Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Remote, Client-Facing

CDM Smith; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect to act as the senior client-facing technology leader for the Cloud Solutions team. You will guide solution discovery, requirements analysis, and planning for complex cloud initiatives, delivering measurable business value and aligning with enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with business leaders, vendors, and delivery teams to ensure successful deployments, risk management, and ongoing optimization across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; 8+ years related experience.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, and cloud architecture.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead complex, cross-functional technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical advisor to business stakeholders.
• Lead client engagement activities and workshops.
• Translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
• Guide solution lifecycle from concept to deployment and transition.
• Develop roadmaps and delivery plans for cloud initiatives.
• Lead engagements from concept through deployment and transition.
• Collaborate with vendors, delivery teams, and CC0E to ensure standards.
• Provide technical leadership to architects and engineers.
• Evaluate technology options for value, cost, and risk.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Drive adoption of architecture standards and best practices.
• Support portfolio planning and prioritization.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud leadership

Azure expert

AWS knowledge

Networking

Databases

Linux

APIs integration

Stakeholder management

DevOps

Architecture standards

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

CDM Smith seeks a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect to act as the senior client-facing technology leader for the Cloud Solutions team. You will guide solution discovery, requirements analysis, and planning for complex cloud initiatives, delivering measurable business value and aligning with enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with business leaders, vendors, and delivery teams to ensure successful deployments, risk management, and ongoing optimization across projects.