Solution Architect - Cloud Engineering

Federal Express Corporation • Plano, TX

1d • $8,007 - $18,150 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Cloud Engineering Architect serves as a technical and strategic leader responsible for designing modern, cloud‑enabled architecture in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role partners closely with business, and IT organizations to drive modernization across RMIC systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise architecture strategies. The architect shall define future‑state cloud architectures and lead the transformation toward cloud‑native, event‑driven solutions. This role plays a critical part in shaping cross‑ART and cross‑platform initiatives, guiding teams through complex system interdependencies in a scaled agile environment. Under limited guidance, work at the business unit level developing the end-to-end solution architecture for significant initiatives in partnership with key business and IT stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience in designing cloud architectures in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Design end-to-end cloud architectures that are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise strategy
• Evaluate cloud applications, hardware, software and recommend best-fit solutions
• Apply modern architectural patterns across cloud and hybrid solutions
• Strong understanding of cloud security, data privacy, encryption, and compliance
• Experience architecting systems with high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery
• Strong communication, presentation, and cross‑functional leadership skills
• General knowledge of hardware, software, and network.
• Human relations.
• Communication.

Nice To Haves

• Lead major cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Experience designing resilient, scalable, cloud-modern architectures in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Familiarity with enterprise tools such as Sparx Enterprise Architect
• Experience working in SAFe or large‑scale agile environments
• Ability to influence architectural direction across matrixed business and IT organizations
• Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving skills
• Experience presenting to senior leaders and executive stakeholders
• Comfort navigating high‑complexity environments with multiple dependencies

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end cloud architecture for RMIC systems, including pricing, rating, invoicing, billing integrity, and settlement workflows.
• Develop cloud modernization roadmaps aligned with business priorities and enterprise architecture strategy.
• Define cloud patterns, standards, and reference architectures that support high‑volume financial and transactional workloads.
• Drive adoption of cloud‑native engineering practices.
• Evaluate current-state RMIC platforms, identify modernization opportunities, and design future-state architectures.
• Partner with business stakeholders, ARTs, and development teams to ensure architectural alignment across highly interdependent systems.
• Define and enforce cloud governance, including security controls, observability, monitoring, and operational best practices.
• Mentor solution architects and engineering teams on cloud architecture patterns and platform engineering practices.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts and recommendations to technical and non‑technical executive audiences.
• Exposes current state architecture and identifies options for future state architecture.
• Works closely with business and IT stakeholders creating solutions that balance competing interests and concerns.
• Develops plans for and facilitates the migration from current to selected future state by providing technical leadership to multiple initiatives.
• Mentor those in less senior positions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs.

What This Job Offers

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