Cloud Solutions Architect

Bright Vision Technologies • Naperville, IL

18h • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company dedicated to building innovative solutions that help businesses automate and optimize their operations. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to create scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a skilled Cloud Solutions Architect to join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of transforming business processes through technology. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

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 (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 zone, account structure, and tagging strategies for new and existing workloads.
• Establish reference architectures, blueprints, and reusable patterns adopted across engineering teams.
• Architect security, identity, and compliance controls embedded into 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 across the cloud estate, partnering with finance and engineering teams to make cloud spend transparent, predictable, and tied to delivered 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, assessing 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, ensuring that cloud designs satisfy both engineering goals and the broader compliance posture of the organization.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits.

What This Job Offers

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