Cloud Solutions Architect – Azure & GCP

Build your cloud architecture career in a role that offers real enterprise-level ownership across Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) rather than limiting you to a single cloud or technical specialty. Support a major energy utility serving more than 7 million customers across multiple states, gaining exposure to the technology environment behind large-scale, essential infrastructure. Work across multi-cloud architecture, software, hardware, communications, integrations, and enterprise infrastructure while contributing technical recommendations, evaluating vendors, mentoring others, and helping shape future-state architecture.

The Cloud Solutions Architect will help design and guide enterprise-wide technology solutions across a complex cloud and infrastructure environment. This high-visibility role will combine hands-on architecture work with technical planning and leadership, ensuring solutions meet current requirements while supporting future integrations and cross-functional needs.

Responsibilities

Design enterprise architecture spanning software, hardware, communications, cloud platforms, integrations, and external interfaces.

Develop architecture solutions that address current requirements and future-state technology needs.

Drive technical planning and solution development across software and infrastructure initiatives.

Ensure technology solutions align with established enterprise architecture standards and operating environments.

Evaluate workflows, systems, and technical requirements to identify appropriate architecture solutions.

Analyze technical alternatives and present recommendations to technical leads and stakeholders.

Author and manage software and solution architecture designs.

Evaluate technology vendors and justify technical recommendations.

Support integrations between cloud platforms, enterprise systems, and external interfaces.

Provide technical leadership and mentoring related to software engineering design, development, and frameworks.

Apply architecture concepts, processes, and standards across technical assignments.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field required .

2–4 years of relevant technology experience , including enterprise or cloud architecture exposure.

Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) required .

Experience with broad technology delivery across cloud, software, infrastructure, integrations, or communications.

Experience contributing to technical architecture, solution design, or technology planning.

Experience evaluating technical alternatives and developing technical recommendations.

Experience with custom software development and development frameworks.

Experience with AWS and/or Aura preferred .

TOGAF knowledge or certification preferred .

MBA or related advanced degree preferred.

Ability to work onsite in Houston Monday through Thursday , with Friday remote.