Senior Cloud Architect & Platform Leader

Black & Veatch

Cary (NC)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 230,000

Full time

42 hours ago
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Job summary

Black & Veatch is seeking a highly experienced Principal Cloud Engineer to lead design, implementation, and operation of enterprise cloud environments across Azure, AWS, OCI, and hybrid setups. Role requires deep technical leadership, strong architecting, and collaboration with architecture, cybersecurity, and operations teams.

You will guide cloud standards, governance, cost management, and modernization initiatives while mentoring engineers and delivering secure, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, systems, cloud engineering, or related disciplines.
  • 5+ years designing, implementing, and operating enterprise cloud environments.
  • Deep expertise with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and cloud automation.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and support secure, scalable cloud solutions across Azure, AWS, and OCI.
  • Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards and reference designs.
  • Lead cloud modernization and transformation initiatives across the enterprise.
  • Partner with security, infra, and Dev teams to ensure secure, compliant deployments.
  • Mentor cloud engineers and drive engineering best practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture
Terraform
IaC
Security
Leadership
Multi-cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Azure
AWS
OCI
Kubernetes

Job description

Black & Veatch is seeking a highly experienced Principal Cloud Engineer to lead design, implementation, and operation of enterprise cloud environments across Azure, AWS, OCI, and hybrid setups. Role requires deep technical leadership, strong architecting, and collaboration with architecture, cybersecurity, and operations teams.

You will guide cloud standards, governance, cost management, and modernization initiatives while mentoring engineers and delivering secure, scalable solutions.

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