Sr. Cloud Enterprise Architect

Job Title: Sr. Cloud Enterprise Architect
Location: Sacramento CA (Hybrid)

Contract

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

• 13 years of IT architecture experience including 5 years in cloud leadership
• 10 years of experience across at least two public cloud platforms
• Expert-level cloud certification
• Experience leading 3 large-scale cloud projects
• 4 years of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) experience
• 4 years of cloud security and compliance experience
• Strong documentation skills
• Bachelors degree in IT Engineering or related field