modern DevOps practices on AWS. A key responsibility will be building a Proof of Concept (POC) to re- architect and rebuild the legacy application in a scalable, cloud- native AWS environment. DETAILED LIST OF ROLE AND R…
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Cloud Architect jobs in Boston, MA
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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weekly (typically 13 weeks per quarter), leaving 5 additional remote days to be used as needed.We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Cloud Engineer to join our Quantitative Investment Science organization. This role is…
-edge tech platforms, at scale.What You'll DoPrincipal AI Tech Architects at BCG Platinion are:Collaborative. They are interdisciplinary... ...safety, deployment strategies and governance.Understanding of cloud architect…
$110.7k - $218.3k
Position Summary Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud Senior ConsultantDeloitte's Sales & Service practice partners with the world... ...like before a single screen gets builtPartnering with solution architects and platform te…
$191k - $253k
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century…
landmarks and infrastructure, your work will directly influence how individuals experience the world around them. We bring together architects, planners, designers, and technical experts to solve complex design challenge…
$116.2k - $229.1k
a Senior Consultant in Engineering Foundry, AI & E/EaaS - DevOps, you will support the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud, automation, and platform engineering solutions across complex environments. This r…
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ConnecticutThe IT Advisor - SAP S/4HANA Transformation (Technical Architect & Project Lead) is a senior individual-contributor leadership... ...with:Enterprise architecture principlesIntegration, data, cloud, and securit…
If you are a Project Manager or Project Architect with multifamily experience, please read on!Hybrid remote in Boston(1 day remote/4 days onsite in Boston)401k matching +bonus + benefits4 weeks starting PTO + Summer Frid…
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who thrives in ambiguous, high-impact problem spaces and can move fluidly from strategy and architecture to hands-on implementation, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, production operations, developer enablement, and secure so…
Roles and Responsibilities Review and assess the current Workday Foundation Data Model (FDM) and related financial structures. Lead or support FDM design, redesign, and optimization initiatives. Advise Finance and HR lea…
, standards, documentation, and governance for DevOps teams. Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across DevOps and cloud initiatives. Communicate architecture, technical strategy, risks, and recommendations…
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What cloud architects earn in Boston
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $59–$77 | $122k–$160k |
| Mid level | $77–$101 | $160k–$211k |
| Senior | $99–$136 | $205k–$282k |
Adjusted for the Boston 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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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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