Principal Cloud Architect - Remote Opportunity

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Principal Cloud Architect to join our team remotely. In this role, you will lead cloud infrastructure design and strategy, serving as a technical thought leader and driving force behind enterprise-grade solutions and scalable architecture across the organization. As a senior member of our engineering team, you will play a central role in shaping cloud adoption strategies, guiding development teams, and ensuring robust, high-performance infrastructure.

What You'll Do

• Drive end-to-end architecture, from vision through execution, ensuring robust, secure, and scalable cloud solutions.
• Champion system design and lead implementation efforts for mission-critical infrastructure with a focus on resiliency, high availability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align technical initiatives with business goals and solve complex system-level challenges.
• Participate in architecture reviews and post-deployment assessments to ensure quality and strategic alignment.
• Architect and implement reusable infrastructure platforms and automation frameworks using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Design, implement, and mentor on CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code practices, and DevOps principles.
• Deliver technical leadership across cloud projects, including mentoring junior engineers and sharing knowledge through training, documentation, and internal forums.
• Create white papers, internal documentation, and educational content to elevate technical standards and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning and backup strategies that meet or exceed established RTO/RPO thresholds.
• Lead and advocate for improvements in operational efficiency, monitoring, alerting, and proactive infrastructure health management.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand business needs and craft scalable cloud architectures that solve real-world challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).
• AWS Professional Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional).
• At least 6 years of experience working in production IT environments.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS automation tools (CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy).
• 3+ years working with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or Chef.
• Experience with AWS governance and compliance tools (e.g., Config, Inspector, Lambda functions for automation).
• Demonstrated experience architecting and supporting large-scale, highly available systems.

Nice to Have

• Deep understanding of cost-optimization techniques for cloud workloads and familiarity with serverless platforms (e.g., AWS Lambda).
• Experience with hybrid architectures and integrations with on-prem systems from vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, or SAP.
• Strong background in regulatory compliance frameworks and cloud security (e.g., PCI, HIPAA, SOX).
• Proficiency in data serialization languages like JSON and YAML.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Relocation package for candidates willing to move to Salt Lake City.
• Full-time employment with a focus on work-life balance.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Remote work flexibility with a supportive team environment.