Cloud-Native Architect

Bright Vision Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Cloud-Native Architect with 10+ years of software engineering to lead architecture and modernization of enterprise-scale applications. You will drive microservices design, platform strategy, and engineering standards using Kubernetes, container platforms, and cloud-native technologies.

Collaboration across teams and strong leadership are essential. The role is 100% remote (U.S.), full-time, direct W2, with a salary range of

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with architecture focus.
• Strong background in cloud-native platforms and distributed systems.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale modernization and platform strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise microservices architecture standards and boundaries.
• Lead modernization of monoliths into scalable cloud-native services.
• Design secure, resilient distributed systems with REST/gRPC and events.
• Establish API governance, versioning, and service lifecycle best practices.
• Drive CI/CD, IaC, testing, and deployment for cloud-native apps.
• Develop observability, monitoring, and SLO/SLI programs.

Skills

Extensive software engineering

Cloud-native architecture

Microservices architecture

Domain-Driven Design

Kubernetes

Docker

Java

Go

C#

Python

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/SE or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Bicep

Istio

Linkerd

Envoy

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Job Title

Cloud-Native Architect

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2
Salary Range: $130,000–$180,000 Annually (based on experience)
Experience Required: 10+ Years

Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Job Summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Cloud-Native Architect with 10+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive experience designing cloud-native platforms and distributed systems. The ideal candidate will lead the architecture and modernization of enterprise-scale applications using microservices, Kubernetes, container platforms, and cloud-native technologies while driving engineering standards, platform strategy, and technical excellence across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide microservices architecture standards, service boundaries, and domain-driven design (DDD) principles.
• Lead the modernization of legacy monolithic applications into scalable, independently deployable cloud-native services.
• Design secure, resilient, and highly available distributed systems using REST APIs, gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event-driven architectures.
• Establish API governance, schema management, versioning strategies, and service lifecycle best practices.
• Architect resilient systems using patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, graceful degradation, Saga, CQRS, Event Sourcing, and Outbox.
• Define data ownership strategies, distributed transaction models, and scalable persistence architectures.
• Design and implement cloud-native platform capabilities, including Kubernetes, service mesh, API gateways, identity management, observability, and platform automation.
• Drive performance engineering, scalability planning, capacity management, and system reliability across mission-critical services.
• Establish CI/CD, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, and deployment strategies for cloud-native applications.
• Define enterprise observability standards leveraging distributed tracing, centralized logging, metrics, dashboards, and SLO/SLI-based monitoring.
• Partner with security teams to implement Zero Trust architecture, secrets management, runtime security, compliance, and cloud governance.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical design sessions, and technology evaluations across multiple engineering organizations.
• Mentor architects, technical leads, and senior engineers while promoting cloud-native engineering best practices.
• Evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies and recommend strategic adoption based on business value and technical maturity.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience in software architecture and cloud-native solution design.
• Deep expertise in microservices architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), distributed systems, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, Docker, and cloud‑native platforms.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Java, Go, C#, or Python.
• Strong knowledge of API design, asynchronous messaging, event streaming technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or similar), and distributed application architecture.
• Experience designing and operating highly available, latency‑sensitive production systems at enterprise scale.
• Strong expertise with at least one major cloud platform, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and technical mentoring skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and platform engineering capabilities.
• Hands‑on experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd, Envoy, or Consul Connect.
• Knowledge of GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Experience with FinOps, cloud governance, and enterprise cloud cost optimization.
• Public speaking, open‑source leadership, published technical content, or conference presentations.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance, or Government.
• Cloud architecture certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.

BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.