Principal Cloud Architect — Azure & GCP, Remote

Patterson Companies, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 133,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

PTO

Holidays

Volunteer time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

LifeWorks

Job summary

Patterson Companies, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Architect Principal to lead the technical direction of enterprise cloud solutions across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.

This role translates business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and partners with application, data, security, and business teams to shape the cloud roadmap. You will design reference architectures, establish standards and deployment practices, drive cost optimization, and ensure security compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7 years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, software development, or related technology disciplines.
• 3 years of experience in cloud architecture and solution design.
• Experience in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud architecture across multiple platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP).
• Lead complex cloud initiatives with solution design and integration guidance.
• Oversee cloud platform performance, reliability, and cost optimization.
• Establish standards for cloud-native applications, infrastructure, data, and integrations.
• Advance cloud engineering standards, processes, and best practices.
• Ensure security and compliance through design and governance.
• Drive resilience by defining reference architectures and recovery objectives.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and provide adoption guidance.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams and stakeholders.
• Comply with company policies and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud design patterns

Networking

IAM

Governance

Monitoring

Observability

CI/CD

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Git

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Patterson Companies, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Architect Principal to lead the technical direction of enterprise cloud solutions across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments.

This role translates business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and partners with application, data, security, and business teams to shape the cloud roadmap. You will design reference architectures, establish standards and deployment practices, drive cost optimization, and ensure security compliance.