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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Architect (Multi-Cloud) - **Company:** Bright Vision Technologies - **Location:** Lexington, MA, United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $150,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Abstraction Layers, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Federated Identity Management, Key Management, Zero Trust Network Access, Policy as Code, Google Cloud, Multi-Cloud, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Serverless Computing - **Published:** August 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us2e418c32e313459fecb896b1e30a6655 ## About the Role * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field. * 12 or more years of experience in cloud architecture roles. * Hands-on architecture experience across at least two major cloud providers. * Deep understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security across multiple providers. * Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code across clouds. * Experience designing federated identity and SSO across cloud platforms. * Solid understanding of Kubernetes, container platforms, and managed cloud services. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. * Multiple cloud certifications across providers. * Track record of leading multi-cloud architecture initiatives. ## Description We are seeking a Cloud Architect (Multi-Cloud) to design strategies, reference architectures, and platform capabilities that span multiple cloud providers - AWS, Azure, GCP, and selectively OCI - for enterprises operating on more than one cloud by deliberate choice. The role focuses on portability, abstraction layers, federated identity, cross-cloud networking, and platform offerings that hide cloud-specific complexity from product teams. The ideal candidate has architected meaningful multi-cloud capabilities, understands the trade-offs between portability and cloud-native depth, and brings strong opinions grounded in production experience. Key Responsibilities * Define multi-cloud strategy, target-state architecture, and adoption guardrails across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI as relevant. * Design federated identity, SSO, and cross-cloud authorization patterns that let workloads and engineers move between providers without compromising on least-privilege, auditability, or operational simplicity. * Architect cross-cloud networking including transit hubs, private connectivity, and zero-trust patterns. * Establish reusable infrastructure-as-code patterns that abstract cloud-specific implementations where appropriate. * Define container, Kubernetes, and serverless strategies that work consistently across providers. * Design data architecture strategies for cross-cloud data movement, residency, and analytics. * Drive multi-cloud observability, security monitoring, and unified policy enforcement, designing approaches that work consistently across providers and avoid the complexity of fragmented per-cloud tooling stacks. * Establish FinOps practices that operate consistently across multiple cloud providers. * Lead disaster recovery and business continuity strategies that span clouds. * Partner with security architects on multi-cloud security models, KMS strategies, and key management. * Provide guidance to engineering teams on when to use cloud-agnostic versus cloud-native patterns. * Produce high-quality architecture artifacts - context diagrams, sequence diagrams, decision records, and reference designs - that capture key technical decisions clearly enough to be understood months or years later. * Engage with cloud providers and partners to evaluate roadmap alignment. * Stay current with multi-cloud platform and tooling developments, regularly review release notes and community discussions, and translate noteworthy advances into concrete recommendations and adoption proposals for the team. ## Related Videos - [The Open-source Java SDK for Multi-Cloud Development - Sandeep Pal](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2113-the-open-source-java-sdk-for-multi-cloud-development-sandeep-pal) - [The Cloud is Calling: Answer with In-Demand Skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/945-the-cloud-is-calling-answer-with-in-demand-skills) - [Building Well-Architected applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/691-building-well-architected-applications) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Leverage Cloud Computing Benefits with Serverless Multi-Cloud ML ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/78-leverage-cloud-computing-benefits-with-serverless-multi-cloud-ml) - [Winning the Hybrid Cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/432-winning-the-hybrid-cloud) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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