Enterprise Architect – Cloud & Platform ArchitectureExperience Required: 10–16 years overall IT experience; 5–7+ years in cloud/platform architecture; experience with governance and landing zone patternsClient supports our customers cloud and platform modernization initiatives through architecture assessments and advisory engagements. This role focuses on defining scalable, resilient, and governed cloud/platform architectures aligned with enterprise strategy.Skills RequiredStrong experience in cloud and platform architecture (hybrid/multi-cloud)Experience designing enterprise cloud foundations (landing zones, guardrails, workload onboarding)Understanding of scalability, availability, disaster recovery, and performance designKnowledge of hub-spoke networking patterns, private connectivity, and segmentationExperience with RBAC, privileged access patterns, and baseline security controlsFamiliarity with policy-driven governance approachesUnderstanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts and automation patternsMonitoring/observability architecture for centralized logging and alertingAwareness of cost optimization/FinOps concepts and tagging standardsResponsibilitiesLead design of cloud landing zone architecture: subscription hierarchy, environment segregation (dev/test/prod), standardized onboarding, and scalable guardrailsDefine identity and access architecture for cloud: RBAC, privileged access patterns (e.g., just-in-time), and separation of dutiesArchitect enterprise networking patterns (hub-and-spoke, hybrid connectivity, private endpoints) and standardized segmentationDefine governance and security baselines using policy-driven controls and enterprise monitoring/security patternsEstablish platform observability architecture (central logging, metrics, alerting) and integrate security monitoring patternsDrive implementation strategy thinking: assessment/planning for landing zones, workload migration suitability, and scalability planningEvolve platform foundation toward automation and governance-as-code practices; embed operational controls and cost-awareness principlesDefine reference architectures and golden patterns for application teams to accelerate safe deliverySupport architecture reviews and ensure cloud solutions align with enterprise architecture direction