Cloud Solutions Architect

Bright Vision Technologies • Woodbridge Township, NJ

3d • $100,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to design and govern cloud-native solutions across compute, networking, data, identity, and security domains on a major cloud platform. The architect will partner with business stakeholders, security architects, and engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into pragmatic, scalable, cost-effective architectures aligned with enterprise standards. The role requires breadth across modern cloud capabilities, depth in at least one major provider, and sound judgment in balancing time-to-market, cost, security, and long-term maintainability.

This is a full-time, direct W2 position that is 100% remote within the United States. The listed annual salary range is $100,000–$190,000. The employer encourages applications from U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, and candidates transferring an H-1B visa, but cannot sponsor new H-1B petitions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 12 or more years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture roles.
• Deep expertise designing cloud-native solutions on at least one major cloud platform.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security primitives.
• Experience with cloud migration, modernization, and platform consolidation programs.
• Strong understanding of containerization, serverless, and managed data services.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience producing formal architecture artifacts and presenting them to senior leadership.
• Track record of leading architecture reviews and influencing engineering direction.
• Cloud architecture certification in AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Nice To Haves

• Multiple cloud architecture certifications.
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Exposure to regulated industries with strict cloud compliance requirements.
• Experience driving FinOps and cost transparency initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud solutions covering compute, networking, storage, identity, data, and observability layers.
• Lead solution architecture reviews and approval processes for major cloud initiatives.
• Define cloud landing zones, account structures, and tagging strategies for new and existing workloads.
• Establish reference architectures, blueprints, and reusable patterns for engineering teams.
• Architect security, identity, and compliance controls within the cloud foundation.
• Design networking topologies, including VPC/VNet design, transit hubs, hybrid connectivity, and private endpoints.
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, and re-platforming initiatives across application portfolios.
• Drive cost optimization, capacity planning, and FinOps practices, partnering with finance and engineering teams to make cloud spending transparent, predictable, and tied to business value.
• Partner with security architects to embed identity, data protection, and compliance controls from the outset.
• Produce architecture artifacts, including context diagrams, sequence diagrams, and decision records.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams during solution delivery.
• Engage with cloud providers and platform partners to evaluate roadmap fit.
• Track emerging cloud capabilities and ecosystem developments, assess their relevance to current and planned workloads, and recommend strategic adoption based on demonstrated value and operational maturity.
• Maintain alignment with enterprise architecture standards, security policies, and regulatory obligations.

What This Job Offers

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