Principal Architect - Cloud Solutions

Agency:

Credera

Job Function:

Consulting

Job Subfunction:

Technology Consulting

Job Description:

The Cloud Capability is the think-tank and engine of Credera’s cloud expertise. We’re experts in all things cloud, ranging from cloud-native application architecture to cloud migrations and advisory.  We leverage cloud-native technologies in AWS, Azure, and GCP to create solutions for our clients. Within the Cloud Capability, you may work in the following areas: cloud native development, cloud platform engineering, cloud data ingestion, cloud migration & adoption or cloud strategy.

As a Principal Architect focused on solution architecture, you will own the end-state design and technical decisions for large, multi-workstream transformation and migration programs. You will lead discovery, design, and cutover decisions across on-prem and cloud environments, partner with domain leads to bring each domain into the design, and serve as the technical expert in client communications.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Own the client's end-state design and technical decisions.
• Build and maintain the dependency map for the client, identifying technical, operational, and business interdependencies.
• Select and apply transformation and migration patterns appropriate to the client environment.
• Lead discovery, design, and cutover decisions across network, security, identity, cloud, applications, and Microsoft 365 domains.
• Partner with domain leads and subject matter experts to bring their domains into architectural design, sequencing, and implementation planning.
• Establish architectural governance to ensure alignment between business objectives, platform strategy, and technology delivery.
• Drive enterprise-wide solution architecture decisions spanning on-prem and cloud environments.
• Identify transformation risks, dependencies, and sequencing requirements to ensure successful execution of large-scale modernization initiatives.
• Scope and estimate workstreams, and serve as the technical expert in client communications.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You have 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering cloud enterprise solutions across multiple domains in industry or technology consulting.
• You have experience leading a team(s) that develops complex, high-volume, mission-critical enterprise solutions.
• You have a deep understanding of cloud solution architecture in one or more major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• You have led solution architecture across multiple workstreams, from enterprise architecture through end-state design.
• You have designed on-prem solution architectures as well as cloud solution architectures in Azure, AWS, and/or GCP.
• You have led enterprise application discovery and dependency mapping.
• You have developed transformation plans and migration strategies, including cutover planning for large-scale enterprise modernization.
• You have designed integration architecture across identity, security, network, Microsoft 365, and applications.
• You have run technical governance and architecture decision management.

You have technical knowledge and experience in many of these areas:

Native Tooling  

• AWS: Lambda, Aurora, EC2, Fargate, S3, etc. 

• Azure: Functions, Queue Storage, Cosmos DB, App Services, etc. 

• GCP: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, etc.

Platform Engineering  

• Terraform, Cloud Formation, Azure DevOps, Github Actions, etc. 

Security Engineering  

• AWS: Cognito, IAM, Guard Duty, Security Hub, etc 

• Azure: AD, Advanced Threat Protection, etc. 

• GCP: Chronicle Virus Total, Cloud Monitoring, etc. 

FinOps  

• CloudHealth, Cloudability, Billing 

Migration Advisor  

• AWS: DMS, Snow cone/ball/mobile, etc. 

• Azure: Database Migration Services, etc. 

• GCP: Migrate for Anthos and GKE, Ramp, Data Transfer Services 

AI Tooling 

• AWS: Bedrock 

• Azure: AI Foundry 

• GCP: Vertex AI 

Data & Privacy Engineering 

• AWS: Clean Rooms, Athena, Glue, Quicksight, Redshift, etc. 

• Azure: Databricks, Blob Storage, Data Lake Analytics, etc. 

• GCP: BigQuery, Looker, Cloud Storage, etc. 

MarTech & AdTech 

• AWS: Amazon Marketing Cloud, Amazon Ads 

• Azure: Azure Synapse Analytics 

• GCP: Google Ads, Google Analytics 

• You have a passion for technology and keep yourself up to date on the latest application and cloud development trends across all disciplines.
• You are accomplished at mentoring, leading, and developing others. 
• You have effective communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage with customers about their business and technology. 
• You can handle complex organizational dynamics to deliver client satisfaction solutions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Azure solution architecture and migration experience.
• IT integration for mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures.
• Microsoft 365 migration design.

$195,000 - $265,000

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