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Cloud Architect jobs in Charlotte, NC
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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$45–$104/hr
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years of enterprise integration experience , including 5 years architecting and delivering MuleSoft solutions at scale. ~ Demonstrated... ...principles, integration patterns, microservices, and hybrid cloud architectures…
Job Role : Gen AI Architect Location: Charlotte, NC Hybrid 3 days onsite a week. Role Summary We are seeking an experienced... ..., fine-tuning, and AI agents. Evaluate and select cloud AI services, open-source models, f…
Job Title: Python Platform Architect Location: Charlotte, NC (Onsite from Day 1) Job Description: Platform Architect... ...Kubernetes for containerized deployments. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). F…
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: Designation: Senior Architect II Duration: Full Time Location: Charlotte, NC Description A Senior Architect II By virtue... ..., and graphic software (Revit, Rhino, Enscape, Adobe Creative Cloud, and/or similar applica…
Job Title: Automation Lead Location: Onsite in Charlotte, NC Duration: Thru 12/31/2026 ####: 95/hr. Job Description/ Responsibilities/ Years of experience: Strong technical skillset with minimum 12+ yrs. experience in te…
Role: Gen AI Architect Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid 3 days in the office a week) Duration: Long-Term Contract Responsibilities... ...databases, and tool/function calling. ~ Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS,…
Job Overview Title: Healthcare Project Architect Department: Architecture Role Type: Full-time (In-office with flexibility) Location: Charlotte, NC About the Company: Apogee Consulting Group was established in 1999 to br…
Job Title: Cloud Solution Architect - Prisma Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Type: Contract Responsibilities: Design and build scalable, secure multi-cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Wor…
Description We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineerwith expertise in CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and cloud security. You will balance high-level architectural improvements with daily monitoring and collaborate with…
risk management, operational stability, and highly regulated enterprise systems. This team partners across application development, cloud engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business continuity to strengthen…
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We are representing a reputable and established Architecture firm in Charlotte, who are seeking a new Project Architect to join the business. Due to natural growth and secured future projects, this opportunity will be su…
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What cloud architects earn in Charlotte
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $45–$59 | $93k–$122k |
| Mid level | $59–$78 | $122k–$162k |
| Senior | $75–$104 | $157k–$216k |
Adjusted for the Charlotte 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
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