Cloud Solutions Architect

Bright Vision Technologies • Schaumburg, IL

3d • $140,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. The company 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 role partners with business stakeholders, security architects, and engineering teams to turn strategic objectives into pragmatic, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards. The ideal candidate has broad knowledge of modern cloud capabilities, deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider, and the judgment to balance 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 $140,000–$190,000. Candidates may include U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, and H-1B transfer candidates; the company cannot sponsor new H-1B visa petitions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Eight 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 from 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 and govern cloud-native solutions across compute, networking, data, identity, and security domains.
• Partner with business stakeholders, security architects, and engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into cloud architectures.
• Create pragmatic, scalable, and cost-effective architectures aligned with enterprise standards.
• Balance time-to-market, cost, security, and long-term maintainability in architectural decisions.
• Lead architecture reviews and influence engineering direction.
• Produce formal architecture artifacts and present them to senior leadership.

What This Job Offers

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