Principal Cloud Platform Architect
Key details
- Location
- United States
- Work style
- Remote
- Level
- Lead / Staff+
- Job type
- Full-time
- Function
- Software engineering
- Focus area
- Infrastructure / Cloud
- Posted
- Yesterday
Skills
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Cloud Platform Architect based in the United States.
The Principal Cloud Platform Architect will lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-scale cloud foundations across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This strategic role will help shape the organization's multi-cloud architecture, ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure that supports global business operations and product development. You will define cloud standards, governance frameworks, and operating models while enabling engineering teams to innovate efficiently. Working at the intersection of cloud architecture, cybersecurity, networking, and infrastructure modernization, you will drive technological excellence across a complex enterprise environment. You will also contribute to the adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning platforms. This fully remote opportunity is ideal for an experienced cloud architect who enjoys solving complex challenges, influencing enterprise strategy, and collaborating with globally distributed teams.
Accountabilities
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Lead the architecture, implementation, and governance of enterprise-wide cloud foundations across AWS and GCP, ensuring scalability, security, resilience, and operational consistency.
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Design and manage cloud organization structures, including AWS Organizations, Organizational Units (OUs), Control Tower, landing zones, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and multi-account environments.
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Establish and maintain enterprise cloud governance frameworks, architectural standards, security guardrails, and operating models that support multiple business units.
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Define and oversee identity and access management (IAM) strategies, including federated identity, role-based access control, access governance, and enterprise cloud security.
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Architect and optimize cloud networking environments, including Transit Gateway, Shared VPCs, hybrid connectivity, network segmentation, routing strategies, and DNS architecture.
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Establish best practices for cloud security, governance, cost management, and infrastructure operations across multi-cloud environments.
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Develop shared cloud services and foundational capabilities that enable engineering and product development teams to operate securely and efficiently.
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Support the adoption and integration of serverless and event-driven architectures using technologies such as AWS Lambda and API Gateway.
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Contribute to the development of cloud environments supporting artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads, leveraging services such as Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, and Google Vertex AI.
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Collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to align cloud architecture decisions with enterprise objectives.
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Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and architectural guidance to globally distributed teams while promoting innovation and continuous improvement.
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Extensive experience designing, implementing, and administering enterprise-scale AWS cloud environments, particularly AWS Organizations, Organizational Units, Control Tower, landing zones, and Service Control Policies.
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Proven track record managing complex cloud foundations supporting dozens to hundreds of accounts or projects across multiple business units.
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Expert-level knowledge of enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM), including federated authentication, role-based access control, access governance, and cloud security architecture.
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Deep expertise in cloud networking, including Transit Gateway, Shared VPCs, hybrid connectivity, network segmentation, routing strategies, DNS architecture, and multi-cloud connectivity.
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Strong understanding of AWS security, governance, infrastructure management, and cloud cost optimization best practices.
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Hands-on experience with GCP enterprise architecture is strongly
Requirements
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