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Lead Cloud Solutions Architect

Vaco
$90.00 - $110.00 / hr
United States, North Carolina, Charlotte
Mar 06, 2025
Lead Cloud Solutions Architect

Vaco is seeking a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect for a client-focused on modernizing and optimizing cloud infrastructure. This role will lead a team of architects in designing, governing, and improving Azure cloud environments, ensuring best practices across networking, security, performance, and cost management.

This position will start remotely, but preference will be given to candidates willing to relocate to Charlotte, NC within the next year.

We are looking to schedule interviews ASAP for qualified candidates, as this is a critical need.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Architecture & Strategy

  • Design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions with a focus on scalability, security, and cost optimization.
  • Define governance frameworks and best practices for Azure platform services.
  • Lead architectural assessments and ensure alignment with enterprise cloud strategy.

Leadership & Team Oversight

  • Manage and mentor a team of cloud architects, providing technical direction and leadership.
  • Assign work, set objectives, and ensure deliverables meet agreed-upon standards and timelines.
  • Drive collaboration across teams, including Security, DevOps, and Data Engineering.

Infrastructure & Optimization

  • Ensure best practices in cloud networking, security, and performance tuning.
  • Define standards for identity and access management, encryption, and compliance frameworks.
  • Oversee automation initiatives using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Azure DevOps) for streamlined deployments.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Governance

  • Work with Enterprise Architecture teams to secure approvals for new cloud initiatives.
  • Provide technical guidance to data engineering and data science teams on Azure platform capabilities.
  • Develop monitoring frameworks to ensure high availability and proactive issue resolution.
Preferred Experience:
  • 7+ years in cloud architecture, with a strong background in Azure infrastructure.
  • Experience leading architecture teams and driving cloud adoption initiatives.
  • Strong knowledge of networking, security, performance optimization, and cloud cost management.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI (preferred).
  • Proficiency in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM), and automation frameworks.
  • Experience with governance, compliance, and security frameworks (SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA).

If you are interested in this opportunity, please reach out to the Vaco team today to learn more!

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

  • California residents may access Vaco's HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
  • Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
  • Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

  • the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
  • licensure and certification requirements;
  • office location and other geographic considerations;
  • other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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