Sr. Cloud Architect

Job#: 3026769

Job Description:

Senior Azure Cloud Architect

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

The Senior Azure Cloud Architect provides hands-on solution architecture leadership with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure while maintaining working knowledge of AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role is responsible for designing, reviewing, and remediating cloud architectures while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and governance practices.

The architect will support cloud architecture reviews, landing zone design, shared services, and enterprise cloud adoption initiatives across a multi-cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, review, and remediation of Azure-based cloud architectures, landing zones, and shared services.
• Provide architectural guidance across multi-cloud environments, with Azure serving as the primary area of expertise.
• Define and enforce architecture patterns related to identity, networking, security, governance, and operational excellence.
• Translate enterprise standards into scalable, repeatable cloud solutions.
• Conduct evidence-based tradeoff analysis across cost, resiliency, performance, security, and operability.
• Participate in and facilitate Technical Review Boards (TRBs) and Cloud Architecture Review Boards (CARBs).
• Review and challenge solution designs across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, DevOps, and platform teams on cloud modernization initiatives.
• Support compliance, governance, and risk management requirements by translating business and regulatory requirements into actionable cloud architectures.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT infrastructure, cloud, or solution architecture experience.

• 5+ years designing and implementing Azure cloud solutions at enterprise scale.

• Deep expertise with:

• Azure Landing Zones

• Azure Virtual Network (VNet) Architecture

• Azure Identity and Access Management (Entra ID/Azure AD)

• Azure Governance and Policy

• Azure Security Services

• Azure Compute, Storage, and Networking

• Working knowledge of AWS and GCP architecture principles.

• Strong understanding of cloud governance, security, networking, and architecture review processes.

• Experience supporting architecture governance functions such as TRBs and design reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred)
• AWS Solutions Architect certification and/or Google Professional Cloud Architect certification
• Experience operating within large enterprise Cloud Centers of Excellence (CCOE)
• Exposure to FedRAMP, NIST, CMMC, or regulated environments

Senior GCP Cloud Architect

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

The Senior GCP Cloud Architect provides hands-on solution architecture leadership with a primary focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while maintaining working knowledge of Azure and AWS. This role is responsible for designing, reviewing, and remediating cloud architectures while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and governance practices.

The architect will support cloud architecture reviews, landing zone design, shared services, and enterprise cloud adoption initiatives across a multi-cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, review, and remediation of GCP-based cloud architectures, landing zones, and shared services.
• Provide architectural guidance across multi-cloud environments, with GCP serving as the primary area of expertise.
• Define and enforce architecture patterns related to identity, networking, security, governance, and operational excellence.
• Translate enterprise standards into scalable and repeatable cloud solutions.
• Conduct evidence-based tradeoff analysis across cost, resiliency, performance, security, and operability.
• Participate in and facilitate Technical Review Boards (TRBs) and Cloud Architecture Review Boards (CARBs).
• Review and challenge solution designs across GCP, Azure, and AWS environments to ensure consistency with enterprise architecture standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, DevOps, and platform teams on cloud modernization efforts.
• Support compliance, governance, and risk management requirements through practical architecture guidance.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT infrastructure, cloud, or solution architecture experience.

• 5+ years designing and implementing GCP solutions at enterprise scale.

• Deep expertise with:

• Google Cloud Landing Zones

• Shared VPC Architecture

• IAM and Organization Policies

• Cloud Networking and Security

• Kubernetes/GKE

• Cloud Operations and Governance

• Working knowledge of Azure and AWS architecture principles.

• Strong understanding of cloud governance, security, networking, and architecture review processes.

• Experience supporting architecture governance functions such as TRBs and design reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Professional Cloud Architect (preferred)
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert and/or AWS Solutions Architect certifications
• Experience working within Cloud Centers of Excellence (CCOE)
• Exposure to FedRAMP, NIST, CMMC, or regulated environments

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Employee Type:

Contract

Remote:

Yes

Location:

St. Louis, MO, US

Job Type:

Infrastructure and Security

Date Posted:

April 17, 2026

Pay Range:

$100 - $130 per hour

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