Sr. Cloud Architect (Multi-Cloud) (United States)

Senior Cloud Architect

*6-month contract-to-hire*

Fully Remote

Optomi in partnership with our premier client, is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead the design and alignment of cloud architecture across enterprise platforms, ensuring consistency between practice capabilities and internal/back-office systems. This role will focus on establishing scalable, cloud-first frameworks across a multi-cloud environment (AWS, GCP, and Azure), while driving standardization, governance, and cost optimization.

The ideal candidate is a senior-level architect who can operate as both a strategic advisor and hands-on contributor—defining enterprise architecture, guiding implementation, and ensuring alignment across teams and environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise cloud architecture across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments
• Ensure alignment of cloud platforms across practice capabilities and internal/back-office systems
• Establish and enforce architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices across the organization
• Drive cloud cost optimization strategies , including resource utilization, rightsizing, and financial governance
• Design scalable, cloud-native platforms with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Lead efforts to reduce technical debt and transition to modern, cloud-first architectures
• Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategies using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Architect and support deployment of containerized workloads using Kubernetes (EKS, AKS) and PaaS solutions
• Provide hands-on support for architecture validation, implementation, and code reviews
• Guide multi-cloud strategies, including workload placement and cross-platform design decisions
• Act as a senior technical advisor, influencing cloud strategy, tooling, and long-term platform direction

Required Experience

• 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with a focus on multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, and Azure)
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform required; CloudFormation preferred)
• Containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS)
• Cloud-native architectures and PaaS solutions
• Designing and implementing small or enterprise ready solutions in multi-cloud environments
• Interviewing and collaborating with both business and development teams to understand and interpret requirements, offering solutions to requests that will best meet organizational requirements and needs
• Implementing requirements into dev, test/QA, and production environments
• Experience working in SOC, ISO, and other highly regulated and controlled environments
• Has at least functionally been in the role of architect but has also recently been someone who has been acting as a senior cloud engineer