Principal Cloud Solution Architect
Connection, Inc.2 years ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$138k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with enterprise clients to understand business objectives, application portfolios, and technology strategies.
- Design enterprise-scale cloud, hybrid-cloud, and cloud-native solutions across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform.
- Lead strategic discovery sessions and solution workshops with executive and technical stakeholders.
- Develop cloud modernization roadmaps aligned with business outcomes.
- Guide large-scale cloud migrations, application modernization, DevOps adoption, and infrastructure transformation initiatives.
- Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, and optimized for long-term success.
- Advise senior IT leaders and decision-makers on cloud strategy and technology choices.
- Support pre-sales engagements, solution positioning, and RFP responses.
- Mentor architects and contribute to the growth of Connection’s Cloud Center of Excellence.
- Monitor emerging cloud technologies, market trends, and industry best practices.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, enterprise infrastructure, application modernization, or related technical consulting roles.
- Current cloud certifications in Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud.
- Proven success leading complex cloud transformation and migration projects.
- Extensive experience in customer-facing, consultative technology roles.
- Ability to engage and influence senior IT executives and business leaders.
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, automation, and governance.
- Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Experience with cloud security and governance, DevOps and CI/CD automation, Kubernetes and container orchestration, infrastructure as code, serverless computing, API management, cloud-native application development, disaster recovery and business continuity, data and AI platforms, or enterprise networking and cloud connectivity is highly valued.
- Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Chef, or Puppet is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and 401(k) plans.
- Medical insurance and other progressive benefits.
- Free therapy visits, mental health coaching, meditation resources, and other emotional wellbeing support.
- Generous paid time off including vacation, sick time, Wellness Time Off, and Volunteer Time Off.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Connection, Inc.
Connection, Inc. is a public IT solutions provider that sells and integrates enterprise hardware, software, cloud, and lifecycle services for businesses, schools, healthcare, and government. The company combines solution architecture with procurement and supply-chain capabilities across networking, security, virtualization, and multicloud. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Connection (NASDAQ: CNXN) operates as a value-added reseller and services partner to U.S. and global customers.