Cloud Architect, Solution Design Engineer

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior cloud architect to design and lead large-scale AWS cloud platforms for a global engineering workforce. You will shape platform engineering, automation, and container orchestration while partnering with Design Engineering, Software, and Security teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud environments.

The role emphasizes DevOps maturity, reference architectures, and strong IaC practices across multi-region deployments with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise IT experience.
• 5+ years designing large-scale AWS cloud solutions.
• Experience supporting organizations with 5,000+ users.
• Experience enabling global software engineering teams.
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience.
• Ability to translate business and engineering requirements into scalable reference architectures.
• Experience operating in highly regulated and security-conscious environments.
• BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and advance cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions.
• Serve as a technical leader for AWS cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, container orchestration, and developer enablement services.
• Support a global engineering community exceeding 5,000 users across North America, Europe, and Asia.
• Design large-scale enterprise cloud environments, modern application platforms, DevOps ecosystems, CI/CD services, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Partner with Design Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Operations teams.
• Deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and automated solutions that accelerate product development and engineering productivity.
• Perform activities safely and responsibly while supporting Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS expertise

Global collaboration

Platform engineering

DevOps leadership

Reference architectures

Education

BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or equivalent

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

Artifactory

JIRA

SonarQube

Backstage

HashiCorp Vault

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

GitOps

Python

Bash/Shell

PowerShell

REST APIs

Job description

• Design, architect, and advance cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions supporting worldwide Design Engineering, Software Engineering, and R&D organizations
• Serve as a technical leader for AWS cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, container orchestration, and developer enablement services
• Support a global engineering community exceeding 5,000 users across North America, Europe, and Asia
• Design large-scale enterprise cloud environments, modern application platforms, DevOps ecosystems, CI/CD services, and cloud-native infrastructure
• Support software development, EDA workloads, and engineering collaboration platforms
• Partner with Design Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Operations teams
• Deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and automated solutions that accelerate product development and engineering productivity
• Perform activities safely and responsibly while supporting Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs
• Perform other duties as assigned by the manager

Requirements

• 10+ years of enterprise IT experience
• 5+ years designing large-scale AWS cloud solutions
• Experience supporting organizations with 5,000+ users
• Experience enabling global software engineering teams
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container platforms
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience
• Experience designing platforms rather than simply administering them
• Ability to translate business and engineering requirements into scalable reference architectures
• Experience operating in highly regulated and security-conscious environments
• BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience
• AWS Platform Services, including Amazon EKS, EC2, ECS/Fargate, S3, Route53, CloudFront, RDS, EFS, FSx, IAM, Lambda, Systems Manager, CloudWatch, Organizations, and Control Tower
• Platform Engineering
• Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, GitOps
• GitHub, GitLab, and Perforce
• Service Mesh
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• CI/CD and developer platforms, including GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Cursor, Jenkins, Artifactory, JIRA, SonarQube, Backstage, and HashiCorp Vault
• Programming and automation with Python, Bash/Shell, PowerShell, YAML, and REST APIs
• Fluency in English language, written and verbal
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Preferred: experience in semiconductor industry, Design Engineering, EDA, HPC, software product development, cloud engineering platforms, large-scale R&D, or global manufacturing organizations
• Preferred project management, communication, planning, and organizational skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in designing and architecting large-scale AWS cloud solutions, with a strong focus on Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and container orchestration. Proven ability to lead technical initiatives that enhance engineering productivity and support global software engineering teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Cloud Architecture
• Kubernetes Expertise
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• Platform Engineering
• CI/CD Services

Hard Skills

• AWS Platform Services
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Python
• Bash/Shell
• PowerShell
• REST APIs
• GitOps

Soft Skills

• Project Management
• Communication
• Planning
• Organizational Skills

Industry Keywords

• Design Engineering
• EDA
• HPC
• Cloud Engineering
• Global Manufacturing

Tools & Technologies

• GitHub
• GitLab
• JIRA
• SonarQube
• HashiCorp Vault
• Artifactory
• CloudWatch
• Systems Manager
• Control Tower
• Backstage