Cloud Architect (AWS & Azure )

Artifintech; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Artificial Intelligence Technologies LLC is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to design and deploy enterprise cloud platforms on Azure and AWS, including governance, security, and cost optimization. You will lead migrations, create landing zones, and present roadmaps to CXOs.

You will mentor engineers and own solution quality while communicating trade-offs and risks to executives. Based in the United States with heavy collaboration across leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure engineering with strong on-premises roots.
• Expert-level hands-on experience in Azure and AWS (min 5 years each).
• Proven ability to build production cloud environments from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Architect, hands-on build, and operationalize greenfield cloud environments on Azure and AWS.
• Lead large-scale migrations and hybrid/multi-cloud transformations.
• Design and implement enterprise landing zones, governance, security, networking, and cost-optimization frameworks.
• Translate technical solutions into presentations for CXOs and board members.
• Present roadmaps, migration plans, risk assessments, and ROI analyses to leadership.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure

AWS

VMware

On-prem data center

Leadership

Tools

Azure

AWS

VMware

Job description

Responsibilities

• Architect, hands-on build, and operationalize greenfield cloud environments on Azure and AWS (IaaS, PaaS, containers, serverless).
• Lead large-scale on-premises to cloud migrations and hybrid/multi-cloud transformations.
• Design and implement enterprise landing zones, governance, security, networking, and cost-optimization frameworks.
• Translate complex technical solutions into clear, compelling presentations and recommendations for CXOs, and board members.
• Regularly present architecture roadmaps, migration plans, risk assessments, TCO/ROI analysis, and progress updates to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Influence strategic decisions by articulating trade-offs, risks, and long-term implications of cloud and infrastructure choices.
• Build trust as the go-to technical authority both in the weeds with engineers and in the boardroom with executives.
• Mentor engineering teams while maintaining final accountability for solution quality and delivery.

Required Experience & Skills

• 8+ years in infrastructure engineering with strong on-premises data center roots (VMware, storage arrays, enterprise networking, physical deployments).
• Expert-level hands-on experience in both Azure and AWS (minimum 5 years public cloud).
• Proven ability to build production cloud environments from scratch not just manage inherited ones.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract