Public Cloud Architect

ublic Cloud Architect Location: Dallas, TX Work Model: Onsite - 5 days per week Compensation: $200,000-$215,000 base + bonus + equity About the Company This established enterprise organization is making a significant investment in the modernization of its cloud infrastructure and platform engineering capabilities. The technology organization is building a secure, automated, and scalable cloud foundation that enables engineering teams to consume infrastructure through standardized, self-service patterns. The environment is AWS-first while supporting Azure and GCP where appropriate, creating an opportunity to influence cloud strategy across a large and complex technology ecosystem. The culture emphasizes technical ownership, strong engineering standards, automation, security, and giving architects the ability to remain hands-on while setting long-term technical direction. About the Role This is a senior, hands-on architecture role with ownership over the evolution of the enterprise public cloud platform. You'll define how cloud infrastructure is designed, governed, automated, secured, and consumed across the organization, with AWS as the primary platform. You'll own architecture across multi-account environments, landing zones, networking, security, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, cost governance, and developer enablement. This isn't an architecture role where you'll simply produce diagrams. You'll remain close to the technology, build reusable infrastructure patterns, establish engineering standards, and enable application teams to consume cloud services securely and at scale. Key Responsibilities Own the architecture and evolution of a large-scale, multi-account AWS environment Design AWS Organizations structures, account provisioning, landing zones, and governance controls Build automated cloud foundations using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code Architect enterprise cloud networking across VPCs, private connectivity, segmentation, and hybrid environments Define cloud security standards across identity, access, threat detection, configuration, and network security Develop reusable infrastructure modules and automation patterns for engineering teams Establish scalable cloud governance, naming, tagging, and compliance standards Drive cloud cost optimization and infrastructure efficiency Enable engineering teams through self-service infrastructure, reusable patterns, documentation, and architecture guidance Support Kubernetes-based workloads across managed cloud environments Extend cloud governance and architectural patterns across Azure and GCP where required Partner with engineering, security, infrastructure, and business teams on major cloud architecture decisions Must Haves 8+ years of cloud architecture, platform engineering, or infrastructure experience Deep, hands-on AWS architecture expertise Strong experience designing and governing multi-account AWS environments Experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, landing zones, and automated account provisioning Advanced Terraform experience for infrastructure automation at enterprise scale Strong AWS networking knowledge across VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, and private connectivity Experience implementing enterprise cloud security and IAM controls Experience with managed Kubernetes platforms such as EKS Strong understanding of CI/CD and GitOps infrastructure delivery Ability to define architecture while remaining technically hands-on Experience operating within large, complex enterprise environments Nice to Have Azure or GCP cloud architecture experience CloudFormation FinOps and cloud cost optimization Cloud security and compliance frameworks Advanced network security architecture Cloud observability and monitoring Identity federation and Zero Trust architecture OpenShift GPU or high-performance computing infrastructure Internal developer platforms and self-service cloud tooling AWS Professional-level or equivalent cloud certifications Why Join Own the architecture of an enterprise-scale public cloud platform Define the organization's future-state AWS strategy rather than simply maintaining an existing environment Build the automation, governance, and self-service capabilities used by engineering teams across the business Remain technically hands-on while having significant architectural influence Work across AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, cloud networking, security, automation, and multi-cloud architecture Solve complex challenges around scale, security, developer experience, and cloud economics High-visibility opportunity with significant ownership over long-term cloud strategy Harnham