Remote Cloud Systems Architect: Lead Cloud Solutions

Bright Vision Technologies; Issaquah (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Cloud Systems Architect to design and govern cloud-native solutions across compute, networking, data, identity, and security on a major cloud platform.

The role partners with business stakeholders, security architects, and engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into pragmatic, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Eight+ years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture.
• Deep expertise designing cloud-native solutions on at least one major cloud platform.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security primitives.
• Experience with cloud migration, modernization, and platform consolidation programs.
• Strong understanding of containerization, serverless, and managed data services.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience producing formal architecture artifacts and presenting them to senior leadership.
• Track record of leading architecture reviews and influencing engineering direction.
• Cloud architecture certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud solutions across compute, networking, storage, identity, data, and observability layers.
• Lead solution architecture reviews and approval processes for major cloud initiatives.
• Define cloud landing zone, account structure, and tagging strategies for workloads.
• Establish reference architectures, blueprints, and reusable patterns across teams.
• Architect security, identity, and compliance controls into the cloud foundation.
• Design networking topologies including VPC/VNet design and private endpoints.
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, and re-platforming initiatives across portfolios.
• Drive cost optimization, capacity planning, and FinOps with finance and engineering teams.
• Partner with security architects to embed identity, data protection, and compliance controls.
• Produce architecture artifacts such as context diagrams and decision records.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship during delivery.
• Engage with cloud providers to evaluate roadmap fit.
• Track emerging cloud capabilities and recommend strategic adoption.
• Maintain alignment with enterprise standards, security policies, and regulatory obligations.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Cloud networking

Security controls

Migration planning

FinOps

Containerization

Serverless

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IS

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Cloud Systems Architect to design and govern cloud-native solutions across compute, networking, data, identity, and security on a major cloud platform.

The role partners with business stakeholders, security architects, and engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into pragmatic, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards.