost analysis
• Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability solutions
• Support disaster recovery, high availability, backup/restore, failover, business continuity, and DR testing
• Collaborate with Network, Security, Application Development, and Operations teams on projects, incident response, and architecture reviews
• Support cloud adoption, business growth, and proactive resolution of infrastructure challenges

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field and 12+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience; additional years of experience accepted in lieu of a degree
• 12+ years of progressive experience in cloud architecture, engineering, and operations, including at least 4 years in a senior or lead Cloud Architect role
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale hybrid/multi-cloud environments using AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
• Expertise with Generative AI infrastructure, production-ready RAG pipelines, scalable vector databases, GPU/TPU compute clusters, Kubernetes/container orchestration, and LLM workload auto-scaling
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep/ARM, and Ansible
• Strong cloud networking experience, including VPCs, VNets, subnets, transit gateways, peering, private links, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute, firewalls, security groups, WAF, and private API gateways
• Experience implementing enterprise security and compliance frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI‑DSS, CMMC, and FedRAMP
• Experience with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Google Operations, Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, and ELK/EFK stack
• Track record in cost optimization and disaster recovery/business continuity planning
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross‑functional teams
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• Preferred: experience leading cloud adoption and strategic technology roadmaps
• Preferred: microservices architectures, modern APIs, secure private cloud networking, Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies
• Preferred certifications include Azure Solutions Architect Expert, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, CKA/CKAD, and Azure Security Engineer Associate

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in cloud architecture and engineering, with a focus on hybrid and multi‑cloud environments. Proficient in implementing security frameworks, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring business continuity through disaster recovery strategies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Cloud Architecture
• Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Environments
• Infrastructure as Code
• Enterprise Security Frameworks
• Cost Optimization

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Cloud Architecture
• Hybrid Cloud Design
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud Security Implementation
• Cost Optimization Techniques
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Cloud Networking
• Generative AI Infrastructure
• Kubernetes/Container Orchestration
• Microservices Architectures

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate
• CKA/CKAD
• Azure Security Engineer Associate

Industry Keywords

• SOC 2
• ISO 27001
• HIPAA
• PCI‑DSS
• CMMC
• FedRAMP
• VPC
• VNets
• WAF
• Business Continuity

Tools & Technologies

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud
• Terraform
• AWS CloudFormation
• Azure Bicep
• Ansible
• CloudWatch
• Datadog
• Prometheus/Grafana