Lead Cloud Architect

OpenArc - Empowering Your Career. As a leading IT staffing firm, we are dedicated to connecting talented professionals with your ideal opportunities. We are currently seeking a qualified Lead Cloud Architect to join our client’s organization and contribute to their ongoing success.

Job summary

You will manage key vendor relationships (Microsoft and Oracle) and ensure the platform delivers strong availability, strong security, and predictable costs. This position blends strategic planning and governance with a very hands-on focus. You will regularly work directly in the environment using tools like PowerShell, APIs, and Infrastructure as Code to deliver solutions. You will also drive the use of generative AI across the engineering team to automate tasks, improve operational efficiency, and innovate in day-to-day workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Define multi-year cloud roadmaps in partnership with the Enterprise Architect, and approve reference architectures, IaC patterns, and hardening baselines.
• Own availability, capacity, and performance management for all cloud workloads. Maintain and test technical disaster recovery plans, document RTO/RPO evidence, and lead quarterly fail-over exercises.
• Deploy and tune the enterprise monitoring platform. Embed AIOps correlation to reduce MTTR and publish monthly reliability scorecards.
• Develop no-code automations and Infrastructure as Code templates. Leverage PowerShell and APIs extensively to deliver automation at scale.
• Champion AI and innovation company-wide. Build automation workflows using large language models and other generative AI tools.
• Serve as the primary contact for Microsoft, Oracle, and Accenture cloud MSP. Negotiate contracts, manage renewals, handle escalations, and track vendor SLAs. Conduct cost optimization reviews and deliver charge-back or show-back reports.
• Govern OS and platform lifecycles including patching, image hardening, and EOL migrations.
• Manage and mentor team members and act as L3 for critical incidents while chairing post-incident reviews.
• Approve design and execution of new environments, mergers, or big-bang cutovers. Coordinate change windows with the Service Management Lead and CAB.

Requirements:

• Technical Depth: Azure and/or OCI architecture, IaC, CI/CD, Windows and Linux, networking, DR, performance tuning.
• Scripting: Strong knowledge of PowerShell, IaC, and API calls.
• Soft Skills: Contract negotiation, cost analytics, incident leadership, and executive communication.
• Preferred: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, OCI Architect Professional, ITIL v4.

At OpenArc, we prioritize your career success and strive to build exceptional technical teams for our clients. By understanding your experience and aspirations, we ensure to present you with rewarding and fulfilling opportunities.

As an employee of OpenArc and our clients, you will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package.

OpenArc is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.