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Cloud Architect jobs in Philadelphia, PA
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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all good design is sustainable. The Opportunity:Intermediate Architect (Sustainability) for Perkins Eastman Architects DPC to work at... ...building; energy modeling; AutoCAD, Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Cove Too…
$107k - $147k
LLM deployment practices. We require hands-on experience with cloud platforms and managed AI/ML services such as AWS SageMaker,... ...source agentic frameworks for retail automation use cases. We architect end-to-end AI…
$148.2k - $222.4k
This is a remote position The ServiceNow Practice Architect contributes to the growth, effectiveness, and profitability of the organization by providing senior technical leadership for a technical practice area. The Prac…
$132.9k - $174.45k
Ideally, selected candidates will be near a JACOBS U.S. based office, but we intend to hire the "best" candidates. Senior Project Architect - Diverse Portfolio Opportunity At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accept…
license preferred, but not required EXPERIENCE: 6 or more years of experience, with a focus on Sustainability JacobsWyper Architects (JWA) , a full-service design firm serving a variety of market sectors, is seeking a qu…
ENTERPRISE CLOUD ARCHITECT This position is in the North Philadelphia Area - Hybrid 3 times a week tues-thurs Interview process: First round virtual, Second round onsite to meet the team PERM role only on w2 or FTE Must…
$90 per hour
An enterprise architect is needed to lead the technical direction for ServiceNow implementations, focusing on enhancing the efficiency... ...integration and automation workflows within ServiceNow • Knowledge of cloud tec…
$130k - $150k
We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect with expertise in ServiceNow to guide the strategic design and implementation of innovative solutions. In this remote position, you will play a pivotal role in align…
$150k - $300k
Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B…
$100k - $120k
presence and scope, as well as recognition and accolades for their strong sense of place and contextualism is looking for a Project Architect to join their team. This is an amazing opportunity for experienced Project Arc…
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What cloud architects earn in Philadelphia
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $50–$65 | $103k–$135k |
| Mid level | $65–$86 | $135k–$178k |
| Senior | $83–$114 | $173k–$238k |
Adjusted for the Philadelphia 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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