Job Description
Public Cloud Architect
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Dallas, Texas | Onsite
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About the Role
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A global technology organization is seeking a Public Cloud Architect to lead the architecture and continued evolution of its enterprise public cloud platform.
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In this role, you will define how AWS is designed, secured, governed, and consumed across the organization. You will establish the architecture required to scale a complex hybrid environment while enabling greater automation, self-service, security, and operational consistency.
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You will join during a critical stage in the organization’s cloud transformation. An established AWS platform currently operates within a single region and is supported by substantial existing documentation. Expansion into a resilient, scalable multi-region architecture will be a primary mandate for this position.
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Cloud architecture leadership will also be needed for the regeneration of a business-critical supply chain platform. Success will require enterprise-level architectural thinking, strong technical depth, and the ability to guide implementation across multiple engineering teams.
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Responsibilities
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- Define and drive the architecture and long-term strategy for the enterprise AWS platform
- Lead the expansion of an established single-region AWS environment into a resilient, scalable multi-region architecture
- Design and maintain AWS Organizations structures, including organizational units, account vending, and Control Tower guardrails
- Build and evolve secure cloud landing zones using Account Factory for Terraform
- Establish architecture standards for VPC segmentation, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect Gateway, private endpoints, and DNS
- Define and implement cloud security controls using service control policies, IAM Identity Center, GuardDuty, Security Hub, AWS Config, and WAF
- Create and maintain reusable Terraform modules and CloudFormation templates
- Define Kubernetes architecture and orchestration standards across the cloud platform
- Advance CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native engineering practices
- Enable application teams to consume cloud services through onboarding, service catalogs, technical documentation, quota management, and architecture reviews
- Establish cloud standards covering naming, tagging, exceptions, compliance, and audit readiness
- Drive cost accountability through tagging standards, usage reviews, Savings Plans, reserved-instance optimization, and FinOps practices
- Provide cloud architecture leadership for the regeneration of a business-critical supply chain platform
- Partner with engineering and business teams to ensure cloud investments support long-term enterprise priorities
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Minimum Requirements
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- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience
- 8 or more years of experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related discipline
- Deep hands-on architecture experience within AWS
- Experience designing and supporting enterprise AWS multi-account environments
- Experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, account vending, and Account Factory for Terraform
- Advanced Terraform and infrastructure-as-code experience in complex production environments
- Strong Kubernetes architecture and orchestration experience
- Hands-on AWS networking experience, including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, and private endpoints
- Experience implementing security controls through SCPs, IAM Identity Center, GuardDuty, and Security Hub
- Experience supporting CI/CD and GitOps workflows
- Ability to translate enterprise requirements into secure, scalable, and supportable cloud architecture
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Preferred Qualifications
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- Strong Linux engineering experience
- Previous software development or software engineering experience
- Experience with AWS CloudFormation
- Experience with FinOps practices, including Savings Plans, reserved instances, spot usage, cost allocation, or chargeback models
- Knowledge of CIS, NIST 800-53, AWS Well-Architected, or similar compliance and architecture frameworks
- Experience with CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, or related observability platforms
- Experience with SAML, OIDC, Zero Trust architecture, or privileged-access management
- Experience with OpenShift or another enterprise Kubernetes platform
- Experience supporting GPU or high-performance computing workloads in AWS
- Experience building internal developer platforms, self-service portals, or enterprise service catalogs
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional or AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certification
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Location
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Based in Dallas, Texas, the position requires onsite presence five days per week.
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Compensation
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- Base salary is available up to $215,000 annually. Additional compensation may include a sign-on bonus, equity, and discretionary bonus opportunities. Final compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, and overall alignment with the position.
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Final compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, and overall alignment with the position.