Sr. Cloud Architect

About the role

The Senior Azure Cloud Architect and Senior GCP Cloud Architect roles at Everforth Apex provide hands-on solution architecture leadership with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), respectively. These roles involve designing, reviewing, and remediating cloud architectures while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, review, and remediation of Azure-based cloud architectures, landing zones, and shared services.
• Provide architectural guidance across multi-cloud environments, with Azure serving as the primary area of expertise.
• Define and enforce architecture patterns related to identity, networking, security, governance, and operational excellence.
• Translate enterprise standards into scalable, repeatable cloud solutions.
• Conduct evidence-based tradeoff analysis across cost, resiliency, performance, security, and operability.
• Participate in and facilitate Technical Review Boards (TRBs) and Cloud Architecture Review Boards (CARBs).
• Review and challenge solution designs across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, DevOps, and platform teams on cloud modernization initiatives.
• Support compliance, governance, and risk management requirements by translating business and regulatory requirements into actionable cloud architectures.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT infrastructure, cloud, or solution architecture experience.
• 5+ years designing and implementing Azure cloud solutions at enterprise scale.
• Deep expertise with: Azure Landing Zones, Azure Virtual Network (VNet) Architecture, Azure Identity and Access Management (Entra ID/Azure AD), Azure Governance and Policy, Azure Security Services, Azure Compute, Storage, and Networking.
• Working knowledge of AWS and GCP architecture principles.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, security, networking, and architecture review processes.
• Experience supporting architecture governance functions such as TRBs and design reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred).
• AWS Solutions Architect certification and/or Google Professional Cloud Architect certification.
• Experience working within Cloud Centers of Excellence (CCOE).
• Exposure to FedRAMP, NIST, CMMC, or regulated environments.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans, an ESPP (employee stock purchase program), a 401K program with a company match, a Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan, a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program, and other discounts. We also host an on-demand training program, provide access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars, and offer certification discounts and other perks to associations like CompTIA and IIBA. For additional information, please refer to our 'Welcome Packet' provided by an Everforth Apex team member.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The employment type is Contract.