Azure Cloud Architect
Location: San Jose, CA - Onsite 5 days a week.
Contract
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.
Translate complex technical solutions into clear, compelling presentations and recommendations for CXOs, 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.
Required Experience & Skills
8+ 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.