Solution Architect - Cloud Engineering

The Cloud Engineering Architect serves as a technical and strategic leader responsible for designing modern, cloud‑enabled architecture in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role partners closely with business and IT organizations to drive modernization across RMIC systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise architecture strategies. The architect shall define future‑state cloud architectures and lead the transformation toward cloud‑native, event‑driven solutions.

This role plays a critical part in shaping cross‑ART and cross‑platform initiatives, guiding teams through complex system interdependencies in a scaled agile environment. Under limited guidance, work at the business unit level developing the end‑to‑end solution architecture for significant initiatives in partnership with key business and IT stakeholders.

• Lead end‑to‑end cloud architecture for RMIC systems, including pricing, rating, invoicing, billing integrity, and settlement workflows.
• Develop cloud modernization roadmaps aligned with business priorities and enterprise architecture strategy.
• Define cloud patterns, standards, and reference architectures that support high‑volume financial and transactional workloads.
• Drive adoption of cloud‑native engineering practices.
• Evaluate current‑state RMIC platforms, identify modernization opportunities, and design future‑state architectures.
• Partner with business stakeholders, ARTs, and development teams to ensure architectural alignment across highly interdependent systems.
• Define and enforce cloud governance, including security controls, observability, monitoring, and operational best practices.
• Mentor solution architects and engineering teams on cloud architecture patterns and platform engineering practices.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts and recommendations to technical and non‑technical executive audiences.
• Expose current state architecture and identify options for future state architecture.
• Work closely with business and IT stakeholders creating solutions that balance competing interests and concerns.
• Develop plans for and facilitate the migration from current to selected future state by providing technical leadership to multiple initiatives.
• Mentor those in less senior positions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Experience in designing cloud architectures in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Design end‑to‑end cloud architectures that are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise strategy
• Evaluate cloud applications, hardware, software and recommend best‑fit solutions
• Apply modern architectural patterns across cloud and hybrid solutions
• Strong understanding of cloud security, data privacy, encryption, and compliance
• Experience architecting systems with high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery
• Strong communication, presentation, and cross‑functional leadership skills
• General knowledge of hardware, software, and network.
• Human relations.
• Communication.

• Lead major cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Experience designing resilient, scalable, cloud‑modern architectures in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Familiarity with enterprise tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect
• Experience working in SAFe or large‑scale agile environments

• Ability to influence architectural direction across matrixed business and IT organizations
• Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving skills
• Experience presenting to senior leaders and executive stakeholders
• Comfort navigating high‑complexity environments with multiple dependencies

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information Systems, business and/or equivalent formal training or work experience.

Five (5) years equivalent work experience in information technology or engineering environment. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirement.

The preferred location for this hybrid position is Memphis TN, Pittsburgh PA, Plano TX, or Orlando FL. However, we will consider candidates elsewhere in the United States (excluding Alaska, Hawaii and…