Cloud Architecture Consultant

Avenue Code is the leading software consultancy focused on delivering end-to-end development solutions for digital transformation across every vertical. We’re privately held, profitable, and have been on a solid growth trajectory since day one. We care deeply about our clients, our partners, and our people. We prefer the word ‘partner’ over ‘vendor’, and our investment in professional relationships is a reflection of that philosophy. We pride ourselves on our technical acumen, our collaborative problem-solving ability, and the warm professionalism of our teams.

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About the opportunity:

Job Title : Cloud Platform Engineer V

Work Model:2 days per week in office in Oakland,CA

Location:Oakland,CA

Job Description

Cloud Architect, Expert Department Overview Information Technology delivers secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise platforms that support critical business applications, infrastructure services, cloud operations, automation, and emerging technology enablement. Position Summary The Expert Cloud Architect is a senior hands-on technical leader within the Hybrid Cloud Platform team who operates at the intersection of enterprise architecture strategy and deep infrastructure delivery.

Reporting to the Sr. Cloud Principal Architect, this role owns the most complex architectural challenges — hybrid cloud connectivity, platform-wide automation frameworks, landing zone evolution, and cross-domain integration patterns — while remaining deeply embedded in code and delivery. This role carries broader scope and higher autonomy than the Senior Cloud Architect. The Expert Cloud Architect sets technical direction for multi-team initiatives, defines enterprise-grade Terraform module standards, architects end-to-end platform capabilities, and drives adoption of emerging technologies (AI-assisted operations, autonomous infrastructure, advanced observability). They are expected to influence architecture decisions beyond their immediate team, partnering with enterprise architects, security leadership, and business stakeholders. The Expert Cloud Architect spends hands-on time writing Terraform, designing pipeline architectures, building proof-of-concepts, and directly resolving the hardest technical problems the team encounters. They are the person who unblocks the Senior Cloud Architects when those architects are stuck. The role spans AWS, Microsoft Azure, and private cloud platforms (Azure Local), with accountability for platform-wide design consistency, performance, security posture, and operational excellence across the hybrid estate. Job Responsibilities Architecture Strategy & Technical Direction • Own and evolve the hybrid cloud platform architecture across AWS, Azure, and Azure Local — ensuring coherence, scalability, and security. • Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for the platform team in partnership with the Sr. Cloud Principal Architect. • Architect enterprise landing zones, subscription/account topology, network segmentation, and identity federation strategies. • Design complex hybrid networking solutions: vWAN, ExpressRoute, SD-WAN integration, network virtual appliances, cross-cloud connectivity. • Establish architecture decision records (ADRs), design principles, and non-functional requirement frameworks for the platform. • Evaluate emerging cloud services, open-source tools, and industry trends — make build/buy/adopt recommendations with clear trade-off analysis. • Lead architecture reviews for high-impact or high-risk initiatives, providing binding technical guidance. Hands-On Delivery (Infrastructure-as-Code & Platform Engineering) • Author and maintain enterprise Terraform module libraries — defining patterns, interfaces, security defaults, and versioning strategies. • Design and implement advanced CI/CD pipeline architectures in Azure DevOps for multi-environment, multi-subscription infrastructure delivery. • Build complex automation: multi-stage deployments, policy-as-code enforcement, drift detection, self-healing infrastructure patterns. • Implement and validate security architectures through code — private endpoints, managed identities, CMK encryption, network micro-segmentation. • Design and deploy Kubernetes platforms (AKS/EKS) with production-grade configurations: RBAC, network policies, ingress, service mesh, GitOps. • Build proof-of-concepts and reference implementations that teams can adopt and extend. • Resolve the hardest infrastructure challenges — state migration, provider upgrades, complex module refactoring, cross-account/subscription orchestration. Team Leadership & Force Multiplication • Serve as the senior technical escalation point — unblock:

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