Lead Cloud Solutions Architect Enterprise Platform Delivery

CDM Smith; Fayetteville (AR); Remote; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect to partner with stakeholders, identify technology opportunities, and deliver high-value cloud programs. You will guide discovery, requirements, and implementation planning for complex cloud, application, and technology initiatives.

Lead engagements across lifecycle stages, collaborate with delivery teams, and ensure solutions meet business goals, security, and cost targets while aligning with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 8 years of related experience.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical advisor for business stakeholders, helping identify opportunities to leverage technology to achieve business objectives.
• Lead client engagement activities, including solution discovery, requirements gathering, stakeholder workshops, and business case development.
• Translate business needs into practical, scalable, and supportable technology solutions that align with organizational goals.
• Experience supporting the full solution lifecycle, including implementation, operational transition, upgrades, support planning, and technology lifecycle management.
• Develop solution strategies, implementation roadmaps, and delivery plans for cloud, application, and technology initiatives.
• Lead complex solution engagements from initial concept through implementation and operational transition.
• Collaborate with business leaders, project teams, vendors, and technical resources to ensure successful delivery of technology solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to Solution Architects, Engineers, and delivery teams throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Evaluate technology options and recommend solutions based on business value, functionality, cost, risk, and long-term supportability.
• Identify project risks, dependencies, and implementation challenges and develop mitigation strategies to support successful outcomes.
• Lead vendor evaluations, proof-of-concept initiatives, and technology assessments to support solution selection and delivery decisions.
• Work closely with the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) to ensure solutions leverage approved platform services, established capabilities, and enterprise standards.
• Drive accountability for solution delivery outcomes, stakeholder satisfaction, and successful adoption of implemented solutions.
• Support portfolio planning, demand management, and prioritization activities to align delivery efforts with business priorities.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, increase solution reuse, and accelerate implementation timelines.

Skills

Cloud solution architecture

Azure services

AWS services

Networking concepts

Linux systems

Stakeholder management

Solution leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Architectural governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Equivalent experience considered

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

APIs

Job description

CDM Smith seeks a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect to partner with stakeholders, identify technology opportunities, and deliver high-value cloud programs. You will guide discovery, requirements, and implementation planning for complex cloud, application, and technology initiatives.

Lead engagements across lifecycle stages, collaborate with delivery teams, and ensure solutions meet business goals, security, and cost targets while aligning with enterprise standards.