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# Senior Cloud Architect

- **Company:** CYNET SYSTEMS INC.
- **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $168,563.0 - $178,963.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Key Management, Network Security, Network Architecture, Network Segmentation, Cloud Services, Zero Trust Network Access, Data Logging, Network Switches, Google Cloud, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Bicep, Cloud Migration, Terraform, Code Restructuring, Devsecops, Serverless Computing, Vulnerability Analysis, Microservices
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/1654937f-2d63-4fae-94b1-1ed38e17aca1/senior-cloud-architect

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience in cloud architecture and security.
 * Strong understanding of cloud security architecture, identity and access management (IAM), networking, and secure-by-design architecture principles.

## Description

* Design and architect scalable, highly available, resilient, and secure cloud solutions leveraging IaaS and PaaS services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
 * Lead cloud migration initiatives, including re hosting, re platforming, refactoring, and re architecting legacy and on premises workloads with a strong emphasis on security posture improvement and risk reduction.
 * Drive application and infrastructure modernization programs to improve scalability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
 * Partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to define cloud native reference architectures, security guardrails, and modernization roadmaps.
 * Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, availability, reliability, security hardening, and cost efficiency.
 * Establish and manage cloud security architectures and governance frameworks, aligned with industry standards and internal security policies.
 * Design and enforce identity first security, including IAM strategies, least privilege access controls, role based access, identity federation, and secrets management.
 * Design and implement secure cloud networking architectures, including VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, and Cloud Interconnect.
 * Configure and enforce network segmentation, micro segmentation, zero trust architectures, and advanced network security controls.
 * Secure containers, Kubernetes, serverless, and microservices environments, including image scanning, runtime protection, and policy enforcement.
 * Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure Client/Bicep templates with built in security, policy, and compliance controls.
 * Design and evolve DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines, integrating security scanning, policy enforcement, and automated compliance validation.
 * Define and implement cloud security observability, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident response integration.