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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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Job Title: Azure AKS Architect Location: Cincinnati, OH Full Time Job Description Must Have Technical/Functional Skills Hands-on experience with deployment in Cloud platform (Azure), Kubernetes and docker container, Devo…
scalable backend systems using both Java Spring Boot and .NET, and love driving innovation through architecture, microservices, and cloud- native development—this is the role for you. Job Title: Platform Engineer III Loc…
more inclusive world. About the job you are considering Capgemini is seeking a highly experienced Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Management Solution Architect with expertise in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) and complex manufa…
$96k - $135k
Senior Industrial Architect ABOUT US Matrix Technologies, Inc. has been a leading provider of engineering, automation, and systems integration services since 1980. Guided by 'The Matrix Way,' we value teamwork, collabora…
Challenge Unlimited Financials operates across a sophisticated cloud- native environment; Azure Kubernetes Service, event-sourced... ...subnets, peering, routing, and NSGs to support a secure and well- architected Azure…
We are seeking an experienced Senior Integration Architect with strong expertise in Boomi and/or SAP Integration Suite (CPI), along with... ...Certification SAP Process Orchestration (PO) Certification SAP Cloud Platform…
$152k - $202k
role takes the reference architecture and patterns set by the AI Architect and turns them into robust, secure, scalable production... ...and testing practice. Strong DevSecOps and MLOps capability: cloud (AWS, Azure, or…
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If you are a passionate Project Architect looking to join a growing firm, there is an incredible opportunity that awaits in the Cincinnati Metro area. This reputable Architecture Firm is looking for a project manager tha…
$50k - $70k
the requirements of this position carefully and apply with a resume. If you have any other questions or wish to discuss any other Architect positions, reach out to Mathew Sanchez with Gpac at All qualified applicants wil…
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If you are a passionate Project Architect looking to join a growing firm, there is an incredible opportunity that awaits. This reputable Architecture and Design Firm is looking for a Licensed Architect to mentor, coach,…
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What cloud architects earn in Cincinnati
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 Cincinnati 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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