Cloud Architect

Garden Life Dev; Goldsboro (NC); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Orientation before first day

GLD support for assignments

Job summary

Garden Life Development is seeking a Cloud Architect for a full-time temporary W-2 role in the United States. You will design scalable, secure cloud architectures, guide migrations, and promote cloud best practices for diverse assignments.

The role requires deep expertise across Azure, AWS, or GCP, IaC/DevOps, and the ability to present designs to technical and senior audiences. On-site, hybrid, or remote work is available depending on the assignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience verified before placement.
• AZ-305 or AWS Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent certification preferred.
• Extensive experience architecting cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure cloud architectures across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
• Create and maintain cloud strategy, roadmaps, and best practices.
• Evaluate and select cloud technologies, platforms, and services.
• Lead planning for migrating on-premises systems to the cloud.
• Define security, identity, networking, backup, and disaster recovery standards.
• Optimize cloud resources to balance cost and performance.
• Guide and train development and operations teams on cloud tech.
• Drive adoption of serverless, AI integration, and multi-cloud capabilities.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Presentation to execs

IaC/DevOps

Cloud platform expert

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

AZ-305 or equivalent certification

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Cloud Architect | Full-Time Temporary (W-2)

Cloud Architects set the direction for how an organization uses the cloud. You'll design secure, scalable architectures, guide migrations, and help teams adopt cloud best practices.

Also known as: Solutions Architect – Cloud, Enterprise Cloud Architect, Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Pay: $46.00 - $72.00 per hour (W-2), based on experience level and assignment
Location: North Carolina; on-site, hybrid, or remote depending on the assignment

What you'll do

• Design scalable, secure, and efficient cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
  
• Create and maintain cloud strategy, roadmaps, and best practices
  
• Evaluate and select cloud technologies, platforms, and services
  
• Lead planning for moving on-premises systems to the cloud
  
• Define security, identity, networking, backup, and disaster recovery standards
  
• Optimize cloud resources to control cost while maintaining performance
  
• Guide and train developers and operations teams on cloud technologies
  
• Drive adoption of serverless, AI integration, and multi-cloud capabilities where appropriate
  

What you'll need

• Infrastructure or engineering experience including significant time architecting cloud solutions (see experience levels below)
  
• Deep expertise in Azure, AWS, or GCP
  
• Infrastructure-as-code and DevOps experience
  
• Ability to present designs to technical and executive audiences
  
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Degrees and certifications are verified before placement.
  

Nice to have

• AZ-305, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, or equivalent
  
• Landing-zone and governance design experience
  
• Junior: 1-3 years
  
• Mid-Level: 3-5 years
  
• Senior: 5-7 years
  
• Expert: 7+ years
  

Each assignment has its own required skills, tools, and experience level. We review the specific requirements with you before your resume is shared for any assignment.

What to expect

• Full-time temporary assignment, W-2 employment with Garden Life Development
  
• Typically 40 hours per week
  
• On-site, hybrid, or remote, depending on the assignment
  
• Assignment length varies by project and is shared with you before you accept
  
• Health and welfare benefits; details provided with your offer
  
• A personal orientation before your first day, and a GLD contact for support throughout your assignment
  

Requirements for all positions

• Must reside in the United States and be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
  
• Background check required; some assignments require additional screening
  
• Education and certifications are verified before placement

Our mission is to empower clients with secure, innovative solutions while growing the skills and expertise of the professionals we place. We bring deep experience in technology and cybersecurity to complex challenges, and we place skilled IT and business professionals on meaningful assignments.

When you join us, you're never on your own. We prepare you for a future of success, with support from before day one through your last day on assignment.

Garden Life Development, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• Infrastructure or engineering experience including significant time architecting cloud solutions (see experience levels below)
• Deep expertise in Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Infrastructure-as-code and DevOps experience
• Ability to present designs to technical and executive audiences
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Degrees and certifications are verified before placement.
• AZ-305, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, or equivalent
• Landing-zone and governance design experience
• Full-time temporary assignment, W-2 employment with Garden Life Development
• Typically 40 hours per week
• On-site, hybrid, or remote, depending on the assignment
• Assignment length varies by project and is shared with you before you accept
• Health and welfare benefits; details provided with your offer
• A personal orientation before your first day, and a GLD contact for support throughout your assignment