Senior Cloud Architect – Platforms Engineering

Responsibilities

• Own, evolve, and scale our AWS multi-account cloud architecture, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.
• Architect and manage complex enterprise networking topologies (VPC design, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPNs, and routing policies) ensuring secure segmentation and low-latency connectivity.
• Drive the standardization and automation of infrastructure provisioning using tools like Terraform and AWS CDK.
• Collaborate with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to implement robust monitoring, logging, and tracing across all cloud environments using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or AWS CloudWatch.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in IT, with at least 4+ years specializing in cloud architecture and infrastructure engineering within AWS.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of AWS networking services (VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect) and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Solid understanding of container technologies and orchestration platforms, specifically Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS.
• Demonstrated experience designing secure cloud environments adhering to the Principle of Least Privilege and Zero Trust principles.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or equivalent hands-on enterprise experience)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced

Cloud Architect to join our growing Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will be the technical owner of our core cloud infrastructure and network topology on AWS. You will iterate, build, and scale the foundational systems that empower our software engineering teams to deploy applications rapidly, securely, and reliably.

While the position is titled

Cloud Architect, the scope combines high-level architectural strategy with deep platform ownership, bridging the gap between traditional architecture and hands-on operational excellence (CloudOps).

Developer Enablement

Act as an internal consultant for product engineering teams, providing self-service infrastructure templates, architectural guidance, and best practices.

Automation Mindset

Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and some knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).

FinOps Knowledge

Experience implementing cloud cost-management frameworks, reserved instance/savings plan strategies, and granular resource tagging policies.

Advanced Certifications

Additional industry certifications like AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

Software Development Background

Proficiency in at least one modern programming or scripting language (Python, Bash, etc.) for automation and tooling.

For U.S. Roles

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

For U.K. Roles

To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).

For Canada Roles

Successful candidates must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.