Cloud Architect (AWS and Azure Cloud Platforms)

Cloud Architect (AWS and Azure Cloud Platforms) Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services, IT Staffing, Business/IT Strategy, Business Process Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, and Enterprise Transformation.

Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite)

Job Type: Contract

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Architect with 10+ years of IT experience and strong expertise in AWS, Azure, Hybrid Cloud, and Enterprise Cloud Architecture. This role is responsible for designing scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud solutions, defining cloud governance and architecture standards, and leading cloud modernization initiatives across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement enterprise cloud architectures across AWS (primary) and Azure (secondary) environments.

Develop cloud governance, architecture frameworks, standards, best practices, and migration roadmaps.

Lead hybrid cloud and on-premises to cloud transformation initiatives.

Architect secure, highly available, and resilient cloud solutions with a focus on scalability and performance.

Drive Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation/ARM) and CI/CD automation strategies.

Collaborate with business stakeholders, engineering, networking, cybersecurity, and DevOps teams to deliver enterprise cloud solutions.

Required Qualifications:

10+ years of IT experience with 6–10 years of AWS and 2–4 years of Azure experience.

Strong expertise in AWS Organizations, Multi-Account Strategy, VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, and Azure services including VMs, Azure SQL, Storage, AKS, Azure Functions, and Networking.

Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions/Jenkins, and cloud networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute).

Strong knowledge of Cloud Security, Governance, FinOps, Disaster Recovery, Zero Trust, and enterprise cloud best practices.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders, define cloud strategy, and mentor engineering teams.

Lumen Solutions Group Inc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any legally protected status.