Top Cloud Architect Jobs

Provides enterprise architecture leadership for secure multicloud and hybrid environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Develops security standards, governance models, reference architectures, and secure-by-design patterns. Leads architecture and design reviews, guides engineering teams, and advances cloud cybersecurity, automation, networking, identity, compliance, and modernization capabilities. Requires extensive enterprise security architecture experience, DoD certifications, and an active TS/SCI clearance with willingness to complete a polygraph.

Designs and governs cloud-native architectures across compute, networking, data, identity, and security. Partners with business, security, and engineering stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, cost-effective solutions. Leads cloud migration, modernization, platform consolidation, architecture reviews, and engineering direction. Produces formal architecture artifacts, presents to senior leadership, and balances delivery speed, cost, compliance, security, and maintainability across major cloud platforms.

Designs and implements cloud security solutions for Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 customers. Leads security architecture discussions, Zero Trust adoption, technical evaluations, implementation planning, troubleshooting, and enterprise security strategy. Advises executives and technical stakeholders on identity and access management, threat protection, cloud security, information protection, and secure-by-design architectures. Collaborates with Microsoft engineering, product, and security teams to remove blockers and orchestrates technical resources to deliver customer outcomes.

Designs and implements scalable Azure cloud architectures, automates infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, and oversees Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines. Provides technical guidance, troubleshoots complex infrastructure issues, and optimizes cloud environments for performance, cost, security, and compliance. Collaborates with stakeholders and cross-functional teams, documents architecture and processes, conducts environment assessments, and delivers Azure training while driving cloud innovation and business objectives.

Designs and governs cloud-native architectures across compute, networking, storage, identity, data, security, and observability. Leads architecture reviews, landing-zone and connectivity design, cloud migrations, modernization, cost optimization, and FinOps initiatives. Develops reference architectures and formal design artifacts, ensures security and compliance alignment, partners with stakeholders and cloud providers, and mentors engineering teams. The role requires deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform and 12 or more years of experience.

Customer-facing Cloud Solution Architect driving security transformation on Azure and Microsoft 365. Design and implement security architectures (Identity, Threat Protection, Cloud Security), run design sessions, perform hands-on evaluations of Defender, Sentinel, and Azure AD, and influence product and engineering teams to improve customer security posture and adoption.

Design and lead cloud-based enterprise architectures and migrations using AWS and modern cloud practices; ensure security, compliance (ATO/WANDS), cost optimization, and iterative delivery while guiding teams and stakeholders.

Designs and delivers secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and cloud solutions for customers. Leads architecture sessions, migration and modernization initiatives, AI workload enablement, proofs of concept, and production milestones. Partners with technical and sales teams, resolves blockers, improves resiliency and performance, develops repeatable solutions, and drives customer adoption and business value. Requires strong customer-facing consulting, cloud architecture, technical project, and certification experience.

Designs multi-cloud strategies, reference architectures, and platform capabilities across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. Responsibilities include cloud portability, abstraction layers, federated identity, SSO, cross-cloud networking, infrastructure-as-code, policy-as-code, Kubernetes, security, and managed cloud services. The role leads multi-cloud architecture initiatives, advises stakeholders, supports cloud migrations, and creates platforms that reduce cloud-specific complexity for product teams.

Lead design and implementation of secure, scalable cloud solutions for Public Health data modernization. Architect and deploy AWS and hybrid cloud applications, guide engineering teams, enforce cloud governance and CI/CD practices, and troubleshoot IaaS and Linux/Unix environments.

Leads enterprise technology solution architecture and transformation initiatives for managed services clients. Designs cloud, infrastructure, outsourcing, migration, and modernization solutions; facilitates discovery and architecture workshops; develops roadmaps, business cases, pricing models, proposals, and implementation plans. Acts as a trusted executive advisor, leads multidisciplinary teams and complex pursuits, partners with product and PMO organizations, and oversees architecture through migration, cutover, troubleshooting, and operational handoff.

Designs and oversees Azure Government cloud infrastructure supporting Joint Staff J7 simulation, training, and modeling systems. Establishes cloud foundations, landing zones, hub-and-spoke networks, Infrastructure as Code standards, and migration architectures using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, AKS, and virtualized services. Applies Zero Trust principles across cloud environments and advises government engineering and architecture stakeholders. Requires extensive Azure and DoD cloud experience, active Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and an IAT II or III certification.

Designs and delivers secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and cloud transformation solutions for customers. Leads architecture sessions, migrations, modernization, proofs of concept, and production deployments across infrastructure, applications, data, SAP, hybrid environments, and AI workloads. Partners with technical and sales teams to identify opportunities, resolve blockers, optimize customer environments, develop reusable intellectual property, and drive adoption, resiliency, performance, and business value.

