Cloud Architect

State of Oklahoma • Oklahoma City, OK

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Cloud Architect supports IT Enterprise Governance by defining and governing the enterprise cloud strategy across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform while designing scalable, resilient, secure, and cost‑optimized cloud infrastructure that aligns with OMES standards and governance policies. This role establishes cloud‑native development standards, evaluates and recommends cloud services and architectures, and collaborates closely with Cloud Engineering, Network Engineering, Security, and cross‑functional stakeholders to guide cloud design and adoption. Leveraging deep expertise in cloud platforms, networking, identity, automation, and multi-cloud patterns, the Cloud Architect identifies risks and trade‑offs, ensures compliance with enterprise guardrails, monitors cloud performance, and enables agencies to successfully adopt modern cloud architectures in support of OMES, partner agencies, and the mission of IT Enterprise Governance.

Requirements

• Two years of professional experience in cloud engineering, cloud architecture, or the design, implementation, and/or maintenance of large‑scale cloud environments across Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting twelve semester hours of coursework in computer science, management information systems, cloud computing, or a related field for each year of the required experience, with a maximum substitution of two years.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor’s degree in a related technical field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the enterprise cloud strategy across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud environments, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and OMES governance expectations.
• Design scalable, resilient, and cost‑optimized cloud infrastructure solutions informed by best practices across multiple cloud providers.
• Establish and maintain standards for cloud‑native application development, infrastructure‑as‑code practices, containerization, and automation patterns.
• Partner with infrastructure teams, Cloud Engineering, Network Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and cross‑functional stakeholders to guide solution design, cloud readiness, network patterns, and platform selection throughout the lifecycle.
• Monitor cloud performance, cost, and architectural compliance; ensure adherence to governance policies, security rules, identity frameworks, and cloud guardrails.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud services, networking components, storage models, orchestration tools, and managed services across Azure, AWS, and GCP to support modernization and transformation initiatives.
• Provide architectural leadership by identifying risks, trade‑offs, and constraints in cloud solution design; present options and impacts to stakeholders to support informed decision‑making.
• Develop, review, and maintain cloud architecture diagrams, reference architectures, runbooks, design patterns, and documentation that articulate technical decisions and traceability.
• Collaborate with security and governance teams to implement cloud policies, landing zones, identity configurations, networking boundaries, tagging structures, and compliance controls.
• Continuously research emerging cloud services, industry frameworks, multi-cloud patterns, and FinOps best practices to enhance enterprise cloud maturity and operational efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the mission of OMES, partner agencies, and IT Enterprise Governance.

Benefits

• Generous leave including 15 days of vacation, 15 days of sick leave and 11 paid holidays annually.
• A comprehensive Benefit Package with a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior