Cloud Architect Lead

Who We Are

Founded in 2022, Eastwall is a unique professional services firm in the Azure cloud space. We are a Cloud-focused Microsoft partner. Our vision is predicated on improving business outcomes through modern technology implementations and operating models built on the Microsoft Cloud. Learn how Eastwall helps our clients pave the way as leading organizations at

About the Job

The Cloud Architect Lead is a customer-facing senior technical role. This role will work directly with Technology Leadership and the Engineering team to provide technical leadership amongst other architects & engineers, oversee engagements, and conduct independent delivery of Azure infrastructure, application, data, and AI engagements.

What You’ll Do

• Leverage industry standard tools (Azure Migrate, RVTools, AzGovViz, amongst others) to perform analysis on existing on-premises, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and other systems to make and implement recommendations for operational efficiency, security & governance, and high availability across enterprise-wide, global application ecosystems.
• Independently host workshops and solution design sessions to upskill, educate, and define requirements for architecture and project engineering efforts.
• Lead the backlogging, effort estimation, and solutioning of project work to deliver engagements and engineering efforts in migration and modernization projects.
• Leverage the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF) to ensure that solution architectures and migration processes are designed in alignment with Microsoft best practices & industry standards.
• Leverage infrastructure-as-code (Bicep, Terraform) and automated processes (Azure DevOps YAML pipelines) to implement solutions reliably and repeatedly.
• Demonstrate deep technical experience in end-to-end lift-and-shift migration processes utilizing tools such as Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, Data Migration Service, and Azure VMware Solution.
• Demonstrate deep technical experience in application platform services to help replatform workloads on-premises into cloud-native designs using application, data, and containerized services.
• Demonstrate deep technical experience in cloud networking, routing, and hybrid connectivity to design, implement, and troubleshoot at an enterprise level.
• Define and clearly communicate requirements to external stakeholders and internal project teams to manage expectations and timelines associated with project deliverables.
• Author robust diagrams and written technical documentation for project efforts.
• Work across a team of other independent engineers or architects (this is not a management position) to provide technical architecture guidance, remove roadblocks, and outline paths forward in complex engagements. This role will have utilization relief (50-75% billable maximum) to allow prioritization of team support activities.

Experience

• At least 5-7 years of experience with Azure cloud platform supporting infrastructure deployments, network deployments, and infrastructure-as-code (Bicep, Terraform) or systems scripting (PowerShell, Bash). Candidates without Azure experience should not apply.
• At least 5-7 years of experience in Systems Administration (or comparable experience) such as Windows Server administration, Linux systems administration, database administration (SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• At least 3 years of experience in Network Administration (or comparable experience) such as Firewall management, Routing, Switching, and Cloud-native connectivity (ExpressRoute, Site to Site VPN tunnels, Load Balancing, etc.)
• Understanding of high availability and disaster recovery principles, patterns, and applications.
• Experience supporting Production applications or workloads, being able to perform test and troubleshoot related issues.
• Experience in a consultative role or an engineering role working with more than one client environment at any given time is required . Experiences without professional services consulting experience should not apply.
• Experience modernizing, refactoring and/or deploying enterprise applications.
• Experience in architecting & designing enterprise Data (Databases, Synapse, Fabric) or AI solutions (Foundry, Document Intelligence, etc.) is a plus, but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Software Engineering, or Information Technology preferred, but not required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $210,000 depending on experience.

This will be an individual contributor role and will be remote. No relocation is necessary or provided.

Expectations

• Travel for this role is up to 20% within the continental United States

Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus potential
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance through United Healthcare.
• 401k, FSA and LSA offerings
• Three (3) weeks of paid time off annually, not including eight (8) paid company holidays.
• Annual conference & training budget.
• Fully remote work environment, with local co-working options.

Eastwall is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

CANDIDATES MUST BE BASED IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK. THIS POSITION IS FULL TIME AND NOT OPEN TO CONTRACTORS. DIRECT HIRE ONLY – NO AGENCIES.