Remote Director, Cloud & AI Architecture

Energy Exemplar Pty Ltd; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Exemplar is seeking a remote Director of Cloud Architecture & Delivery in the United States to lead a forward‑deployed engineering capability. You will design and deploy cloud and AI solutions for customers, collaborate withSales and Solutions teams, and guide complex deployments across North America and LATAM.

You will partner with Product and Engineering to turn repeatable patterns into scalable capabilities, own security and governance standards, and travel up to 30% for executive

Qualifications

• 12+ years in enterprise technology, including 7+ years designing production cloud architectures for enterprise or regulated customers.
• Experience leading engineers embedded in customer implementations (forward‑deployed or field delivery).
• Strong pre‑sales experience supporting complex enterprise software opportunities, including technical discovery and RFI/RFP responses.
• Deep expertise in at least one hyperscaler (Azure preferred) with fluency across AWS and GCP (compute, storage, networking, identity, data services).
• Experience designing AI agent engineering in production, including orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a forward‑deployed engineering capability aligned with customer use cases.
• Design, integrate, and deploy AI agents and agentic workflows within customer environments.
• Serve as senior cloud and AI advisor to executives, shaping technical discussions and ensuring feasible, secure deployments.
• Guide pre‑sales on architecture workshops, proofs of concept, and pilots with clear success criteria.
• Define acceptance criteria and validate deployed agents against agreed goals (accuracy, security, governance).
• Own cloud reference architectures for PLEXOS Cloud and PLEXOS Intelligence, including landing zones and IAM.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Enterprise tech

Azure/AWS/GCP

AI agent engineering

Executive presence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree or equivalent senior experience

Job description

Energy Exemplar is seeking a remote Director of Cloud Architecture & Delivery in the United States to lead a forward‑deployed engineering capability. You will design and deploy cloud and AI solutions for customers, collaborate withSales and Solutions teams, and guide complex deployments across North America and LATAM.

You will partner with Product and Engineering to turn repeatable patterns into scalable capabilities, own security and governance standards, and travel up to 30% for executive