Summary DescriptionWe9re seeking a Cloud Architect to define and drive our cloud platform vision into a secure, scalable, and reliable reality. You9ll set architectural direction, lead cloud modernization, and partner closely with engineering, product, security, and operations teams to evolve business-critical systems across a multi-cloud footprint that includes AWS and OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure).
This role is on-site only in our Florida or Texas office locations.
Duties & Responsibilities- Own cloud architecture strategy across platforms, tooling, and patterns-driving outcomes in reliability, security, scalability, and delivery velocity.
- Design and govern container-based architectures using Docker and AWS ECS, including standards for service design, networking, scaling, and operational readiness.
- Define and improve deployment and release management practices for ECS-based services.
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure architectural intent becomes robust implementation through reviews, reference designs, and hands-on enablement.
- Drive integration architecture that efficiently connects legacy systems with modern cloud services and APIs.
- Collaborate with security and risk stakeholders to embed security-by-design, IAM best practices, secrets management, and compliance-aligned controls.
- Improve quality and operability through observability standards (monitoring, logging, tracing), incident learnings, and continuous improvement.
- Document and spread best practices across teams; mentor engineers and technical leads to raise the bar on cloud delivery.
- Bring a customer service mindset when partnering with internal stakeholders, emphasizing responsiveness, clear expectations, and solutions that make teams successful.
- Work effectively with vendors and third-party partners, including technical evaluation, integration planning, issue resolution, and ongoing relationship management.
Skills & Specifications- Strong hands-on experience with AWS ECS and Docker in production environments.
- Experience with AWS Fargate for container compute and scaling strategies.
- Proven experience using Terraform to provision and manage cloud infrastructure at scale.
- Strong Linux and systems fundamentals, with practical experience supporting production services.
- Experience designing for resiliency, performance, and cost optimization in cloud environments.
- Ability to translate scope into execution plans, sequencing, and estimates; experience delivering complex efforts using agile-oriented delivery.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts in relatable terms.
- Confidence managing multiple priorities and making trade-offs aligned to business outcomes.
Education & Qualifications0Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Systems required; Master9s degree preferred.
10+ years building and supporting large-scale, business-critical systems.
5+ years designing and operating cloud-based enterprise systems.
