Solution Architect – Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure

 Posted 4 hours ago
  
 Worldwide
  
10+ years experience
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AI Summary

Provide strategic technical leadership to design secure, scalable cloud and infrastructure solutions for a government client. Define end-to-end architectures for cloud migration, application modernization, and system integration.

This is a remote position.

Overview

This is a remote consulting opportunity supporting a government client.

Subcontractor Opportunity: This is not an employee position. The successful consultant must be incorporated and able to provide services through their corporation.

Role Summary

The Solution Architect – Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure provides strategic and technical leadership for designing and delivering secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across enterprise environments.

The role is responsible for defining end-to-end solution architectures that support cloud adoption, application modernization, and infrastructure transformation while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain solution architecture designs across applications, infrastructure, and cloud platforms
  • Develop end-to-end architectures integrating business requirements, technical constraints, and enterprise standards
  • Lead cloud migration strategies for applications and infrastructure transitioning from on-premise environments
  • Design hybrid and cloud-native architectures leveraging platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, and GCP
  • Oversee modernization of infrastructure components including compute, storage, and networking
  • Design application architectures supporting microservices, APIs, and distributed systems
  • Define integration patterns to enable interoperability between systems and platforms
  • Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
  • Design for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into solutions
  • Maintain and organize solution architecture documentation and governance artifacts
  • Assess and optimize solutions for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency

Key Deliverables

  • Solution architecture designs and technical blueprints
  • Cloud migration strategies and execution plans
  • Integration patterns and application architecture artifacts
  • Architecture review outputs and governance documentation
  • Performance and optimization assessments
  • Enterprise repository documentation and artifacts


Requirements

Qualifications

Education and Certifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent certification preferred
  • AWS or Google Cloud certifications considered an asset
  • Additional certifications in networking, security, or infrastructure considered an asset

Experience

  • Proven experience as a Solution Architect with expertise in cloud and on-premise environments
  • Experience designing and delivering cloud-based applications and infrastructure solutions
  • Hands-on development experience using technologies such as Java, Python, .NET, or Node.js
  • Experience with application integration, APIs, and microservices architectures
  • Strong experience migrating complex applications from on-premise to public cloud platforms
  • Understanding of networking, virtualization, storage, and security concepts
  • Experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines
  • Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives from design through delivery


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