Cloud Architect

Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas, leveraging its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower‑carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, the company operates primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa.

About the role

The Cloud Architecture & Strategy position is responsible for designing and architecting enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and Azure, defining platform standards, supporting cloud adoption, and ensuring scalability, security, and operational sustainability of Oxy’s cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture & Strategy: Design and architect enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and Azure; define cloud platform standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices; evaluate application requirements and recommend hosting models such as Kubernetes, containers, serverless, and platform services; support cloud adoption initiatives.
• Platform Engineering: Architect and manage Kubernetes platforms (EKS, AKS, ECS, and other container services); develop reusable Infrastructure as Code modules using Terraform and cloud‑native tooling; create self‑service platform capabilities; establish engineering standards for cloud platform onboarding, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Cloud Operations & Reliability: Drive operational excellence through automation, monitoring, observability, and incident response; partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to improve service availability, resiliency, mean‑time‑to‑detect (MTTD) and mean‑time‑to‑recover (MTTR); implement operational runbooks, automated remediation, and continuous improvement practices; support production platforms and ensure high availability of business‑critical services.
• DevOps & Automation: Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Git‑based workflows, and cloud‑native deployment processes; automate provisioning, configuration, compliance, and deployment activities; promote DevOps and platform engineering practices across development and operations teams; reduce manual effort through automation and infrastructure standardization.
• Observability & FinOps: Architect monitoring and observability solutions with tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, and enterprise platforms; define and implement dashboards, alerts, SLIs, SLOs, and reliability metrics; support cloud cost‑optimization initiatives through FinOps practices, capacity planning, and resource governance; provide visibility into platform health, utilization, and operational performance.
• Security & Governance: Ensure cloud solutions comply with enterprise security, networking, IAM, and governance requirements; partner with security teams to implement cloud guardrails and compliance controls; review platform architectures for resiliency, risk management, and operational readiness; promote secure‑by‑design architecture principles.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, or DevOps engineering.
• Deep expertise in AWS and Azure services.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), containers, and cloud networking.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.
• Experience implementing observability platforms and operational monitoring solutions.
• Strong understanding of SRE, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud operating models.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional and/or Azure Architect certifications.
• Experience building enterprise AI/ML or cloud platforms.
• Experience leading cloud transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Knowledge of FinOps, platform engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
• Experience supporting multi‑cloud enterprise environments.