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celebrate success! Job Summary JCS Solutions is seeking a Multi- Cloud Engineer SME to support mission-critical Department of Defense... ...Program ~ And more! What you will do: Architect, design, engineer, and deploy se…
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Cloud Architect jobs in Albuquerque, NM
Cloud architects design how an organization's systems run on platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP — balancing reliability, security, and cost, and guiding teams through migrations and growth.
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Summary JCS Solutions is seeking a highly qualified Multi- Cloud Engineer SME to support mission-critical Department of Defense... ...will serve as a senior technical contributor responsible for architecting, engineering…
Job Summary JCS Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Multi- Cloud Engineer SME to support mission-critical Department of Defense... ...Program ~ And more! What you will do: Architect, design, engineer, and implement sec…
At Strata-G, we define significance by the extraordinary people we hire, the relationships we build with our clients, and the positive impact we make in the community. Our team of intellectually curious and highly motiva…
At Strata-G, we define significance by the extraordinary people we hire, the relationships we build with our clients, and the positive impact we make in the community. Our team of intellectually curious and highly motiva…
$130k - $165k
Seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer II to join our team supporting the NEST Communication Program. This role will support the design... ...Associate — AZ-700. Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert — AZ-…
Title: Senior Space Systems Engineer KBR is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) in Albuquerque, New Mexic…
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We are seeking an experienced ServiceNow IRM Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise Integrated Risk Management solutions on the ServiceNow platform. The role requires deep expertise…
PURPOSE: The Video Engineer is responsible for assisting in all video related applications during live services at Calvary Albuquerque. This position performs live production of church services and special events as well…
About The Role ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal…
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We are currently looking for a Traveling Project Engineer to join a well-established heavy and highway contractor. This role supports the construction project management team by handling project administration, data mana…
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What cloud architects earn in Albuquerque
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $42–$56 | $88k–$116k |
| Mid level | $56–$74 | $116k–$153k |
| Senior | $72–$99 | $149k–$205k |
Adjusted for the Albuquerque market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Deep AWS, Azure, or GCP expertiseArchitecture patterns and tradeoffsNetworking and security designInfrastructure as codeCost modeling and FinOpsMigration planningKubernetes and containersStakeholder communicationWriting architecture documents
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Design a highly available architecture for a customer-facing web application.
Ask about requirements and budget first. Cover multi-AZ, load balancing, data replication, and failure modes — and say what you would deliberately not build at this scale.
How would you plan a migration from on-premises to the cloud?
Talk about assessment, choosing rehost versus refactor per workload, sequencing by risk, and running hybrid during the transition. Phased beats big-bang.
A team's cloud costs doubled in a quarter. How do you investigate?
Visibility first — cost explorer, tagging — then the usual suspects: data transfer, oversized instances, forgotten environments. Show you treat cost as an architectural property.
When would you advise against microservices?
Small teams, unclear domain boundaries, or operational immaturity. Arguing against a fashionable pattern with specifics is a strong signal for an architect.
How do you get engineering teams to actually follow your architecture?
Influence over mandate: reference architectures, paved-road templates, and review checkpoints. Acknowledge that unused architecture documents are a failure mode.
How do you design for disaster recovery, and how do you set RTO/RPO?
Explain that RTO/RPO are business decisions with price tags, then map them to backup, pilot-light, or active-active patterns. Mention actually testing the recovery.
Tell me about an architecture decision you got wrong.
Pick a real one, explain the reasoning at the time, and what your process learned from it. Architects who claim a clean record are not believed.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For cloud architects specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Anchor each role in scale and outcomes: workloads migrated, availability achieved, annual spend managed or reduced.
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List current professional-level certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect); they are near-mandatory screens for this title.
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Show breadth across compute, networking, data, and security — architecture hiring looks for T-shaped depth.
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Include the organizational side: teams guided, architecture reviews run, standards adopted.
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Name a migration or greenfield build you owned end to end; a single deep case study outweighs a list of services.
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