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Ascend Engineering Foundation (AEF) provides a common engineering foundation of reusable assets, common runtime services (CRS), platform capabilities and deployment frameworks that helps teams deliver client solutions consistently and efficiently. Supporting Zora's Product Plus and Ascend's Service+ strategies, AEF brings together cloud infrastructure, integration, AI and agentic capabilities, access controls and AppStore deployment patterns to simplify application modernization and client deployments. AEF's common runtime services provide shared capabilities that applications can reuse, reducing duplication and enabling consistent deployment and operation across supported environments.
Position Summary
As a Cloud Architect, you will build and deploy cloud solutions to support enterprise clients. This requires all dimensions of cloud architecture.
Recruiting for this role ends on 12/1/2026.
Work you'll do
As a Cloud Architect, you will architect, build, and operate enterprise cloud environments for our clients - from initial design through migration, onboarding, and day-to-day operations. Key responsibilities include:
Responsibilities
- Architecting application designs using Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or any leading cloud-provider service.
- Building, migrating, and testing Cloud Service Provider (CSP) environments.
- Designing data security and end-to-end applications.
- Leading application migration projects, including optimizing technical reliability and improving application performance.
- Integrating with on-premises applications, cloud providers, or other platforms.
- Implementing cost-optimized solutions based on usage, business requirements, and budget.
Onboarding
- Develop client architecture, assuring it meets availability, disaster recovery (DR), and Well-Architected best practices.
- Design, implement, and test Disaster Recovery.
- Identify solution components via Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) review.
- Lead technical onboarding and integration with the OpenCloud Platform, including the OC Portal.
- Lead end-to-end implementation of design for new builds.
- Own technical sign-off and verification of the go/no-go checklist.
Ongoing Operations
- Lead incident and change request (CR) escalation for timely resolution, ensuring the RCA/problem management process is executed.
- Lead all root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management efforts.
- Lead client and project team interaction for technical decisions.
- Conduct quarterly Well-Architected Reviews (WAR) and update architecture design documents in conjunction with cost optimization.
- Work directly with Affinity Groups to ensure automation (pipeline) for deployment, release, and operational activities is repeatable and follows best practices.
- Work with Shared Services team members, identifying repeatable efforts that can be automated.
- Work with the Service Delivery Manager to implement areas of improvement.
- Conduct monthly reviews of existing runbooks with the Pod/Architecture Team for alignment of automated processes.
- Review and own verification of monitoring, performance, and budget alerting to align with SLA requirements as a baseline to support SOWs.
The successful candidate would possess these skills:
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Effective communication skills.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor-level degree in engineering, IT, data communications, telecommunications, computer science, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
- 6+ years of relevant consulting, industry, or technology experience.
- Ability to architect enterprise applications using Azure, GCP, or AWS.
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture design and deployment.
- Cloud networking architecture skills and configuration.
- Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as computing, storage, network, managed SQL/NoSQL databases/data warehouses, and auto-scaling groups.
- Understanding of cloud security for identity and access management (IAM) to security groups.
- Deep knowledge of automation scripts and tools: Terraform, Bash, Ansible, Jenkins, and CloudFormation.
- Understanding of how to deploy multitier applications across a custom-defined virtual private cloud.
- Ability to set up multilevel network environments with any of the CSPs.
- Ability to design scalable, secure, dependable, and efficient technical cloud ecosystems to support enterprise applications.
- Experience with Application Programming Interface (API) and gateway functions: cloud function and API gateway (or equivalent).
- Ability to travel X-X%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Preferred:
- AWS certification - Associate or Professional Solutions Architect.
- Experience with Linux and/or Windows-based OS, including virtual machines: Red Hat, SUSE, or Windows Server.
- Experience with cloud automation and container tools: Bash scripting and Ansible.
- Working knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and/or Agile methodologies.
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $134,500 -$265,100.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
Ascend Engineering Foundation (AEF) provides a common engineering foundation of reusable assets, common runtime services (CRS), platform capabilities and deployment frameworks that helps teams deliver client solutions consistently and efficiently. Supporting Zora's Product Plus and Ascend's Service+ strategies, AEF brings together cloud infrastructure, integration, AI and agentic capabilities, access controls and AppStore deployment patterns to simplify application modernization and client deployments. AEF's common runtime services provide shared capabilities that applications can reuse, reducing duplication and enabling consistent deployment and operation across supported environments.
Position Summary
As a Cloud Architect, you will build and deploy cloud solutions to support enterprise clients. This requires all dimensions of cloud architecture.
Recruiting for this role ends on 12/1/2026.
Work you'll do
As a Cloud Architect, you will architect, build, and operate enterprise cloud environments for our clients - from initial design through migration, onboarding, and day-to-day operations. Key responsibilities include:
Responsibilities
- Architecting application designs using Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or any leading cloud-provider service.
- Building, migrating, and testing Cloud Service Provider (CSP) environments.
- Designing data security and end-to-end applications.
- Leading application migration projects, including optimizing technical reliability and improving application performance.
- Integrating with on-premises applications, cloud providers, or other platforms.
- Implementing cost-optimized solutions based on usage, business requirements, and budget.
Onboarding
- Develop client architecture, assuring it meets availability, disaster recovery (DR), and Well-Architected best practices.
- Design, implement, and test Disaster Recovery.
- Identify solution components via Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) review.
