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Cloud Architect jobs in Nashville, TN
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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Solution IT Inc. is looking for a Oracle Cloud HCM Director for one of its clients Brentwood, TN / Hybrid Job Title: Oracle Cloud HCM Director Summary: We are seeking an experienced Director, Payroll to lead enterprise p…
$102.68k - $136.9k
United States (US). Join a high-impact DevOps team within a global organization where you'll play a key role in modernizing cloud infrastructure, driving automation, and improving software delivery at scale. This positio…
Manager to expand the MAAS team. You will lead technical teams to innovate in data center management, leveraging experience in Python and cloud technologies. The position requires strong leadership capabilities and a dee…
00-$150,000 base bonus Reason for Opening: Growth. The organization is expanding its engineering team and investing in a modern cloud- native platform, creating the need for a dedicated owner of cloud infrastructure, Dev…
Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer Location: Onsite - Greater Nashville, TN (locals highly preferred) Position Summary: Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Infrastructure, the Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer is re…
A2H is a collaborative planning and design firm of engineers, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, planners, and land surveyors founded in 1986. Our firm provides a diverse range of consulting services f…
infrastructure that powers our applications and services. In this fully remote role, you'll work closely with software engineers, cloud architects, and IT teams to streamline deployments, improve system reliability, and…
$82.08k - $193.44k
, TN, Chicago, IL, Brigewater, NJ, New York,NY About the role you're considering Capgemini is seeking an experienced GCP Cloud Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud solutions on Google C…
Job Description Job Description As an Software Development Architect, you’ll design and lead development of cloud- native applications on AWS — from microservices and serverless APIs to large-scale modernization initiati…
$60k - $100k
If you are a passionate Project Architect looking to join a growing firm, there is an incredible opportunity that awaits in Nashville , TN . 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 Nashville
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 Nashville 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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