Principal Cloud Architect

The Mission

Your Assignments

Your Qualifications

• Core Consulting Qualifications
• Customer Experience ● Builds trust with senior stakeholders through transparency, strategic updates, and reliable delivery. ● Proactively identifies and mitigates risks that could impact customer success or project alignment.
• Collaboration ● Facilitates priority alignment and conflict resolution across multi-stakeholder environments. ● Guides cross-functional teams through challenging scenarios with calm, strategic leadership.
• Communication
• ● Handles escalations and scope-related disagreements with professionalism, clarity, and confidence. ● Remains composed in high-stakes or unexpected situations, reinforcing alignment and proposing actionable next steps.
• Technical Qualifications
• ● 5+ years of experience as an Architect in enterprise environments, preferably in a consulting capacity. ● Ability to clearly communicate technical objectives and solutions while cultivating professional client relationships. ● Demonstrated critical and strategic thinking across business, product, and technical challenges. ● Strong expertise in serverless development using API Gateway, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, and CloudFront. ● Hands-on experience managing AWS environments and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC). ● Advanced experience with DevOps automation, including containerization, API management, and multi-cloud solutions.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with: Migrations CI/CD practices Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Pulumi) Scripting Containers (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Fargate) Cloud security best practices Networking Incident, release, problem, and change management
• Migrations
• CI/CD practices
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Pulumi)
• Scripting
• Containers (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Fargate)
• Cloud security best practices
• Networking
• Incident, release, problem, and change management
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
• 401k plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting
• Competitive phantom equity
• Company issued laptop
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Term Disability Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• 10 Paid Holidays
• The base salary range for this position is $165,000 - $185,000 per year. If you are hired at Caylent, your base salary is determined on factors such as skills, experience, geographic location, and other market conditions. While it's not typical for offers to be made at the top of the range, please keep in mind that the base salary range is only one component of your overall compensation. Additionally, you are eligible for the benefits, bonuses, and incentives as listed above in the job description!
• NOTE: We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
• At Caylent, we are committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated systems to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications to help match candidate qualifications with job requirements. These tools are designed to support — not replace — human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our trained recruitment professionals. If an AI or automated tool is used during your application process, it will only be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and your information will be handled in a secure and confidential manner. If you have any questions, please contact talent@caylent.com
• Caylent is a place where everyone belongs . We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.