- Lead technical onboarding and integration with the OpenCloud Platform, including the OC Portal.
- Lead end-to-end implementation of design for new builds.
- Own technical sign-off and verification of the go/no-go checklist.
Ongoing Operations
- Lead incident and change request (CR) escalation for timely resolution, ensuring the RCA/problem management process is executed.
- Lead all root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management efforts.
- Lead client and project team interaction for technical decisions.
- Conduct quarterly Well-Architected Reviews (WAR) and update architecture design documents in conjunction with cost optimization.
- Work directly with Affinity Groups to ensure automation (pipeline) for deployment, release, and operational activities is repeatable and follows best practices.
- Work with Shared Services team members, identifying repeatable efforts that can be automated.
- Work with the Service Delivery Manager to implement areas of improvement.
- Conduct monthly reviews of existing runbooks with the Pod/Architecture Team for alignment of automated processes.
- Review and own verification of monitoring, performance, and budget alerting to align with SLA requirements as a baseline to support SOWs.
The successful candidate would possess these skills:
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Effective communication skills.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor-level degree in engineering, IT, data communications, telecommunications, computer science, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
- 6+ years of relevant consulting, industry, or technology experience.
- Ability to architect enterprise applications using Azure, GCP, or AWS.
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture design and deployment.
- Cloud networking architecture skills and configuration.
- Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as computing, storage, network, managed SQL/NoSQL databases/data warehouses, and auto-scaling groups.
- Understanding of cloud security for identity and access management (IAM) to security groups.
- Deep knowledge of automation scripts and tools: Terraform, Bash, Ansible, Jenkins, and CloudFormation.
- Understanding of how to deploy multitier applications across a custom-defined virtual private cloud.
- Ability to set up multilevel network environments with any of the CSPs.
- Ability to design scalable, secure, dependable, and efficient technical cloud ecosystems to support enterprise applications.
- Experience with Application Programming Interface (API) and gateway functions: cloud function and API gateway (or equivalent).
- Ability to travel X-X%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Preferred:
- AWS certification - Associate or Professional Solutions Architect.
- Experience with Linux and/or Windows-based OS, including virtual machines: Red Hat, SUSE, or Windows Server.
- Experience with cloud automation and container tools: Bash scripting and Ansible.
- Working knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and/or Agile methodologies.
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $134,500 -$265,100.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in cloud architect jobs.
- Five or more years of hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud infrastructure at scale
- Professional certification in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native patterns including microservices, serverless, and containerization
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep
- Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective technical architectures
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related engineering discipline
Tips for Your Cloud Architect Job Search
Tailor your resume to cloud platforms
List your primary cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in the first line of your summary and quantify your infrastructure work in concrete terms, such as workloads migrated, cost reductions achieved, or uptime improvements delivered. Generic cloud resumes get filtered out fast.
Earn the certification that matches the role
Check the job posting for the preferred cloud platform before applying. AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Expert, and Google Professional Cloud Architect are not interchangeable to hiring managers, so certifying on the platform the employer actually uses gives your application a real edge.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists cloud architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by architecture scope
Search for openings using terms like multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, or cloud-native alongside your target role. Employers who need a strategist write very different job descriptions than those hiring a hands-on infrastructure architect, and applying to the right scope improves your chances significantly.
Prepare a design whiteboard answer
Most cloud architect interviews include a live architecture design exercise. Practice walking through a scalable, fault-tolerant system design out loud, explaining your trade-offs on latency, cost, and security at each step. Interviewers are evaluating your reasoning as much as your final diagram.
Negotiate scope before negotiating anything else
Before discussing compensation, clarify what the role owns: greenfield builds, migrations, or platform governance. A cloud architect with ownership over architectural decisions commands a different conversation than one executing designs handed down by an engineering VP.
Cloud Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most cloud architects?
The companies hiring the most cloud architects right now include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Booz Allen Hamilton, with the largest share of openings in Virginia, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is concentrated in technology, financial services, and federal contracting organizations.
How many cloud architect jobs are remote?
About 76% of cloud architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the nature of infrastructure work that can largely be done without being on-site. Roles focused on cloud strategy, architecture review, and cost optimization tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions tied to regulated industries or on-premises migration projects are more likely to require in-person presence.
How do you become a cloud architect?
Start by building hands-on experience as a cloud engineer or systems engineer, then earn a professional-level certification from a major cloud provider. Develop your ability to design end-to-end systems by taking on architecture ownership within your current role, even informally. Most cloud architects progress from an infrastructure or DevOps background before moving into formal architect titles.
Can you get a cloud architect job without prior architect experience?
Yes, but you need to demonstrate architectural thinking even if your title has been engineer or developer. Build a portfolio of system designs you have contributed to, highlight any cross-team technical leadership, and pursue a professional-level cloud certification to signal readiness. Many employers hire senior cloud engineers into architect roles when candidates show clear design ownership and communication skills alongside their hands-on work.
What does the cloud architect interview process look like?
Cloud architect interviews typically run across multiple rounds starting with a recruiter screen, followed by a technical phone interview covering platform knowledge and architecture concepts. The core round is usually a live whiteboard or virtual design session where you architect a system from a prompt. Final rounds often include a presentation to engineering or business stakeholders and a behavioral interview assessing cross-functional communication and decision-making under constraints.
Where can I find and apply to cloud architect jobs?
You can find and apply to cloud architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your cloud platform experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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