Sr Cloud Architect (Infrastructure) - Main Azure Implementations with AWS , Google Cloud Platform - Dallas TX - Onsite role at Optimus Labs USA in Highland Park, Dallas | CareerCheck | CareerCheck
Sr Cloud Architect (Infrastructure) - Main Azure Implementations with AWS , Google Cloud Platform - Dallas TX - Onsite role
Optimus Labs USA
Highland Park, Dallas$152,519 – $152,519 / yearPosted Today
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Optimus Labs USA
Dallas, Texas, 75215
$152,519
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Sr Cloud Architect (Infrastructure) - Main Azure Implementations with AWS , Google Cloud Platform - Dallas TX - Onsite role Requisition Name: EA-DE IT O-Senior Cloud Archite-Team Lea-TX-040126Start Date: 4/1/2026Duration: 26 WeeksServices Location: TX/Dallas Description Of Services:
We are seeking a highly seasoned Senior Cloud Architect with strong SRE capabilities to design, build, automate, and operate large scale enterprise cloud platforms. The ideal candidate has extensive greenfield build from scratch experience, deep technical expertise in Microsoft Azure and also working knowledge of AWS.
This role blends enterprise cloud architecture, hands on engineering, and SRE operational excellence, ensuring that cloud platforms are highly available, secure, scalable, automated, and resilient.
Key Responsibilities
Architect and deploy brand new Azure cloud environments including landing zones, identity, networking, governance, security, monitoring, and automation frameworks.
Design and implement AWS architectures as a secondary platform (multi cloud and hybrid integration).
Build cloud foundations using Azure CAF principles, multi subscription patterns, and best practice enterprise guardrails.
Develop end to end cloud architecture blueprints, HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, and operational frameworks.
Implement and operate full observability stacks across Azure and AWS (Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, App Insights, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, etc.).
Lead incident response, post incident reviews, and continuous improvement cycles.
Build self healing, auto scaling, and automated failover capabilities using cloud native services.
Drive performance engineering, capacity management, dependency mapping, and resilience testing.
Standardize operational runbooks, error budgets, and continuous reliability improvement processes.
Build end to end IaC using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation.
Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and CodePipeline.
Enable zero touch deployment models and automated infrastructure lifecycle management.
Architect and enforce Zero Trust security models across Azure and AWS.
Implement strong identity architectures using Microsoft Entra ID, IAM, RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access, Key Vault/KMS, and certificate based authentication. Operational Excellence, Leadership and Customer centric
Work directly with customer stakeholders to extract detailed infrastructure and application requirements, then design and build the cloud environment from scratch based on those specifications.
Serve as a senior escalation point for complex cloud, security, and operational issues.
Build DR/BCP architectures including backup strategies, cross region failover, and multi cloud resilience.
Lead cloud operational reviews, architectural governance, and cloud strategy steering.
Mentor engineering teams and champion cloud and SRE best practices across the organization.
Collaborate with application, network, DevOps, and security teams to deliver end to end hybrid cloud solutions. Required Experience & Skills
15+ years of IT experience with 10–12+ years in cloud architecture, primarily Azure.
Proven track record of greenfield cloud builds (landing zones, identity, automation, monitoring, operations).
Deep expertise in: o Azure: VNETs, VMSS, AVD, PrivateLink, Azure Firewall, App Services, Functions, Storage, Monitor, Log Analytics, Key Vault, Policy. o AWS : EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch. o Hybrid networking: ExpressRoute, VPN, TGW, DNS, segmentation. o IaC: Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation. o SRE stack: monitoring, tracing, dashboards, error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, incident management. Preferred Qualifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
AWS Solutions Architect Professional
Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD) preferred
Strong scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
Experience in consulting/MSP environments a plus
ITIL, DevOps, or SRE related certifications preferredDeliverables: -Process Flows -Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members -Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility -Participate in data conversion and data maintenance -Provide best practice and industry specific solutions -Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions -Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed. -Participate as a team member of the functional team -Perform other duties as assigned. Stats for this job Salary comparison: This job National average IT Jobs average Texas average Salaries The number of jobs in each salary range for all: Receive