Cloud Architect
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Job Summary
Role: Cloud Architect
Location: Plano TX
Experience: 10 Years (15 preferred)
Primary Cloud: AWS
Competency Exposure: CloudOps for Google Cloud (plus)
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Architect to lead the end-to-end cloud architecture and implementation lifecycle. This role is responsible for translating complex business requirements into secure scalable cost-effective cloud solutions. The Cloud Architect will work closely with business leaders engineering teams and operations to define cloud strategies create architecture blueprints and guide enterprise-scale cloud migrations and modernization initiatives across cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture & Strategy
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Design and implement robust scalable and cost-optimized cloud architectures.
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Define multi-account AWS strategies aligned with security and governance best practices.
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Evaluate and recommend new cloud technologies for enterprise adoption.
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Drive cloud roadmap planning and architecture decision-making.
Security & Governance
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Design and enforce IAM frameworks following least-privilege principles.
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Implement layered security controls across infrastructure and applications.
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Monitor cloud usage enforce governance policies and manage cost controls.
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Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and best practices.
Infrastructure Automation & DevOps
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Lead Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives using Terraform for AWS.
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Establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines aligned with DevOps best practices.
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Automate cloud provisioning deployment and configuration management.
Hybrid & Enterprise Connectivity
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Architect secure and high-performance hybrid solutions integrating on-premises environments with cloud platforms.
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Design connectivity using Direct Connect VPNs and Transit Gateway.
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Ensure reliability scalability and secure data flow across environments.
Application Modernization
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Guide development teams on cloud-native design microservices architecture and containerization.
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Improve application scalability resilience and fault tolerance.
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Support modernization of legacy systems to cloud-native platforms.
Monitoring Observability & Cost Optimization
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Implement monitoring and observability using CloudWatch X-Ray and CloudTrail.
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Design proactive alerting and incident response strategies.
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Optimize cloud costs using Cost Explorer Budgets and Savings Plans.
Documentation & Roadmaps
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Produce detailed architecture diagrams technical documentation and implementation roadmaps.
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Clearly communicate cloud strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
Experience
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15 years of overall software engineering experience with high-impact product delivery.
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Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing complex AWS cloud architectures.
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Proven experience with enterprise-scale cloud migrations and modernization initiatives.
AWS Core Infrastructure
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Expert-level knowledge of:
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Compute & Containers: EC2 ECS EKS Lambda Fargate
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Storage: S3 EBS Storage Gateway
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AWS Data & Database Technologies
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Advanced experience with:
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RDS Aurora DynamoDB
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ElastiCache Redshift
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Networking & Security
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Deep expertise in:
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VPC design Transit Gateway Route 53
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Direct Connect and hybrid connectivity
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Security services: IAM KMS Secrets Manager WAF Shield GuardDuty Security Hub
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Automation & DevOps
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Advanced hands-on experience with Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation.
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Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Preferred Qualifications
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Exposure to Google Cloud Platform (CloudOps) in multi-cloud environments.
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Experience with distributed systems and cloud-native application architectures.
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Strong stakeholder communication and leadership skills.
Key Skills
- APIs
- Pegasystems
- Spring
- SOAP
- .NET
- Hybris
- Solution Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Adobe Experience Manager
- J2EE
- Java
- Oracle
