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Cloud Architect jobs in Portland, OR
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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$50–$116/hr
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$160k
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diverse experiences and perspectives help us become a stronger organization. Let’s be better together. Position Summary The Sr Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer is a senior-level individual contributor responsible for engi…
$74.7k - $102.7k
facilities and structures for our clients requiring advanced planning and building techniques. Working with our Semiconductor team of architects and designers, you will help develop technical design solutions and produce…
$36 per hour
job summary: Ready to transform tomorrow? Our Client seeks an Architectural Revit Designer in Portland, OR. Bring your drafting Associate's or 2+ years' experience and extensive Revit skills to a highly collaborative glo…
$9,731.21 per month
The City of Beaverton is seeking an Assistant City Traffic Engineer (ACTE) who will play a key role in shaping the future of traffic and transportation in the city. This position is in the Public Works Transportation Eng…
provider that helps organisations design, deliver and support complex IT infrastructure. Their expertise spans enterprise networking, cloud, cybersecurity, data centre technologies and managed services, delivering tailor…
extensive back-end work using technologies such as Entity Framework and Azure. The ideal candidate is familiar with advanced MS SQL and cloud- based applications. Sprints are short and development is rapid and iterative.…
$69.26k - $80.79k
10 paid holidays per year, paid parental and family leave programs. Apply With: Cover letter Resume Portfolio ZGF Architects is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. As an equal opportunit…
$75k - $110k
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,…
$135k - $175k
SEMANTIC ARCHITECT (HEALTHCARE) Telecommute (Possible 2026 Return to office) - within Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Utah Build a career... ...~ At least 2 years working with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms ~ Equ…
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What cloud architects earn in Portland
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $50–$66 | $105k–$138k |
| Mid level | $66–$88 | $138k–$182k |
| Senior | $85–$116 | $176k–$242k |
Adjusted for the Portland 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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