Cloud Architect – Temporary, 6 months
CRG Solutions
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Costa Rica
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About the role
- Architect and evolve our multi-cloud strategy and reference architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP—prioritizing AWS/Azure depth while ensuring GCP solutions are viable and well-governed.
- Design and implement cloud foundations / landing zones (accounts/subscriptions/projects, network topology, identity integration, logging, policy guardrails, and shared services).
- Establish cloud architecture standards that enable speed and consistency (security baselines, network patterns, naming/tagging, environment strategies, reusable modules/templates).
- Drive infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD practices: Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules (or equivalent) Enable repeatable deployments for core cloud services and application teams.
- Partner with Security to embed controls by design , including IAM strategy, key management, secrets management, encryption, vulnerability management, and cloud security posture practices.
- Design enterprise-grade cloud networking , including connectivity, segmentation, routing, DNS, load balancing, and hybrid connectivity (e.g., VPN/Direct Connect/ExpressRoute equivalents).
- Enable reliability and operational excellence by defining monitoring/alerting patterns, SLOs/SLIs, incident response integration, backup/DR strategies, and operational runbooks.
- Lead cost-aware architecture and FinOps practices , including tagging standards, cost allocation, budget/forecasting inputs, and optimization recommendations (e.g., commitments/reservations, right-sizing, lifecycle policies).
- Support and advise internal engineering teams on solution designs (containers/Kubernetes, serverless, data services, integration patterns), helping teams adopt cloud-native practices responsibly.
- Build AI readiness into our cloud platforms : Help define guardrails for AI/ML services usage (data classification, access controls, audit, retention) Partner with teams exploring GenAI/ML to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant.
- Stay current on cloud AI trends and translate them into pragmatic platform recommendations.
- Mentor and elevate the team through technical leadership, design reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- 5+ years in cloud/infrastructure engineering or architecture roles, with demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale environments.
- Advanced working knowledge of AWS, Azure and GCP , including architecture, security, networking, and operations.
- Strong experience with cloud governance and foundational design , such as: Multi-account/subscription/project strategies IAM and identity federation patterns Centralized logging/monitoring and policy guardrails
- Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred; CloudFormation/ARM/Bicep are also valuable).
- Experience implementing CI/CD for infrastructure and platform services (Git-based workflows, automated testing/validation, release discipline).
- Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts and designs (segmentation, routing, hybrid connectivity, DNS, load balancing).
- Proven ability to write and maintain clear architecture documentation (diagrams, decision records, standards, runbooks).
- Strong communication skills: able to explain complex technical choices, tradeoffs, and risk in a straightforward way to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Working knowledge of cloud AI/ML services and common patterns.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWSAzureGCPInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCI/CDcloud networkingcloud governanceAI/ML servicescloud security
Soft Skills
communicationtechnical leadershipmentoringdocumentationknowledge sharing