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# Cloud Platform Architect

- **Company:** Indotronix Avani Group
- **Location:** Hazelwood, MO, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, OpenShift, Prometheus, Systems Architecture, Datadog, Cloud Platform System, Istio, Grafana, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git Flow, Kubernetes, Rancher, Linkerd (Service Mesh), Terraform, Splunk
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://candidateportal.ceipal.com/job-details/ja2_jvMGUTOmOCTe3WNgTMbzrBKLmmYh00qBfM9fNuo

## About the Role

8+ years in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or systems architecture

 - 3+ years designing and supporting enterprise Kubernetes platforms (expertise in GKE and/or EKS)
 - Strong experience with GCP (preferred) and AWS cloud environments
 - In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, service mesh infrastructure, and observability practices
 - Advanced proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD, and automation tools
 - Proven success architecting large-scale, cloud-native platforms and supporting enterprise modernization initiatives
 - Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Skills

 - Extensive hands-on experience with GCP and AWS
 - Proficiency with Kubernetes distributions: GKE, EKS, OpenShift, Rancher
 - Experience with service mesh technologies: Istio, Linkerd, Consul
 - Implementation of enterprise observability solutions: Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Splunk
 - Experience in highly regulated or large-scale enterprise environments
 - Cloud and Kubernetes certifications, Preferably someone with strong experience in both GCP and AWS environments but GCP is the most important Expert level with Kubernetes architecture and GKE and/or EKS Strong experience with service mesh infrastructure layers

## Description

Join a high-impact team as a Cloud Platform Architect, where you will shape the foundation for modern, scalable, and secure application deployments across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and advanced Kubernetes environments. Your strategic vision and technical expertise will directly influence enterprise architecture, driving innovation and operational excellence. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and security teams to elevate cloud-native platforms, automation, and developer experience at scale., Define, design, and evolve enterprise cloud and Kubernetes platform architecture to support large-scale, modern application deployments.

 - Establish and maintain scalable, secure, and repeatable deployment patterns and reference architectures across GCP, AWS, and internal Kubernetes platforms.
 - Develop and enforce standards, guidelines, and governance frameworks for platform consistency, security, and compliance.
 - Lead the adoption of cloud-native principles, infrastructure automation, and platform engineering best practices.
 - Architect and operationalize multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, emphasizing GKE and/or EKS, with robust scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery strategies.
 - Design and implement service mesh strategies for secure, observable, and reliable service-to-service communication.
 - Define and execute enterprise observability strategies, including metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting for proactive platform reliability.
 - Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and GitOps automation to streamline releases and reduce operational overhead.
 - Mentor engineering teams and act as a subject matter expert for cloud platform architecture and Kubernetes ecosystems.
 - Partner cross-functionally to drive platform modernization, continuous improvement, and developer enablement.