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Cloud Software & Solutions Architect

  • Madison, WI
  • $140,000 — $160,000
  • Madison, WI 53713, USA

Cloud Software and Solutions Architect | Permanent | No Sponsorship Available

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

  • Global leader in agricultural technology and data solutions
  • Operates across 80+ countries with a portfolio of industry-leading brands
  • Focused on innovation in cloud-native solutions and platform modernization
  • Collaborative, family-oriented culture with emphasis on technical excellence

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION

  • Compensation: Up to $155,000 per year
  • PTO: Competitive time-off package
  • Retirement: Company-sponsored retirement plan
  • Medical: Health, vision, and dental plans available for individuals and families

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE CLOUD SOFTWARE AND SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

  • Define end-to-end architecture for cloud-hosted applications across AWS and Azure, ensuring scalability, security, and cost efficiency
  • Design reference architectures and standards for microservices, serverless, data platforms, and integration workloads
  • Lead selection and adoption of core platform services including compute, storage, networking, observability, and CI/CD tooling
  • Architect shared platform capabilities such as landing zones, internal developer platforms, and golden paths
  • Partner with security teams to embed security-by-design principles including identity management, encryption, and compliance controls
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams while evangelizing cloud-native best practices

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE FOR THE CLOUD SOFTWARE AND SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

  • 8+ years in software engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps with 3-5+ years in cloud architecture roles
  • Deep hands-on expertise with AWS or Azure, including advanced knowledge of core services
  • Strong background designing cloud-native applications using microservices, containers, and serverless architectures
  • Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines
  • Solid understanding of data platforms, API design, event-driven architectures, and integration patterns
  • Professional cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect) strongly preferred

Timing is everything. Whether you are aggressively in a job search or simply passive and looking for the ideal position, we would like to have the chance to share our opportunities with you. We specialize in placement of IT professionals. Please contact me for more information about this role as well as other opportunities.

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