
Principal Cloud Architect
Western Governors University2 hours ago
Salt Lake City, UT, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$161k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and lead enterprise cloud architecture strategy aligned with business objectives and innovation goals.
- Design scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
- Guide engineering teams through solution design, modernization, and migration initiatives.
- Establish cloud governance frameworks, architecture standards, and operational best practices.
- Drive adoption of cloud-native technologies, including containers, serverless, and microservices.
- Lead architectural reviews, evaluate emerging technologies, and mentor senior engineers and architects.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, business, and senior stakeholders to drive technical strategy and innovation.
Requirements
- Eight or more years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale distributed systems.
- Deep expertise in enterprise-scale AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Strong background in cloud security, networking, and infrastructure architecture.
- Experience leading large-scale cloud migrations and modernization efforts.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex technical concepts.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- AWS certifications are a bonus.
- Experience in regulated or highly secure environments is a bonus.
Benefits
- Full-time, regular, 40-hour-per-week position with eligibility for bonuses.
- Full-time in-office work location.
- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, mental healthcare, health savings account, and flexible spending account benefits.
- Life, disability, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, legal, and identity theft coverage.
- Retirement savings plan, wellbeing program, discounted WGU tuition, and flexible paid time off.
- Flexible paid sick time, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leave including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.