Principal Cloud Architect
PB Consulting
Plano, TX
Posted On: Dec 08, 2025
Posted On: Dec 08, 2025
Job Overview
Salary
Depends on Experience
Required Skills
- AWS
- Platform Architect
- Cloud DevOps
- Database
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable, and cost-effective AWS solutions
- Build multi-account strategies for large-scale enterprise environments
- Assess and recommend new AWS services and technologies for adoption
- Implement robust IAM frameworks following least-privilege principles
- Ensure layered cloud security and compliance with organizational policies
- Monitor cloud usage, costs, and enforce governance standards
- Lead infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) implementations
- Establish CI/CD pipelines aligned with DevOps best practices for automated deployments
- Ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability of cloud infrastructure
Required Skills/Experience
- 15+ years in software engineering with proven high-impact product delivery
- 5+ years in AWS cloud architecture and implementation at scale
- Expert-level knowledge of AWS compute and container services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, Fargate)
- Advanced expertise in AWS storage (S3, EBS, Storage Gateway) and databases (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift)
- Deep knowledge of AWS networking and security (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, Security Hub)
- Strong experience with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray), and cost optimization (Cost Explorer, Budgets, Savings Plans)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical and business audiences
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
Job ID: PC250338