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Cloud Architect jobs in Minneapolis, MN
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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$47–$108/hr
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$148k
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Modernization team, you will design, configure, and deliver Genesys Cloud CX solutions for enterprise clients. You will be a hands-on... ...requirements through build, testing, and go-live, working with architects, busin…
$120k - $155k
Bailly location. Work Arrangement: Remote A Day in the Life The Cloud Senior Engineer is responsible for supporting complex... ...technologies.Partners with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, and engineering…
Job-ID29347043Reference26-26713 - need to get a good mainframer who can learn a very complex system and be based in the MN office. Solid Non-Hogan COBOL programming Strongly prefer Exposure to VSAM databases Exposure to…
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We are looking for an AI Architect to lead the design of intelligent, enterprise-grade applications in Edina, Minnesota. This role is ideal... ...release efficiency.• Lead architectural decisions involving cloud infrastr…
Job-ID29002255Reference26-21810Remote100% RemoteThe services You will provide the *** project team:As an SAP Architect Contractor, you will be responsible for designing and implementing SAP solutions to meet business nee…
$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…
$115k - $225k
working on generative AI solutions, ensuring adherence to our engineering best practices and evaluation standards.Implement and manage cloud deployments using AWS services, ensuring high availability, scalability, and ob…
$60 - $73 per hour
advisors in their marketing to their book of business. The team and this team member has opportunities to work with Salesforce, marketing cloud, Java apps, and other enterprise apps that are widely used by thousands of o…
$98.8k - $133.3k
SUMMARY Mortenson is currently seeking an Engineer III or IV - Wind Collection that will be responsible for supporting preliminary and detailed engineering assignments by supporting Engineer of Record design packages and…
$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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What cloud architects earn in Minneapolis
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $47–$62 | $97k–$128k |
| Mid level | $62–$81 | $128k–$168k |
| Senior | $78–$108 | $163k–$224k |
Adjusted for the Minneapolis 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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Cloud Architect
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