Cloud Software and Solutions Architect

Job description

The Cloud Software and Platform Architect is responsible for defining and leading the end-to-end architecture of cloud hosted applications and the underlying platform, ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency. They partner with engineering, security, and product teams to shape cloud strategy, reference architectures, and implementation of roadmaps. Responsibilities: Cloud & Platform Architecture Main: Architect and oversee implementation of shared platform capabilities (landing zones, PaaS services, internal developer platforms, golden paths). Review solution designs and pull requests for architectural alignment, technical risk, and adherence to standards. Stay current on cloud provider roadmaps and emerging technologies, evaluating their fit and proposing adoption where it is beneficial. Security, Governance & Cost Optimization: Collaborate with security teams to embed security-by-design (identity, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, compliance controls) into cloud and platform architectures. Contribute to cloud governance, cost management, and optimization practices (tagging standards, right sizing, reserved instances, FinOps). Data & Int...