Cloud Solution Architect
FormativGroup5 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$140k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end cloud architectures, reference architectures, patterns, and best practices aligned with business and technical requirements.
- Lead solution design for cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Evaluate cloud services and recommend designs optimized for performance, security, and cost.
- Architect and support application and data migrations, including re-hosting, re-platforming, and re-architecting.
- Design solutions using containers, serverless services, and managed platforms.
- Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, governance, high-availability, disaster-recovery, backup, and resiliency requirements.
- Partner with security teams on identity, access management, and data protection.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on implementation, architecture reviews, technical decisions, and delivery planning.
- Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and roadmaps to technical and executive audiences.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or solution architecture.
- At least 4 years of hands-on experience architecting solutions on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, platform services, application architecture, integration patterns, and APIs.
- Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is preferred.
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines is preferred.
- Knowledge of data platforms, analytics, or integration middleware is preferred.
- Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect are preferred.
- Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; visa sponsorship is unavailable.
Benefits
- Remote role.
- Candidates must reside in AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, or Washington DC.
- Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, discretionary bonuses, commissions, or other incentive programs.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; visa sponsorship is unavailable.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About FormativGroup
FormativGroup is a technology consulting and implementation partner that modernizes complex business platforms for enterprises by connecting workflows, applications, and data across ecosystems. It provides strategy, solution design, system integration, and ongoing support across cloud and on‑premises stacks, with engagements in industries such as insurance. The company is privately held, PE‑backed, and headquartered in White Plains, New York.