Senior Cloud Architect

Role: Senior Cloud Architect

Location: Plano, TX (Remote)

Type: Contract

Position Description:

• Seeking a Senior Cloud Architect with strong hands-on Azure expertise and working knowledge of AWS.
• The role requires a combination of solution architecture and hands-on engineering-the individual should be comfortable moving from architecture/design into coding, configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• A key responsibility will be to implement an existing Azure PaaS-based solution in a new geographic region, maximizing reuse of the existing architecture and source code.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of senior resource with strong cloud architecture and hands-on engineering experience, primarily across Microsoft Azure, with AWS experience preferred.
• 10+ years of strong expertise in Azure PaaS services and designing, deploying, and supporting secure, scalable cloud-native solutions.
• Must be hands-on and comfortable coding/configuring solutions using .NET Core, Python, and relevant cloud technologies-not an architecture-only role.
• Experience reusing and adapting an existing solution/source code to implement and deploy the solution in a new geographic region.
• Ability to assess existing architecture and code, identify regional/environment-specific changes, and drive implementation with minimal disruption to the core solution.
• 10+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, cloud configuration, networking, IAM/security, monitoring, and deployment automation.
• Ability to produce and maintain high-quality solution architecture, deployment, configuration, and operational documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to both engineering and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal guidance, take ownership of deliverables, and resolve technical challenges proactively.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing changing priorities and driving work from architecture through hands-on implementation.
• Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with application, cloud/platform, DevOps, security, and geographically distributed teams.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent real-world experience