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Cloud Architect jobs in San Jose, CA
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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$63–$146/hr
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We are now looking for a Senior Architect for GPUs and SoCs:The NVIDIA Architecture Modelling group is looking for architects and software developers to join our various architecture efforts. A key part of NVIDIA's stren…
Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make com…
$165.6k - $227.7k
and reusable frameworks. Develop modern developer experiences and portals using TypeScript, React, and Next.js. Design and implement cloud- native services on AWS. Enable enterprise AI capabilities including LLM integrat…
$183.6k - $297k
cybersecurity as we are.Your Career:Help build what is next. Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) is a public cloud delivered management platform... ...that can code and build great products.Responsibilities: Architect & Evolve Pl…
$176.1k - $308.2k
policies, permissions, and resources providing deep visibility and control over human, non-human, and agentic identities across SaaS, cloud, on-prem, and custom applications.With over 30 billion access permissions under…
$184k - $287.5k
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping i…
$176.5k - $262.35k
building or contributing to internal developer platforms (IDPs). Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure). Experience building observability solutions: metri…
Cloud Architect Location: San Francisco, CA Work Arrangement: Hybrid approximately 20% onsite or as required by the project Duration: 3 Years Job Type: Contract Job Summary STAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a Cloud Architect on…
$149.8k - $262.2k
secrets management as applied to data services.Experience with managed Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), managed data services (RDS/Aurora, Cloud SQL, MSK, ElastiCache), and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Cros…
$149.8k - $262.2k
and deliver them end-to-end.What you get to do in this role:You will design, build, and operate components and services within the cloud- native platform, taking features from design through to production.You will lead w…
We are seeking a Teamcenter Business Architect with strong expertise in Siemens Teamcenter, PLM business processes, and solution architecture... ...MES, or SCM platforms. Experience with Teamcenter upgrades, cloud migrat…
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What cloud architects earn in San Jose
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $63–$83 | $131k–$172k |
| Mid level | $83–$110 | $172k–$228k |
| Senior | $106–$146 | $221k–$304k |
Adjusted for the San Jose 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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