Senior Cloud Platform Architect: AWS & Terraform

NTT America, Inc.; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Flexible spending or health savings

Life and AD&D insurance

Short and long-term disability

Job summary

NTT DATA seeks a Senior Cloud Platform Architect to design, build, and operate a secure, scalable multi-cloud platform across AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will lead Terraform IaC, Kubernetes platforms, and IAM governance to enable compliant, reliable cloud solutions.

Hybrid role with onsite client support in Irving, TX or Charlotte, NC; 8+ years of enterprise cloud experience preferred, with a focus on security, reliability, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or cloud architecture roles.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS and GCP in enterprise environments, including high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region architectures.
• Strong experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), reusable modules, and automated CI/CD deployments.
• Proven experience designing and supporting Kubernetes platforms (EKS, GKE) and containerized environments.
• Deep knowledge of IAM, RBAC, least-privilege access models, and cloud security best practices.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, including VPCs, routing, load balancing, DNS, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience implementing cloud governance, policy enforcement, compliance controls, and policy-as-code frameworks.
• Experience with AWS Control Tower and Landing Zone architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect, engineer, and implement scalable, secure cloud solutions across GCP and AWS, with Azure as a plus.
• Lead Terraform-based infrastructure as code and integrate into CI/CD pipelines for automated provisioning.
• Direct Kubernetes platform engineering using EKS/GKE, including scaling and security practices.
• Design IAM strategies across AWS and GCP with least-privilege access models.
• Design cloud networking across multi-cloud and hybrid environments for secure connectivity.
• Oversee policy management and governance with policy-as-code frameworks.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership for complex cloud initiatives.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Security governance

Networking design

IAM

Policy management

Cost optimization

Mentorship

CI/CD

Multi-cloud design

Platform engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes (EKS/GKE)

AWS

GCP

CI/CD tooling

Job description

NTT DATA seeks a Senior Cloud Platform Architect to design, build, and operate a secure, scalable multi-cloud platform across AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will lead Terraform IaC, Kubernetes platforms, and IAM governance to enable compliant, reliable cloud solutions.

Hybrid role with onsite client support in Irving, TX or Charlotte, NC; 8+ years of enterprise cloud experience preferred, with a focus on security, reliability, and cost optimization.