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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Architect - **Company:** Detroit Labs - **Location:** Detroit, MI, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $220,000.0 - $230,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Fault Tolerance, Github, Identity and Access Management, Datadog, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Performance Testing, Gitlab-ci, Bicep, Terraform, Jenkins - **Published:** September 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_fdb7e48c1 ## About the Role * 10+ Years experience architecting, designing, and implementing enterprise cloud solutions * 5+ years experience working with enterprise cloud solutions in Azure (required) * Project experience and knowledge around infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) * Experience leading or contributing to production-scale application migrations to the cloud * Experience designing high-availability, fault-tolerant, and disaster recovery architectures * Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) * Understanding of cloud networking, security, identity, and access management * Familiarity with monitoring, logging, performance testing, and observability tooling * Experience designing systems that support operationally critical or high-resiliency environments * Ability to independently solve complex technical problems without heavy oversight * Comfortable working in a small, senior-level team focused on delivery and ownership * Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across distributed teams ## Description As a Senior Cloud Architect, you will work embedded on one of our client teams in the energy space. You will play a critical role in leading a next-generation cloud modernization initiative using the Azure platform supporting mission-critical internal applications. These systems are essential to operational resiliency, including applications used for grid management and storm response., * Design and implement resilient cloud architectures for existing enterprise applications, with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency * Architect solutions capable of handling high-traffic and failure scenarios, particularly for operationally critical systems * Improve availability, disaster recovery, and overall system resiliency across migrated applications * Build and maintain infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, ARM, Bicep) * Ensure applications are fully automated and not dependent on manual console-based operations * Collaborate closely with developers, Cloud engineers SREs, DevOps engineers, QA, and stakeholders to align architecture with business and operational needs * Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud platform challenges, including deep technical issues that may require vendor collaboration * Create and contribute to architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical standards * Help build internal cloud capability through knowledge transfer and strong engineering leadership ## Related Videos - [Back(end) to the Future: Embracing the continuous Evolution of Infrastructure and Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/440-back-end-to-the-future-embracing-the-continuous-evolution-of-infrastructure-and-code) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Shifting Stress to Progress— Understanding DevOps to do DevOps Better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/268-shifting-stress-to-progress-understanding-devops-to-do-devops-better) - [Azure-Well Architected Framework - designing mission critical workloads in practice](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1529-azure-well-architected-framework-designing-mission-critical-workloads-in-practice) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Building Well-Architected applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/691-building-well-architected-applications) ## 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) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)