Senior Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure Architect

Alvarez & Marsal Deutschland GmbH; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 135,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Flexible spending and savings accounts

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal Deutschland GmbH is seeking a Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure leader to bridge cloud strategy with hands-on execution for complex multi-cloud and hybrid environments. The role focuses on optimizing large cloud footprints, designing operating models, and enabling AI-enabled decisions.

The position requires 8–12+ years in cloud leadership, strong migration experience, and comfort with travel. A Bachelor’s degree and cloud certifications are strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure leadership
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise migration programs (500+ workloads)
• Deep understanding of security requirements in regulated environments (FedRAMP, IL certifications, HIPAA, SOC2)
• Federal cloud experience preferred - deep transformation experience in regulated industries can substitute
• Comfortable with travel up to 80%
• Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical advisor on cloud strategy and hybrid infrastructure engagements
• Lead workload rationalization assessments - classifying workloads for rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, or retirement
• Design hybrid/multi-cloud target architectures across classification levels and operating environments
• Develop cloud migration roadmaps with decommission gating to ensure on-premises capacity retires as workloads migrate
• Advise on cloud vendor strategy, including multi-vendor approaches, lock-in mitigation, and contract terms optimization
• Support practice development through internal training, content creation, and people development

Skills

Enterprise cloud architecture

Hybrid cloud design

Cloud cost models

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

FedRAMP

AI/ML workload strategy

Security in regulated environments

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

GCP Professional Cloud Architect

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tools

FedRAMP tooling

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal Deutschland GmbH is seeking a Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure leader to bridge cloud strategy with hands-on execution for complex multi-cloud and hybrid environments. The role focuses on optimizing large cloud footprints, designing operating models, and enabling AI-enabled decisions.

The position requires 8–12+ years in cloud leadership, strong migration experience, and comfort with travel. A Bachelor’s degree and cloud certifications are strongly preferred.