Job Details
Job Title: Senior Cloud Architect (Multi-Cloud AWS + Azure) Hands-On
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, hands-on build, and operationalize greenfield cloud environments on Azure and AWS (IaaS, PaaS, containers, serverless).
- Lead large-scale on-premises to cloud migrations and hybrid/multi-cloud transformations.
- Design and implement enterprise landing zones, governance, security, networking, and cost-optimization frameworks.
- Personally author and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform primary, Bicep/CloudFormation secondary).
- Translate complex technical solutions into clear, compelling presentations and recommendations for CTOs, CFOs, CEOs, and board members.
- Regularly present architecture roadmaps, migration plans, risk assessments, TCO/ROI analysis, and progress updates to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Influence strategic decisions by articulating trade-offs, risks, and long-term implications of cloud and infrastructure choices.
- Build trust as the go-to technical authority both in the weeds with engineers and in the boardroom with executives.
- Mentor engineering teams while maintaining final accountability for solution quality and delivery.
Required Experience & Skills
- 8 12+ years in infrastructure engineering with strong on-premises data center roots (VMware, storage arrays, enterprise networking, physical deployments).
- Expert-level hands-on experience in both Azure and AWS (minimum 5 years public cloud).
- Proven ability to build production cloud environments from scratch not just manage inherited ones.
- Mastery of Terraform (mandatory) and enterprise networking in hybrid/multi-cloud scenarios.
- Demonstrated experience presenting to and influencing C-suite executives and boards:
- Confidently delivered technical strategy, migration plans, and financial justification decks
- Translated highly technical concepts into business outcomes and risk language
- Led architecture review boards and governance committees
- Certifications: At least two professional-level (e.g., AZ-305, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, etc.)
- Exceptional communication skills verbal, written, and visual (you can make a 50-slide deck feel like a 5-slide story).
We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.