Consultant - Cloud Architect

We are seeking a dynamic, consultative **Cloud Architect** to join our team. This role is tailored for an experienced professional who is deeply familiar with the core cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and observability concepts required by large enterprise customers. In this role, you will bridge the gap between high-level enterprise business strategy and technical execution. You will work closely with enterprise clients to uncover their specific structural or operational pain points, design purpose-fit, well-architected multi-cloud environments across **AWS** and **Google Cloud Platform (GCP)**, and maintain end-to-end technical accountability for the successful outcome of the delivery. 1. Enterprise Networking & Security Architecture Complex Cloud Networking: Design resilient, enterprise-grade network topologies involving complex routing, Hub-and-Spoke models, VPCs, Shared VPCs, Transit Gateways, AWS Direct Connect, and Google Cloud Interconnect. Enterprise Security Concepts: Architect robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategies, encryption models (KMS/Cloud KMS), and perimeter security controls (WAF, Enterprise Firewalls, DDoS mitigation) tailored for large-scale multi-tenant environments. SecOps & Compliance Integration: Define the patterns for automated security guardrails, secure landing zone baselines, and continuous compliance scanning within enterprise delivery pipelines. 2. Core Infrastructure & Observability Governance Well-Architected Framework Alignment: Serve as the custodian of cloud architectural integrity, ensuring all custom designs strictly map back to the AWS Well-Architected Framework and GCP Architecture Framework pillars (with a strong focus on Operational Excellence and Security). Centralized Logging & Monitoring Architecture: Design enterprise-wide observability strategies. Define patterns for multi-account centralized logging, audit trails, real-time alerting, and telemetry aggregation required for operational visibility and compliance. IaC Governance: Define the standards and architectural structures for Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Review configurations to ensure modular, secure, and compliant environments across client workloads. 3. Consulting, Discovery & Delivery Accountability Pain Point Identification: Engage directly with enterprise stakeholders and technical teams to diagnose existing infrastructure bottlenecks, operational inefficiencies, visibility gaps, and architectural pain points. Purpose-Fit Solution Design: Translate identified client challenges and strict technical/regulatory requirements into tailored, purpose-fit technical blueprints that solve specific business issues. Delivery Accountability: Act as the technical lead and owner for assigned client engagements, maintaining full accountability for the successful execution and technical outcome of the final delivery. Qualifications Experience: 6 to 8 years of experience in cloud architecture, enterprise network engineering, or cloud infrastructure design. At least 2 years of active experience in a professional services or IT consulting environment. Highly Regulated Environments (Plus): Strong track record of navigating architecture requirements for regulated industries (e.g., Public Sector, Financial Services) and compliance frameworks like IM8, SOC2, or ISO27001. Government Commercial Cloud / GCC (Plus):Experience engineering within the Government Commercial Cloud (GCC / GCC 2.0) framework or equivalent public-sector cloud architectures. Technical Skills & Best Practices Observability & Logging Mastery: Deep understanding of distributed monitoring, logging, and tracing concepts. Strong familiarity with native cloud services including AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Google Cloud Logging. Enterprise Network & Security Familiarity: Deep familiarity with enterprise cloud connectivity, BGP, DNS routing, load balancing topologies, Service Meshes, and multi-tenant isolation techniques. Automation & CI/CD Guardrails (Preferred):Strong understanding of best practices surrounding Terraform (or OpenTofu) and GitHub Workflows (GitHub Actions). Ability to define architectural standards, review configurations, design workflow gates, and guide engineering teams on implementation. Code & Scripting Comprehension: Ability to read, interpret, and evaluate script logic (Python, Bash, or Go) to ensure automated deployment architectures align with operational blueprints. Desirable Tooling …