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FormativGroup

Cloud Solution Architect

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2 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$140k - $180k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design end-to-end cloud architectures aligned with business and technical requirements.
  • Define cloud reference architectures, patterns, and best practices.
  • Lead solution design for cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
  • Evaluate cloud services and recommend optimal designs for performance, security, and cost.
  • Architect and support application and data migrations to the cloud.
  • Guide modernization initiatives including re-hosting, re-platforming, and re-architecting.
  • Design solutions leveraging cloud-native services such as containers and serverless.
  • Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and governance standards.
  • Design for high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and resiliency.
  • Partner with security teams on identity, access management, and data protection.
  • Work closely with engineering teams to ensure successful implementation of designs.
  • Participate in architecture reviews, technical decision-making, and delivery planning.
  • Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and roadmaps to technical and executive audiences.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or solution architecture.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience architecting solutions on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, and platform services.
  • Experience with application architecture, integration patterns, and APIs.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Preferred: Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Preferred: Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Preferred: Knowledge of data platforms, analytics, or integration middleware.
  • Preferred: Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent).

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Paid time off.
  • Discretionary bonuses and commissions.