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Cloud Architect jobs in Oklahoma City, OK
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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Description The M&A End User Migration Engineer is responsible for hands-on migration of acquired company employees into the end-user computing environment. This role focuses on workstation cutovers, mobile device onboar…
up to 5% * Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30 days * Competitive Pay * Career Development Role Summary The Manager of Cloud Platform Operations leads a team of Cloud Platform Operations Engineers responsible for th…
At MKEC, it's all about our team. We're passionate about our mission of providing superior engineering solutions that are responsive to our clients' needs. Since our start in 1982, our growth has been fueled by respect f…
Cloud Services Engineer (Morpheus) - Active Secret Clearance Required Location: Hybrid (Remote with up to 50% travel to DISA locations) Travel: Approximately 50% Employment Type: Full-Time Security Clearance: US citizen…
Ownership Plan (ESOP) all designed to support your growth, both professionally and personally. Your Opportunity + Impact The Senior Architect – Federal Projects provides design leadership and technical expertise for comp…
$100 per hour
The Quality Engineer is responsible for developing, applying and maintaining procedures to ensure quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) of products, assets, and materials and supplies. The Quality Engineer has…
$65k - $75k
Job Title: Project Engineer Pay Rate: $65,000-$75,000 yearly Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73110 Area Code: 405 Shift: 1st Employment Type: Direct, Full Time #aircraftengine #engineeringjobs We are currently seeking…
/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30 days * Competitive Pay * Career Development * Hiring Immediately Welcome to Love's: Our Cloud Platform Operations Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day operation, stability, and con…
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., is a leading defense technology company focused on unmanned systems, satellite communications, cyber security/warfare, microwave electronics, missile defense, training, and comb…
$100k - $150k
Job Title: Mechanical Engineer PE Location: Oklahoma City, OK Type: Direct Hire Compensation: $100,000 - $150,000 Contractor Work Model: Hybrid – onsite and remote Overview The Mechanical Engineer PE applies standard eng…
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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 Oklahoma City
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $41–$53 | $85k–$111k |
| Mid level | $53–$71 | $111k–$147k |
| Senior | $68–$94 | $142k–$196k |
Adjusted for the Oklahoma City 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
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