Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect Target Salary: $140,000 - $160,000 Remote availability in these states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Texas (excluding the Austin area).

Seeking a Cloud Architect to lead the evolution of our enterprise Azure platform and help shape the technology foundation that powers our cloud-first and AI-enabled future. This is a highly visible, strategic role that combines enterprise architecture, cloud platform strategy, and organizational leadership to accelerate modernization across the enterprise. As the organization's cloud architecture leader, you will define cloud strategy, establish enterprise standards, guide modernization efforts, and ensure our platform enables secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions.

You will also serve as Product Owner for the Nimbus Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE), helping drive cloud adoption, platform maturity, governance, and reusable capabilities that support business and technology outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology decisions, partner with senior technology leaders, and shape key initiatives spanning cloud adoption, AI enablement, data modernization, enterprise integration, and legacy platform transformation.

This role is part of the Enterprise Architecture organization, which includes Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, and Business Process Architects. The team partners closely with:
Application Services Technical Services / Infrastructure Information Security Data & AI organization Product teams and Agile Release Trains As the Cloud Architect, you will serve as a key leader within the Nimbus Cloud Center of Excellence, helping define cloud strategy while enabling engineering teams to successfully build on the platform.

The Cloud Architect is responsible for defining and evolving the enterprise cloud platform architecture and ensuring it aligns with enterprise technology strategy. This role establishes cloud standards, governance models, and reference architectures while guiding enterprise cloud adoption and modernization initiatives. As Product Owner of the Cloud CoE, you will prioritize platform capabilities, influence investment decisions, and drive continuous improvement of the Azure environment.

• Define and maintain enterprise cloud architecture aligned to business and technology strategy
• Develop cloud standards, reference architectures, and design patterns
• Ensure cloud platforms meet requirements for scalability, resiliency, security, and efficiency
• Guide evolution of reusable platform capabilities and services
• Maintain architecture artifacts within enterprise repositories

• Support development and execution of enterprise cloud strategy
• Identify opportunities to improve agility, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Guide enterprise cloud adoption and workload migration initiatives
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI and advanced cloud services
• Advise teams on appropriate use of Azure capabilities

• Serve as Product Owner for the Nimbus Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE)
• Define and prioritize the cloud platform backlog and roadmap
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver platform improvements
• Drive adoption of reusable services, automation, and platform capabilities
• Enable consistent cloud practices across…