Solution Architect - Cloud Engineering
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). The role partners with business and IT organizations to modernize RMIC systems and ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise architecture strategies. The architect defines future-state cloud architectures and leads transformation toward cloud-native, event-driven solutions, shaping cross-ART and cross-platform initiatives and guiding teams through complex system interdependencies in a scaled agile environment. Under limited guidance, the role develops end-to-end solution architecture for significant initiatives at the business-unit level in partnership with business and IT stakeholders. The position leads architecture for RMIC systems and workflows, including pricing, rating, invoicing, billing integrity, and settlement. It evaluates current platforms, identifies modernization opportunities, develops roadmaps, and provides technical leadership for migration to selected future-state architectures. The role defines cloud patterns, standards, reference architectures, and governance, and mentors architects and engineering teams. This is a hybrid position, preferably based in Memphis, Tennessee; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Plano, Texas; or Orlando, Florida. Candidates elsewhere in the United States may be considered, excluding Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories. Candidates living within 50 miles of a FedEx campus must work onsite at a FedEx location several times per week. Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs.
Requirements
- Experience designing cloud architectures in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Ability to design end-to-end cloud architectures that are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise strategy.
- Ability to evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and software and recommend best-fit solutions.
- Ability to 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 networks.
- Human relations and communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or business, or equivalent formal training or work experience.
- Five years of equivalent work experience in an information technology or engineering environment; a related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirement.
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading 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 for 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 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.
- Expose current-state architecture and identify options for future-state architecture.
- Work with business and IT stakeholders to create solutions that balance competing interests and concerns.
- Develop plans and facilitate migration from current to selected future state, providing technical leadership to multiple initiatives.
- Mentor employees in less senior positions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs.
- Comprehensive benefits are referenced, but specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
