Cloud Enterprise Architect

Position Overview

Preferred California Candidates only (resides in California)
We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Enterprise Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure solutions. This role is critical in guiding cloud strategy from early planning phases through deployment and post-go-live support for mission-critical systems.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise across multiple public cloud platforms, strong leadership capabilities, and a proven track record delivering secure, scalable, and compliant cloud architectures particularly within regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Strategy & Architecture

- Lead development of enterprise cloud architecture strategies and high-level designs for scalable, secure, and highly available environments

- Define architecture blueprints across IaaS, PaaS, and serverless models aligned with business and technical requirements

- Conduct market research and solution analysis, presenting at least three viable architecture options and recommending optimal solutions

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (network, storage, server) to align infrastructure decisions

Solution Design & Engineering

- Architect cloud networking solutions including VPCs/VNets, subnets, routing, load balancing, and hybrid connectivity

- Identify and implement core cloud services including compute, managed databases, storage, IAM, and key management

- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates and automation scripts for repeatable deployments

Security, Compliance & Governance

- Establish cloud security architecture including firewalls, security groups, and posture management tools

- Ensure compliance with NIST, CJIS, and state-level requirements

- Define governance policies and risk mitigation strategies

Operations, Monitoring & Optimization

- Design monitoring, logging, and alerting systems

- Develop data management strategies including backup and disaster recovery

- Drive performance optimization and cost management

Migration & Deployment

- Lead application and data migrations to cloud environments

- Develop deployment strategies and support go-live activities

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship

- Lead architecture reviews and present to stakeholders

- Participate in project governance

Documentation & Compliance

- Produce and maintain architecture documentation

- Ensure adherence to IT change management processes

Required Qualifications

- 15+ years of IT architecture experience, including 5+ years in cloud leadership

- 10+ years across at least two public cloud platforms

- Expert-level cloud certification

- Experience leading 3+ large-scale cloud projects

- IaC experience

- cloud security and compliance experience

- Strong documentation skills

- Bachelor s degree in IT, Engineering, or related field