Cloud Security Operations Engineer/Manager Location: Fort Worth, Texas 76155 Duration: Contract Job ID: 178851 Job Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Engineer - Cloud Security to join our team in Fort Worth, Texas…
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Cloud Architect jobs in Fort Worth, TX
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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Position: Sr Network Engineer 2 Location: Fort Worth, Texas 76155 Duration: Contract Job ID: 178862 Job Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Sr Network Engineer with expertise in Fortinet Firewalls, network infrastr…
Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) and Simulator Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) ecosystem. The JSE Cloud/ Cyber architect is a key hands-on contributor working under the guidance of the JSE Projec…
$140k - $195k
Position Summary We’re looking for digital architects who can comfortably lead enterprise - wide digital marketing technical engagements... ...marketing and experience solutions such as Adobe Experience Cloud, CDP or sim…
Akamai Platform Engineer Glider Test required Docusign RTR required - After submission my vendor will share the Docusign Candidate must be able to work onsite Tuesday- Thursday and virtual Mondays/Fridays. There will be…
Job Title: Rotating Engineer – Offshore Reliability Experience: Minimum 12 Years Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering Industry: Oil & Gas / Refinery (Offshore) Job Description: The Rotating Engineer…
Position: Principal Agentic AI Architect Location: Fort Worth, Texas (Hybrid) Duration:Long Term Job ID: 178614 Job Overview: As... ...Skills: ~Experience with Kubernetes/container orchestration and cloud platforms (AWS,…
Position: Akamai Platform Engineer Location: Fort Worth, TX (Hybrid 3 days) Duration: Contract Job ID: 178618 Job Overview: We are seeking a skilled Vendor Analyst to join our team on a 6-month contract ending in January…
$55 - $60 per hour
candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, cloud platforms, and AI/ML application development. This is a hybrid... ...end-to-end) to ensure platform reliability. ~Collaborate with architects on desi…
$60k - $100k
If you are a passionate Project Architect looking to join a growing firm, there is an incredible opportunity that awaits in Fort Worth , TX . This reputable Architecture and Design Firm is looking for a Project Architect…
$60k - $85k
Our client, a leading Landscape Architecture firm in the industry, is seeking a self-motivated landscape architect/ designer to join their dedicated team. They offer competitive compensation aligned with current market s…
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What cloud architects earn in Fort Worth
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $44–$58 | $92k–$121k |
| Mid level | $58–$77 | $121k–$160k |
| Senior | $75–$102 | $155k–$213k |
Adjusted for the Fort Worth 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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