Tech Architect Practitioner

crosslaketech; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

crosslaketech is seeking a fully remote Technical Architect to shape pragmatic target architectures for complex technology engagements across private equity-backed portfolios. You will assess current-state capabilities, define target-state roadmaps, and guide senior stakeholders on cloud, data, and integration decisions that drive measurable outcomes.

You will lead architecture workstreams, translate requirements into actionable designs, and articulate recommendations to CTOs, CIOs, and other

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and delivering complex technology solutions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, architecture patterns, and security.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into pragmatic target architectures.
• Experience presenting to senior technology leaders (CTOs, CIOs, CDOs).

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture workstreams across current-state assessments and target-state designs.
• Define pragmatic target-state architectures aligned with scalability, resilience, security and delivery feasibility.
• Advise on platform choices across cloud, integration, data, and analytics.
• Translate requirements into architecture principles, designs, and transition plans.
• Develop evidence-based recommendations credible with senior stakeholders.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and technical debt with mitigation strategies.

Skills

Technical architecture

Cloud platforms

Data architecture

Stakeholder communication

Architecture roadmaps

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Data Modelling

Job description

Role overview

A fully remote Technical Architect position based anywhere in Europe, supporting complex technology engagements for private equity investors and portfolio company leadership. The role focuses on shaping pragmatic target architectures, assessing current-state capabilities, and advising senior stakeholders on cloud, application, integration, data, and delivery decisions that drive measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture workstreams, assessing current-state applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, integration patterns, data platforms, and technical constraints.
• Define pragmatic target-state architectures aligned with business priorities, scalability, resilience, security, and delivery feasibility.
• Advise on technology platform choices spanning cloud, application modernisation, integration, delivery tooling, and analytics.
• Translate business and technical requirements into architecture principles, designs, transition plans, and delivery priorities.
• Develop evidence-based recommendations credible with senior technology leaders and accessible to non-technical stakeholders.
• Identify risks, dependencies, technical debt, and delivery constraints, recommending practical mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• Significant experience in technical, solutions, or enterprise architecture, with a track record of designing and delivering complex technology solutions.
• Strong practical knowledge of cloud platforms, application architectures, infrastructure, integration patterns, security, and reliability.
• Experience assessing existing technology estates and defining target architectures and roadmaps.
• Meaningful depth in data architecture, including warehouses, lakes, lakehouses, modelling, governance, and analytics.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Credibility engaging with CTOs, CIOs, CDOs, and senior engineering leaders.

Nice to have

• Consulting, advisory, or multi-client delivery experience.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.