Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect
Remote
May 19, 2025
Full Time
Application ends: August 19, 2025

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About the Role

We are looking for a Cloud Architect who thrives on designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-efficient cloud environments that directly support product delivery and high-throughput data systems. You won’t just be “lifting and shifting” workloads — you’ll be defining cloud-native strategies, optimizing Kubernetes workloads, enforcing architectural guardrails, and solving cross-team platform challenges in real-time.

This role requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to translate business constraints into system architecture. You’ll work closely with application architects, DevOps engineers, and cybersecurity teams to define end-to-end cloud solutions across multiple domains, including high-performance compute, identity federation, and automated compliance.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Design and implement distributed cloud architectures for containerized microservices, real-time data pipelines, and hybrid edge/cloud deployments.
  • Define multi-account AWS/GCP landing zone strategies with centralized identity, logging, and cost control baked in from the start.
  • Serve as a technical escalation point for cloud networking (e.g., overlapping CIDRs, VPC peering limits, hybrid DNS resolution).
  • Collaborate with security engineers to embed policy-as-code into infrastructure pipelines using tools like OPA, Sentinel, and AWS SCPs.
  • Build decision frameworks around cloud trade-offs (e.g., EKS vs. GKE, managed Kafka vs. self-hosted, API Gateway vs. ALB).
  • Lead cloud architecture reviews and threat modeling for new initiatives, ensuring non-functional requirements (resilience, observability, recovery) are addressed early.
  • Guide teams in right-sizing workloads, optimizing autoscaling groups, and managing workloads under constrained budgets without compromising SLA targets.
  • Establish a cloud architectural baseline aligned with Well-Architected Frameworks while pushing for innovation beyond reference patterns.

Required Skills and Experience

  • 8+ years of experience in infrastructure or application architecture, with at least 4 years architecting solutions in AWS and/or GCP.
  • Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), including cluster networking, pod autoscaling, node groups, and service meshes (e.g., Istio or Linkerd).
  • Proven experience designing systems with 99.9%+ availability SLAs, including active-active or regionally resilient failover architectures.
  • Strong background in Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD integrations (GitHub Actions, Argo CD, or equivalent).
  • Working knowledge of event-driven architectures, including Kafka, EventBridge, or Pub/Sub, and the operational implications of each.
  • Deep understanding of cloud IAM strategies, including OIDC federation, workload identity, and cross-platform RBAC enforcement.
  • Ability to whiteboard architectural decisions and defend trade-offs under pressure — we’re not looking for slide-deck architects.

Bonus Points

  • Experience integrating SaaS security tools into cloud pipelines (e.g., Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Orca).
  • Hands-on experience with FinOps principles and creating real-time cost observability for cloud workloads.
  • Familiarity with GPU scheduling and inference pipelines in a containerized environment (e.g., AI/ML workloads).
  • Background in regulated environments (e.g., PCI, HIPAA, FedRAMP) with a focus on designing cloud systems that meet continuous compliance.

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