
Architect – Strategy and Governance
3Cloud
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $117,500 - $176,300 per year
About the role
- Own end-to-end architecture and scope for your projects, leading teams to design and deliver Azure solutions that meet agreed goals for value, security, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost.
- Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on your engagements, guiding consultants and engineers so implementation stays aligned with the architecture and standards.
- Apply sound engineering practices—clear interfaces, modular design, and testability—to produce reliable, maintainable solutions in your primary domain.
- Provide architectural guidance throughout implementation, including design and pull-request reviews, shaping cloud patterns and guardrails and offering practical options to unblock teams.
- Use AI tools to accelerate code, tests, documentation, and similar tasks, and share effective practices so they become repeatable gains for teams and clients.
- Lead discovery and requirements sessions for your workstreams, clarifying scope, dependencies, and risks, and shaping a prioritized backlog with clear acceptance criteria tied to business outcomes.
- Explain complex technical topics in simple, direct language for both technical and non-technical audiences, and consistently connect technical decisions back to client goals.
- Build trust with managers and product owners, influencing priorities and roadmaps in ways that support the client’s long-term interests.
- Enable teams to deliver with stable velocity and low defect rates by providing clear architecture, interfaces, and automation across build, test, and deployment, and by designing for incremental delivery with a clear Definition of Done.
- Align multiple teams on shared outcomes, contracts, and integration points, ensuring dependencies are identified early, owned, and tracked through delivery.
- Support effective Agile practices by ensuring the architecture and backlog structure enable incremental delivery, a clear Definition of Done, and data-informed course corrections based on telemetry and feedback.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience delivering solutions in a primary domain such as application development, cloud platform engineering, DevOps, or data and analytics.
- 3+ years of experience in solution architecture and leading development or engineering teams.
- Proven experience leading hybrid and remote teams and maintaining alignment, quality, and predictable delivery across time zones.
- Expertise in at least one major public cloud platform, with Azure strongly preferred.
- Deep understanding of core concepts, languages, frameworks, and design patterns in your primary domain, with the ability to apply them to build robust, maintainable systems.
- Experience using AI-augmented development and integrating AI or machine learning capabilities into solutions through APIs, libraries, or cloud-based AI services.
- 7+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or 5+ in large consulting firm.
- 2+ years with Azure technologies.
- Proven experience delivering governance programs.
- Strong understanding of data platform and analytics ecosystems.
- Experience with 2 or more Data Management areas: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Data Science and ML, Master Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Quality Management.
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments, including backlog refinement and iteration planning.
- Experience in consulting or professional services is a plus.
- Familiarity with key cloud services for your domain, such as messaging, compute, data, security, networking, and integration.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with clear written and verbal communication.
- Demonstrated interest in continuous learning and adoption of new cloud technologies.
- Ability to be hands-on with implementation while also designing and communicating complex cloud architectures.
Benefits
- Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work!
- 401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay
- Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days
- Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you!
- Option for vision and dental coverage
- 100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance
- Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents
- Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA
- $67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance
- Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role
- Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges
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Hard Skills & Tools
Azuresolution architectureapplication developmentcloud platform engineeringDevOpsdata governancedata managementAI-augmented developmentdata warehousingdata quality management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingteam alignmentinfluencingtrust buildingAgile practicesbacklog refinementcontinuous learning