Remote Principal Cloud Architect: Azure & GCP

Devopsroles; United States; Remote; USD 133,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Medical, Dental, and Vision

401(k) Match Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay & Floating Holidays

Volunteer Time Off

Educational Assistance Program

Parental and Adoption Leave

LifeWorks Employee Assistance Program

Patterson Perks Program

Job summary

Patterson is seeking a Cloud Architect Principal to lead the technical direction of enterprise cloud solutions across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments. You will translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and govern engineering standards from concept to implementation.

You will partner with application, data, security, and infrastructure teams to shape the cloud roadmap, drive cost-effective designs, and ensure reliability, security, and compliance across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/IT/SE
• 7 years in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or related tech
• 3 years in cloud architecture and solution design
• Experience in Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud architecture across multiple platforms (Azure, GCP)
• Lead complex cloud initiatives with solution design direction
• Oversee cloud platform performance and cost estimates
• Establish standards for cloud-native apps, infrastructure, data, and integration
• Advance cloud engineering standards and deployment practices
• Ensure security/compliance are embedded in designs and documented
• Drive resilience via reference architectures and recovery objectives
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and adoption strategies
• Provide technical leadership to team members and stakeholders
• Comply with company policies and perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Cloud design patterns

Security & compliance

Problem solving

Leadership without authority

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

GCP

AKS

App Service

Azure Monitor

Key Vault

BigQuery

Cloud Run

Cloud SQL

Compute Engine

Terraform

Git

Job description

Patterson is seeking a Cloud Architect Principal to lead the technical direction of enterprise cloud solutions across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments. You will translate business requirements into secure, scalable architectures and govern engineering standards from concept to implementation.

You will partner with application, data, security, and infrastructure teams to shape the cloud roadmap, drive cost-effective designs, and ensure reliability, security, and compliance across platforms.