Enterprise Cloud Architect
US$149,500 / yr base salary
Posted 8 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Enterprise Cloud Architect (IT System Architect - Senior Principal II)”
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- Level
- II
- Expected experience
- 12+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$149,500 / yr |
|---|
Field of studyComputer Science, Engineering, Information Systems (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsTOGAF
Field of studyBusiness, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems (or related)
Study levelMaster's
Job Description
We are seeking an Enterprise Cloud Architect (IT System Architect - Senior Principal II) to serve as a senior technical authority and architecture leader for enterprise cloud transformation, application modernization, digital engineering, automation, and modern software delivery.
This is a highly influential individual-contributor role responsible for architecture across some of the company's largest, most complex, and strategically important technology initiatives. The Enterprise Cloud Architect will serve as the lead Solution Architect for the company's Move-to-Cloud transformation, translating business objectives and an evolving understanding of the current technology landscape into an executable architecture strategy, migration approach, technical roadmap, and target-state architecture.
The successful candidate combines enterprise architecture perspective with deep hands-on cloud engineering and software development expertise. This individual must be equally comfortable defining enterprise cloud standards and reference architectures, working with executives and program leadership, decomposing complex application dependencies and data flows, mentoring Solution Architects, and using Infrastructure as Code and AI-assisted engineering to accelerate delivery.
This role operates across organizational boundaries and must align Enterprise Architecture, PMO, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Network, Data, Application Development, Operations, business stakeholders, and external partners. Success requires exceptional technical depth, judgment, pragmatism, communication, and the ability to lead through influence rather than organizational authority.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Enterprise Cloud Transformation
- Serve as the principal architecture lead for the enterprise Move-to-Cloud program, owning technical architecture direction from current-state discovery through target-state architecture, migration sequencing, implementation, and operational readiness.
- Establish the conceptual and solution architecture required to move a large, interconnected application portfolio to the cloud while maintaining alignment with business outcomes, cybersecurity requirements, operational constraints, cost, schedule, and enterprise technology strategy.
- Lead architecture through ambiguity by using known application, server, system, and dependency information as a starting point and progressively identifying missing interfaces, integrations, data entities, risks, and sequencing requirements.
- Develop pragmatic approaches that meet programs where they are, enabling forward progress without waiting for perfect information while ensuring material unknowns and architecture risks are surfaced and resolved.