Cloud Architect

Location: Onsite - either in Chicago (111 South Wacker Drive) or Jersey City (3 2nd St Harborside STE 301)

Employment type: Full time

About the role

We are seeking a qualified Cloud Architect. This role is responsible for performing the essential functions listed below and requires the skills and experience described.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering AI/Cloud FinOps engagements.
• Experience with AI cost governance or FinOps operating models.
• Strong understanding of AI cost drivers and token economics, including pricing, caching, model routing, and allocation.
• Experience facilitating stakeholder interviews and workshops across Finance, Engineering, and Risk functions.
• Experience designing RACI frameworks and decision-rights models.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
• Experience consolidating and reconciling cloud billing and usage data from multiple sources.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure, security, and cost optimization.
• Ability to provide technical guidance to development and engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of AI and Cloud FinOps initiatives, particularly governance and operating-model workstreams.
• Conduct structured stakeholder interviews and workshops with Finance, Engineering, Risk, and other cross-functional teams.
• Develop RACI frameworks, governance structures, and decision-rights models.
• Analyze and consolidate multi-source cloud billing and AI usage data into clean, reconcilable baselines.
• Apply knowledge of AI token economics, including pricing, caching, model routing, and allocation concepts.
• Provide guidance on AI and cloud cost governance, optimization, and accountability.
• Coordinate stakeholders and drive engagement activities through completion.
• Own regular client check-ins and communicate progress, findings, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Lead phase-end presentations and executive readouts.
• Support the design and implementation of cloud solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Ensure cloud solutions follow best practices for security, performance, compliance, and cost optimization.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $100,000 to $150,000 per year depending on experience, skills, location, and internal equity.

Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off.