Fervo Energy

Cloud Architect

Fervo Energy

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureCitrixCloudCyber SecurityDockerHadoopJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPythonSparkTerraformVMware

About the role

  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of Fervo’s global hybrid cloud environment supporting both IT and OT systems
  • Responsible for infrastructure architecture, system integration, and lifecycle management across servers, virtualization, storage, compute, databases, and infrastructure data platforms
  • Define and execute strategies for secure, scalable, and automation-ready infrastructure to enable high availability and performance across Fervo’s enterprise and field operations
  • Collaborate closely with the Network Architect, Cybersecurity, and End User Computing teams to ensure alignment across all technology domains

Requirements

  • 10+ years in IT infrastructure architecture, with experience supporting IT services in OT environments
  • Demonstrated experience as a solutions architect
  • Deep expertise in virtualization, compute, storage, and hybrid cloud
  • Experience with VDI platforms (Azure Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon, Citrix, etc.)
  • Experience with Windows and Linux based enterprise environments
  • Strong background in active directory, databases, infrastructure data lakes, and serverless computing
  • Handson with IaC and automation platforms (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitOps)
  • Familiarity with observability platforms (Azure Monitor, PRTG, or similar)
  • Experience with cloud cost management / FinOps
  • Excellent communicator who can bridge technical and business teams
  • Passion for learning and working with emerging technologies
  • Coding skills in PowerShell, Python, Terraform, and/or cloud native IaC
  • Nice to Have
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration
  • Experience with HPC/GPU compute environments
  • Knowledge of MQTT, data historians, and subsurface data workflows
  • Familiarity with big data platforms (Hadoop, Spark, Delta Lake)
  • Handson with Nutanix, HyperV, ProxMox
  • Exposure to AI workloads, agentbased AI solutions, and supporting innovation teams
  • Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Terraform

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Hard skills
infrastructure architecturevirtualizationhybrid cloudVDI platformsactive directorydatabasesserverless computingIaCautomationcoding skills
Soft skills
excellent communicatorcollaborationpassion for learning
Certifications
Azure Solutions ArchitectAWS Solutions ArchitectCertified Kubernetes AdministratorHashiCorp Terraform