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Cloud Architect jobs in Baltimore, MD
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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team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Job Description AECOM is seeking an experienced Architect for our Carolinas group, reporting to the Charleston, SC team, to support advanced manufactu…
$55k - $94.64k
About Quinn Evans Quinn Evans is a nationally recognized architecture and design firm and recipient of the American Institute of Architects' 2024 Firm Award. Our process is informed by the past to address today's complex…
DatamanUSA is looking for a DevOps Engineer for our direct client based in MD. This is a great opportunity for someone who is a quick learner with excellent people skills. Job Details: Job Title: DevOps Engineer Location…
development and microservices architecture. Deep experience with Microsoft SQL Server (SSMS, SSAS, SSIS, RS, etc.) Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure. Deep Experience with version control systems like G…
$151.21k - $161.48k
have 1 of these qualifications*): Linux system administration (Centos7, RedHat8) Docker Python scripting AWS, C2S, or other cloud experience GitLab Pipeline Ansible Pipeline NiFi Desired: Elasticsearch Cloud hosting and…
solutions for various typologies, including commercial, residential, multi-family, and forensic projects. Role Description: The Project Architect will lead and coordinate architectural projects from concept through const…
Description: Hybrid up to three days per week from home in either Owing Mills, MD or Baltimore, MD Our client seeks a Director of Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering to lead a globally distributed team that designs, dev…
ArcheSys is a technology consulting firm delivering innovative cloud, AI, DevSecOps, and digital modernization solutions to Federal,... ...transformation. We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect (AWS & AI…
follows: Job Title Education Work Experience Professional Architect III Master’s Degree 5 years architectural design Professional Architect III Bachelor’s...
Job Description Job Description Cloud Systems Architect Employment Type: Full-Time, Mid-level Department: Information Technology We are seeking a Cloud Systems Architect with experience with cloud infrastructure to engin…
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Job Title: Senior ServiceNow Architect Location: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Contract To Hire Contractor Work Model: Hybrid – onsite and remote Responsibilities Architect, configure, and customize the ServiceNow platform t…
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What cloud architects earn in Baltimore
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $48–$63 | $100k–$131k |
| Mid level | $63–$83 | $131k–$173k |
| Senior | $81–$111 | $168k–$231k |
Adjusted for the Baltimore 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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