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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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Senior Cloud Solutions Architect (Azure) Remote opportunity. BlueFlag is seeking an ambitious, senior-level Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in Azure to join our dynamic team. As a key player in our cloud infrastru…
Position: Cloud Architect Location: {Dallas, TX) Job Type: Full Time Job Summary The Cloud Architect leads the design, implementation, and governance of primarily Azure-based infrastructure and services across a hybrid c…
Leads the design and governance of secure, scalable, resilient cloud solutions aligned with district technology strategy. Defines reference... ...communication and technical leadership skills. Advanced cloud architect ce…
technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.... ...career growth potential. Job Title: Cloud Networking Architect Location: 100% Re…
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technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.... ...tremendous career growth potential. Job Title: Cloud Data Architect Location: 10…
build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Position Summary: The Principal Cloud Data Architect serves as the architectural authority for Channels Data Platforms and Analyti…
Salesforce Cloud Technical Architect (Consumer Goods) Location This is a hybrid role based in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, New York & San Francisco. About the job you're considering We are seeking a Salesforce Tech…
on Azure. • Design, manage, and maintain tools to automate operational processes. • Deploy, automate, maintain, and manage Azure cloud- based production systems, to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and…
$123.75k - $340.75k
leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world. Job Description The Oracle Cloud Financials Functional Lead provides end-to-end solutions that address clients’ bus…
with deep expertise in GitLab administration, Software Configuration Management (SCM), CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and cloud- native technologies. The successful candidate will collaborate across developmen…
Job Description Job Description Forhyre is seeking an experienced DevOps engineer with experience in cloud architecture/environments. The ideal candidate will have strong development, engineering, communications, and lea…
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What cloud architects earn in Dallas
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $46–$60 | $95k–$125k |
| Mid level | $60–$79 | $125k–$165k |
| Senior | $77–$106 | $160k–$220k |
National ranges — pay in Dallas typically tracks these.
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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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