Lead cloud architect for Oracle Fusion Middleware and OCI implementations. Design and build HA/DR, performance, capacity and observability solutions; troubleshoot middleware, database, storage, network and compute layers; automate deployments; engage with customer and Oracle executive/engineering teams to drive decisions and deliver complex enterprise cloud solutions.

Designs and governs enterprise Google Cloud architectures, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, microservices, integrations, automation, security, and migration solutions. Develops cloud standards, roadmaps, documentation, cost estimates, and implementation guidance. Leads cloud adoption, vendor coordination, team enablement, AI integration, troubleshooting, and executive communication. Requires extensive IT experience, active GCP certification, U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, and eligibility for Public Trust clearance.

Designs, implements, and modernizes secure, scalable, resilient cloud environments for a DoD customer. Leads cloud migrations, systems engineering, virtualization, automation, testing, security compliance, requirements analysis, and technology evaluations. Supports AWS and Azure architectures, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, networking, identity management, and operational troubleshooting while advising government customers and senior management. Requires an active Secret clearance, IAT Level III certification, and at least 10 years of experience.

Designs and governs secure enterprise cloud and hybrid architectures for national security missions. Defines Zero Trust architectures, cloud governance frameworks, standards, guardrails, and reference architectures; advises engineering teams on security, performance, cost, and resiliency; integrates cloud solutions with enterprise IT and security services; and supports audits in regulated or classified environments.

Leads cloud and enterprise architecture services for a state government infrastructure program. Designs and executes migrations across AWS, GCP, and OCI; develops architecture standards, roadmaps, and migration strategies; advises stakeholders; ensures compliance with security frameworks; and drives modernization, innovation, and cost optimization. The role also supports proposal development and collaborates with security, networking, application development, and operations teams.

Leads the design and modernization of secure, scalable, resilient cloud platforms. Develops reference architectures, reusable engineering patterns, automation frameworks, IaC, CI/CD standards, security controls, observability, disaster recovery, and operational practices. Partners with architecture, engineering, security, SRE, and delivery teams to guide implementations, evaluate technologies, support cloud migrations, improve reliability and cost efficiency, and mentor technical teams.

Designs and guides deployment of a FedRAMP-authorized cloud environment for a federal grant management portal, dashboards, and knowledge repository. Documents system architecture, authorization boundaries, data flows, and security controls; applies Zero Trust, open-source, containerization, secure CI/CD, interoperability, backup, and disaster recovery principles. Collaborates with ATO/RMF leads and developers, supports federal authorization documentation, reviews implementation, and provides technical inputs for privacy, data security, sustainability, and transition deliverables.

Architects and manages secure, highly available multi-cloud network infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and on-premises data centers. Responsibilities include hybrid connectivity, multi-region resiliency, automated failover, traffic engineering, load balancing, virtual firewalls, network segmentation, BGP, and cloud security controls. The role requires extensive experience with AWS and Azure networking, Megaport connectivity, resilient architecture, and relevant cloud networking or architecture certifications.

Designs and governs cloud architectures for a global software platform supporting scientific laboratory applications. Responsibilities include AWS architecture, security, DevSecOps, Terraform infrastructure as code, regulatory compliance, testing strategy, technical proofs of concept, stakeholder communication, engineering guidance, and mentoring. Requires strong C#/.NET Core and web development experience, AWS certification, architecture-framework knowledge, and familiarity with databases, application servers, and LC/LCMS systems.

Provides senior technical advisory and incident-response support for enterprise Azure cloud-native applications and AI solutions. The role improves reliability, performance, scalability, security, observability, and cost efficiency through assessments, telemetry analysis, root-cause investigations, architecture guidance, automation, and modernization planning. It coordinates Microsoft support, engineering, account teams, and customers during complex production incidents, participates in on-call rotations, and serves as a trusted technical advisor.

Lead cloud strategy and design enterprise Google Cloud solutions across compute, storage, networking, data, security and operations. Drive migrations, containerization (Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform), governance, and client-facing consulting. Mentor teams and contribute to practice development, ensuring secure, compliant, cost-effective architectures.

Senior enterprise architect responsible for defining and governing secure-by-design application and cloud platform architectures across Azure and GCP. Leads secure design patterns, cloud-native controls, identity and container security, appsec platform selection (SAST/DAST/SCA/RASP), DevSecOps integration, legacy platform hardening, governance and compliance (PCI, SOC 2, NIST, ISO), and mentors architects and engineers.