Senior Architect, Cloud

Credera; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Credera is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect in Chicago to lead project teams and serve as the primary technical lead on enterprise cloud solutions. The role involves scoping, estimating, and modeling architecture to meet complex business requirements across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of hands-on cloud delivery experience, strong leadership, and a proven track record in client-facing engagements within an engineering consulting environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience delivering cloud enterprise solutions across multiple domains.
• Experience leading teams that develop complex, high‑volume enterprise solutions.
• Deep understanding of cloud solution architecture in AWS, Azure or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead project-based teams in client-facing roles to scope and estimate work streams.
• Architect and model technical solutions to meet business requirements.
• Serve as technical expert in client communications and delivery.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Client-facing skills

Enterprise solutions

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job Description

Credera is a global consulting firm that combines transformational consulting capabilities, deep industry knowledge, AI and technology expertise to deliver valuable customer experiences and accelerated growth across various industries. We continuously evolve our services to meet the needs of future organizations and reflect modern best practices. Our unique global approach provides tailored solutions, transforming the most influential brands and organizations worldwide.

Our employees, the lifeblood of our company, are passionate about making an extraordinary impact on our clients, colleagues, and communities. This passion drives how we spend our time, resources, and talents. Our commitment to our people and work has been recognized globally.

The Cloud Capability is the think‑tank and engine of Credera’s cloud expertise. We’re experts in all things cloud, ranging from cloud-native application architecture to cloud migrations and advisory. We leverage cloud-native technologies in AWS, Azure, and GCP to create solutions for our clients. Within the Cloud Capability, you may work in the following areas: cloud native development, cloud platform engineering, cloud data ingestion, cloud migration & adoption or cloud strategy.

As a Senior Cloud Architect, you will lead project-based teams while serving in a client‑facing role. You will act as the primary architect and technical lead on projects to scope and estimate work streams, architect and model technical solutions to meet business requirements, and serve as a technical expert in client communications.

Who You Are

You have 8+ years of hands‑on experience delivering cloud enterprise solutions across multiple domains in industry or technology consulting.

You have experience leading a team(s) that develops complex, high‑volume, mission‑critical enterprise solutions.

You have a deep understanding of cloud solution architecture in one or more major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Native Tooling

• AWS: Lambda, Aurora, EC2, Fargate, S3, etc.
• Azure: Functions, Queue Storage, Cosmos DB, App Services, etc.
• GCP: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, etc.

Platform Engineering

• Terraform, Cloud Formation, Azure DevOps, Github Actions, etc.

Security Engineering

• AWS: Cognito, IAM, Guard Duty, Security Hub, etc
• Azure: AD, Advanced Threat Protection, etc.
• GCP: Chronicle Virus Total, Cloud Monitoring, etc.

FinOps

• CloudHealth, Cloudability, Billing

Migration Advisor

• AWS: DMS, Snow cone/ball/mobile, etc.
• Azure: Database Migration Services, etc.
• GCP: Migrate for Anthos and GKE, Ramp, Data Transfer Services

AI Tooling

• AWS: Bedrock
• Azure: AI Foundry
• GCP: Vertex AI

Data & Privacy Engineering

• AWS: Clean Rooms, Athena, Glue, Quicksight, Redshift, etc.
• Azure: Databricks, Blob Storage, Data Lake Analytics, etc.
• GCP: BigQuery, Looker, Cloud Storage, etc.

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