Cloud Solution Architect

Summary

The role of the experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to design, lead, and

deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions. This role partners

closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, and leadership to define

cloud architectures that support application modernization, data platforms, and

enterprise integrations across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.

The ideal candidate has strong hands-on cloud experience, deep architectural

knowledge, and the ability to guide cloud strategy from design through

implementation.

We're anticipating future openings and are connecting now with great talent

who'd like to be considered when the time comes.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture & Design
• * Design end-to-end cloud architectures aligned with business and technical
• requirements
• * Define cloud reference architectures, patterns, and best practices
• * Lead solution design for cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments
• * Evaluate cloud services and recommend optimal designs for performance,
• security, and cost
• Cloud Migration & Modernization
• * Architect and support application and data migrations to the cloud
• * Guide modernization initiatives including re-hosting, re-platforming, and
• re-architecting
• * Design solutions leveraging cloud-native services such as containers,
• serverless, and managed platforms
• Security, Governance & Reliability
• * Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and governance standards
• * Design for high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and resiliency
• * Partner with security teams on identity, access management, and data
• protection
• Delivery & Stakeholder Collaboration
• * Work closely with engineering teams to ensure successful implementation of
• designs
• * Participate in architecture reviews, technical decision-making, and delivery
• planning
• * Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and roadmaps to technical and
• executive audiences
• Required Qualifications
• * 8+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or solution
• architecture
• * 4+ years of hands-on experience architecting solutions on AWS, Azure, and/or
• GCP
• * Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, and platform
• services
• * Experience with application architecture, integration patterns, and APIs
• * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• * Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• * Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• * Knowledge of data platforms, analytics, or integration middleware
• * Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, or
• equivalent)
• Technical Skills
• * Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
• * Compute & platform services: VMs, containers, serverless
• * Networking: VPC/VNet, load balancing, connectivity
• * Security: IAM, encryption, network security
• * Architecture documentation and modeling tools
• Soft Skills
• * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• * Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
• * Confident presenter with executive-level communication skills
• * Collaborative, outcome-driven mindset
• Location Requirements
• This role is a remote role.
• To be considered for this position, candidates must reside in one of the
• following U.S. states: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA,
• MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, and
• Washington DC.
• Candidates residing outside these states are not currently eligible for
• consideration.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable
• to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa currently.
• We are committed to pay equity and transparency. The compensation range for this
• position represents our good faith estimate of the range we reasonably expect to
• pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered will
• be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills,
• education, work location, and internal equity.
• In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses,
• commissions, or other incentive programs, as well as a comprehensive benefits
• package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, etc.
• Estimated Compensation Range:
• $140,000—$180,000 USD
• FormativGroup operates within the critical middle layer of business technology,
• where applications and systems connect infrastructure to business processes. We
• are specialists who help the middle market take full advantage of their
• technology investments with deep, industry-centric expertise, all in one place,
• to unify fragmented systems. With deep technical expertise across cloud
• architecture, system integration, AI, and data strategy, we bridge the gap
• between business goals and modern platforms.
• FormativGroup is an equal opportunity employer providing opportunities to
• applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex,
• sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected
• veteran status.
• ADA Specifications: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
• with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
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