Cloud Platform Architect

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Remote work options

Job summary

A cloud consulting firm based in Jersey City is seeking a Platform Architect to lead the design and evolution of their enterprise-wide platform strategy. The ideal candidate will ensure a scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure while collaborating with engineering, operations, and development teams. Responsibilities include developing cloud strategies, defining automation frameworks, and ensuring compliance with security standards. This role requires expertise in cloud architecture and a strong background in infrastructure automation.

Qualifications

• Experience with multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture.
• Proven track record in automation and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of technical vision for platform engineering.
• Standardize security models and best practices across cloud environments.
• Oversee observability and reliability engineering efforts.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Infrastructure automation

Security compliance

API design

Site reliability engineering (SRE)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Splunk

Job description

The Platform Architect is responsible for designing and evolving the enterprise-wide platform strategy, ensuring scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure to support IT services and business applications. This role focuses on defining the technical architecture, automation frameworks, and governance models for Platform Engineering, ensuring a seamless integration of cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.

The Platform Architect will lead infrastructure modernization, automation adoption, and the transition to a platform-as-a-product approach while collaborating with engineering, operations, security, and development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement the technical vision for platform engineering, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.
• Develop reference architectures for cloud, on-prem, and hybrid infrastructure.
• Establish standardized patterns for platform automation, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) , and self-service provisioning.
• Lead the design of APIs and platform integrations to ensure seamless interoperability across tools and teams.
• Oversee the development and implementation of IaC frameworks using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Define automation roadmaps for infrastructure provisioning, compliance enforcement, and operational workflows.
• Work with CI/CD engineers to streamline infrastructure automation and release processes.

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Strategy

• Develop a multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategy, ensuring cost efficiency, security, and performance optimization.
• Standardize networking, identity, and security models across cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Define best practices for container orchestration, Kubernetes management, and microservices deployment.

Observability, Performance, & Reliability Engineering

• Architect enterprise observability solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Datadog.
• Establish site reliability engineering (SRE) best practices, including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Develop proactive monitoring and self-healing automation frameworks.

Security, Compliance, & Governance

• Ensure platform security alignment with zero-trust models, access controls, and encryption standards.
• Define policies for automated security compliance and cloud governance.
• Collaborate with security architects to integrate DevSecOps principles into the platform.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, Cloud, Security, and Development teams to implement scalable solutions.
• Drive a culture of automation-first engineering by mentoring engineers and advocating for DevOps and SRE best practices.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical governance meetings to ensure consistency across teams

CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES 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. CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES 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 CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer
CLOUD ANALYTICS 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. CLOUD ANALYTICS 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 CLOUD ANALYTICS 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.

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