Senior Cloud Architect
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
Senior Cloud Architect
Austin TX Hybrid Only Locals
One Year Contract
Looking for the candidates who can work without any visa sponsorship.
In person Interviews only
Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon & Wed) required to be onsite at the location listed above. **Subject to change per the hiring team**
Program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY (Within 50-mile radius).
Please do not submit candidates who are currently out of state and are planning to move to Texas. Candidates must already reside in Texas.
The Cloud architect is responsible for the cloud computing initiatives within an organization and for directing the architectural aspects of a cloud brokering team across all aspects of IT and the business. Responsible for the planning and engineering of an organizations cloud computing infrastructure and applications. Implements and designs hardware and software. Familiar with standard concepts practices and procedures of cloud technology including Software as Service (SaaS) Platform as Service (PaaS) or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Supports a regulated multi-cloud enterprise environment requiring expertise in data/AI platforms vendor coordination monitoring and 24 7 operations while ensuring security compliance and system reliability.
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
| Minimum Requirements: | ||
| Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
| 8 | Required | Multi Cloud Platform Expertise (Azure GCP) |
| 8 | Required | GenAI & Enterprise AI Platform Knowledge (Gemini Vertex AI) |
| 8 | Required | Expertise in Azure Monitor Log Analytics GCP Cloud Monitoring and logging frameworks to track performance reliability and usage. |
| 8 | Required | Experience using Logstash for log ingestion transformation and integration with Azure Log Analytics for proactive monitoring and alerting |
| 8 | Required | Ability to design alerting solutions using Twilio (SMS/voice) for ETL failures and operational notifications. |
| 8 | Required | Experience with Blob Storage Data Lakes and structured storage systems enabling analytics and AI workloads. |
| 8 | Required | Hands-on experience supporting data pipelines data platforms and analytics workloads in enterprise environments |
| 8 | Required | Experience with Informatica Cloud (IICS) Secure Agents APIs and integration patterns including handling monitoring and integration challenges. |
| 8 | Required | Strong implementation of IAM (least privilege) network security audit logging and compliance (FedRAMP/regulated env.). |
| 8 | Required | Ability to support Tier 2/3 issues debug logs resolve platform access issues and maintain stability in production environments |
| 3 | Preferred | Familiarity building and managing Tableau Cloud environments |
| 3 | Preferred | Experience integrating ArcGIS or geospatial data systems with cloud data platforms. |
| 3 | Preferred | Knowledge of scripting (Python Bash) and automation (serverless CI/CD pipelines). Outlook |
| 3 | Preferred | Exposure to GKE AKS Docker and microservices architectures. |
| 3 | Preferred | Familiarity with data mesh ETL/ELT architectures API integrations and enterprise data standards. |
| 3 | Preferred | Strong analytical thinking to assess platform issues make timely architectural decisions and drive resolution in high-pressure environments. |
| 3 | Preferred | Ability to take end-to-end ownership of platform stability reliability and delivery proactively identifying risks and driving outcomes |
| 2 | Preferred | Ability to clearly translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language and actively engage with stakeholders leadership and end users |
| 2 | Preferred | Proven ability to lead and coordinate across engineering data infrastructure and business teams ensuring alignment and delivery of platform initiatives. |