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Solution Architect - Cloud Engineering

Federal Express Corporation · Collierville, TN · Today
Hybrid$8k/moFull-time

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end cloud architecture for RMIC systems, including pricing, rating, invoicing, billing integrity, and settlement workflows.
  • Develop cloud modernization roadmaps aligned with business priorities and enterprise architecture strategy.
  • Define cloud patterns, standards, and reference architectures that support high-volume financial and transactional workloads.
  • Drive adoption of cloud-native engineering practices.
  • Evaluate current-state RMIC platforms, identify modernization opportunities, and design future-state architectures.
  • Partner with business stakeholders, ARTs, and development teams to ensure architectural alignment across highly interdependent systems.
  • Define and enforce cloud governance, including security controls, observability, monitoring, and operational best practices.
  • Mentor solution architects and engineering teams on cloud architecture patterns and platform engineering practices.
  • Communicate complex architectural concepts and recommendations to technical and non-technical executive audiences.
  • Exposes current state architecture and identifies options for future state architecture.
  • Works closely with business and IT stakeholders creating solutions that balance competing interests and concerns.
  • Develops plans for and facilitates the migration from current to selected future state by providing technical leadership to multiple initiatives.
  • Mentor those in less senior positions.

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience in designing cloud architectures in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Design end-to-end cloud architectures that are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise strategy.
  • Evaluate cloud applications, hardware, software and recommend best-fit solutions.
  • Apply modern architectural patterns across cloud and hybrid solutions.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security, data privacy, encryption, and compliance.
  • Experience architecting systems with high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and cross-functional leadership skills.
  • Human relations.
  • Communication.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Lead major cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
  • Experience designing resilient, scalable, cloud-modern architectures in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Familiarity with enterprise tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect.
  • Experience working in SAFe or large-scale agile environments.

Additional Desired Skills

  • Ability to influence architectural direction across matrixed business and IT organizations.
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience presenting to senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
  • Comfort navigating high-complexity environments with multiple dependencies.

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