Senior Cloud Architect - Enterprise Platform & SRE

Occidental Petroleum Corporation; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in Houston seeks a senior Cloud Architect to design and implement enterprise cloud platforms across AWS and Azure. You will define standards, reference architectures, and scalable hosting models with Kubernetes, containers, and serverless options.

Responsibilities include building Terraform modules, self-service platform capabilities, and SRE-driven reliability with monitoring and incident response. Strong communication with stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, or DevOps.
• Deep expertise in AWS and Azure services; hands-on Kubernetes experience (EKS, AKS).

Responsibilities

• Design and architect enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and Azure.
• Develop reusable IaC modules using Terraform and cloud-native tooling.
• Drive operational excellence with automation, observability, and reliability practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Platform engineering

DevOps practices

SRE principles

Stakeholder management

CI/CD workflows

Communication skills

Security governance basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

CloudWatch

EKS

AKS

ECS

Azure DevOps

Job description

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in Houston seeks a senior Cloud Architect to design and implement enterprise cloud platforms across AWS and Azure. You will define standards, reference architectures, and scalable hosting models with Kubernetes, containers, and serverless options.

Responsibilities include building Terraform modules, self-service platform capabilities, and SRE-driven reliability with monitoring and incident response. Strong communication with stakeholders is essential.