Principal IT Cloud Architect

Conduent

IT Cloud Architect at Conduent defining architecture for enterprise cloud platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Establishing technical standards and governance for scalable, secure platform architectures.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $132,000 - $176,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and maintain enterprise cloud architecture frameworks and roadmaps spanning Azure and hybrid environments, translating enterprise requirements into scalable and secure platform architectures.
Publish and maintain enterprise cloud reference architectures and platform design patterns through the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) to guide consistent engineering implementation.
Provide cloud architecture governance for enterprise initiatives, reviewing solution designs for enterprise cloud standardization, platform architectures, and operational guardrails.
Define enterprise cloud platform structure and governance models including landing zone architecture, tenant and subscription structures, resource organization models, policy enforcement, workload integration patterns, and architecture for tenant and subscription consolidation.
Define enterprise cloud platform technical standards including Azure security and operational baselines (RBAC, Azure Policy, workload identity, logging), hybrid networking models, container and Kubernetes platforms, and enforcement through infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
Lead enterprise Azure inventory and baseline assessments across tenants and subscriptions and establish cloud governance and FinOps architecture including tagging standards, cost allocation models, lifecycle governance, and consumption visibility.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in enterprise infrastructure or cloud architecture
Deep experience designing Microsoft Azure enterprise platform architectures
Strong experience designing hybrid cloud environments
Experience defining enterprise cloud architecture standards and platform governance models
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise cloud environments with multiple tenants and subscriptions
Azure architecture certifications (AZ-305, AZ-104, AZ-500) preferred
Experience with enterprise cloud governance frameworks and FinOps practices preferred
Experience supporting tenant consolidation or cloud modernization initiatives preferred
Familiarity with container platforms and Kubernetes architecture preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health & Welfare Benefits: Comprehensive plans tailored to your needs, effective from day one.
Retirement Savings: Robust programs to help you secure your financial future.
Employee Discounts: Access to a wide range of discounts on merchandise, services, travel, and more.
Career Growth Opportunities: Paths for advancement within a global organization.
Paid Training: Learn while you earn with award-winning learning platforms.
Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO packages to help you recharge.
Great Work Environment: Join an award-winning culture that values diversity and inclusion.

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud architectureAzurehybrid environmentsinfrastructure-as-codeCI/CD pipelinescontainer platformsKubernetesenterprise cloud governanceplatform governance modelscloud modernization

Certifications

AZ-305AZ-104AZ-500