Apptad Cloud Architect (AWS & Azure)

San Jose, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Cloud Architect (AWS & Azure )

Location: San Jose CA - Onsite 5 days a week.

JD:

We are seeking a rare blend of deep technical expertise and executive-level communication: a battle-tested Senior Cloud Architect who is equally comfortable racking servers in a data center writing production Terraform from scratch and presenting multi-million-dollar cloud strategies to C-level executives and boards.

You will own the end-to-end technical vision while personally building and delivering production cloud infrastructure on both Azure and AWS lead complex migrations from on-prem environments and serve as the trusted technical advisor to senior leadership.

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.

Mentor engineering teams while maintaining final accountability for solution quality and delivery.

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.

Role: Cloud Architect (AWS & Azure ) Location: San Jose CA - Onsite 5 days a week. JD: We are seeking a rare blend of deep technical expertise and executive-level communication: a battle-tested Senior Cloud Architect who is equally comfortable racking servers in a data center writing produc...