Cloud Systems Architect

Location: 100% Remote (Continental United States)

Position Type: In-house Bright Vision Technologies SOW engagement (no third-party client or vendor)

Experience: 8+ years

Salary - $100k - $150k

This is a 100% remote, full-time, direct W2 position with Bright Vision Technologies.

This role is part of Bright Vision Technologies’ in-house Statement of Work (SOW) engagement. The client, end customer, and employer for this position is Bright Vision Technologies — there is no third-party client, vendor, or implementation partner involved.

We do not engage in C2C, 1099, or third-party arrangements for this role.

BUT STRICTLY NO C2C/1099/3RD PARTY COMPANIES. ALL OUR ROLES ARE W2 AND NO 3RD PARTY BROKERING PLEASE.

Candidates must be willing to work directly as a full-time W2 employee of Bright Vision Technologies and contribute to our in-house SOW deliverables.

No new H1B sponsorship is available for this role.

However, candidates who are currently on a valid H1B visa and require a transfer are welcome to apply. We will support H1B transfers for qualified candidates.

For every role, a technical coding assessment is mandatory. Please apply only if you are confident in your technical abilities and hands‑on experience.

We are seeking a Cloud Systems Architect to design and govern cloud‑native solutions across compute, networking, data, identity, and security domains on a major cloud platform. The role partners closely with business stakeholders, security architects, and engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into pragmatic, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards. The ideal candidate brings strong breadth across modern cloud capabilities, depth in at least one major provider, and the architectural judgment to balance time‑to‑market, cost, security, and long‑term maintainability.

• Design end‑to‑end cloud solutions covering compute, networking, storage, identity, data, and observability layers.
• Lead solution architecture reviews and approval processes for major cloud initiatives.
• Define cloud landing zone, account structure, and tagging strategies for new and existing workloads.
• Establish reference architectures, blueprints, and reusable patterns adopted across engineering teams.
• Architect security, identity, and compliance controls embedded into the cloud foundation.
• Design networking topologies including VPC/VNet design, transit hubs, hybrid connectivity, and private endpoints.
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, and re‑platforming initiatives across application portfolios.
• Drive cost optimization, capacity planning, and Fin Ops practices across the cloud estate, partnering with finance and engineering teams to make cloud spend transparent, predictable, and tied to delivered business value.
• Partner with security architects to embed identity, data protection, and compliance controls from the outset.
• Produce architecture artifacts including context diagrams, sequence diagrams, and decision records.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams during solution delivery.
• Engage with cloud providers and platform partners to evaluate roadmap fit.
• Track emerging cloud capabilities and ecosystem developments, assessing relevance to current and planned workloads, and recommend strategic adoption based on demonstrated value and operational maturity.
• Maintain alignment with enterprise architecture standards, security policies, and regulatory obligations, ensuring that cloud designs satisfy both engineering goals and the broader compliance posture of the organization.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems,…