Principal Cloud Architect
On-sitePlano, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Design and operate scalable, secure, cost-effective AWS architectures across compute, storage, data, and networking while leading cloud migration and modernization with minimal business disruption. Drive Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD for consistent, auditable provisioning, and own monitoring, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and cost optimization strategies including multi-region failover. Define and enforce cloud security standards aligned to banking regulations, partnering with Security and Risk to maintain compliance by design. Maintain clear architecture documentation and data-flow diagrams for operations and audit. Administer Monet's AI platforms (Claude/ChatGPT) for user provisioning, access controls, and security guardrails in a regulated environment. Work directly with a small, cross-functional team to establish engineering standards and manage key cloud vendor relationships.
Required Qualifications
- 8-10 years in IT (at least 5 years in cloud architecture or infrastructure roles) with strong, hands-on cloud experience, including demonstrated AWS delivery.
- Deep AWS expertise across compute, storage, networking, and databases.
- Hands-on with Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD.
- Strong cloud network and security design: VPC, encryption, and identity and access management.
- Comfortable operating with autonomy in a small, fast-paced environment and wearing multiple hats.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
Desired Qualifications
- AWS certification (Solutions Architect – Professional).
- Edge security/CDN and observability tooling.
- Experience administering or governing enterprise AI platforms (e.g., OpenAI/ChatGPT).
- Financial services or other regulated-industry experience.
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