Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure, Terraform)

NO C2C. W2 ONLY. MUST SIT ONSITE IN CHARLOTTE, NC 3 DAYS A WEEK.
TEKsystems is currently looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Architect with strong infrastructure design experience and hands-on cloud provisioning in AWS or Azure, with deep expertise in Terraform. You'll own end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure, and resilient platforms-translating business requirements into reference architectures, patterns, and automated infrastructure. You will partner closely with security, networking, platform engineering, and application teams to deliver well-architected, cost-optimized, and observable cloud solutions.

• Architect & Design: Create target state architectures, solution diagrams, and roadmaps for cloud-native and hybrid workloads (networking, compute, storage, identity, data, and edge).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Lead Terraform module design, standards, and reusable patterns; implement CI/CD pipelines for IaC (e.g., GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps).
• Cloud Provisioning: Build and automate landing zones, VPC/VNet topologies, subnets, routing, firewalls, private endpoints, and service integrations in AWS or Azure.
• Security & Compliance: Embed controls (IAM/ABAC/RBAC, secrets management, encryption, policies/guardrails), align to frameworks (CIS/NIST), and partner with GRC.
• Resilience & Reliability: Architect for HA/DR, multi-AZ/region patterns, backups, and SLOs; implement observability (logs, metrics, traces) and performance tuning.
• Cost & FinOps: Right-size resources, leverage savings plans/reserved instances, tagging and showback/chargeback; drive continuous cost optimization.
• Technical Leadership: Create reference architectures, standards, and patterns; conduct design reviews and threat modeling; mentor engineers.
• Migration & Modernization: Lead discovery, assessment, and migration/modernization (rehost/refactor) of workloads into cloud landing zones.
• Stakeholder Enablement: Translate business needs into technical architectures; produce clear documentation, runbooks, and executive-ready diagrams.
• Governance & Platform: Contribute to platform engineering capabilities (golden images, service catalogs, self-service, policy-as-code).

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years in infrastructure/solutions architecture, including on-prem networking, virtualization, and systems design.
• 3-5+ years in AWS and/or Azure architecture and provisioning (landing zones, VPC/VNet, IAM/AAD, storage, compute, Kubernetes or PaaS).
• Strong Terraform experience: modules, workspaces, remote state, registries, policy-as-code (OPA/Sentinel), and code reviews.
• Solid grasp of networking (CIDR, routing, VPN/ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, NAT, firewalls, DNS, private link/endpoints).
• Experience with CI/CD for IaC and app platforms (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or Jenkins).
• Security-first mindset: identity, least privilege, key management, encryption, secrets, compliance alignment (CIS/NIST/ISO).
• Observability: CloudWatch/CloudTrail, Azure Monitor/Log Analytics, PrometheGrafana, OpenTelemetry; incident response and SRE basics.
• Documentation & Diagrams: Strong ability to author ADRs, HLD/LLD, and present to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Charlotte, NC.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $55.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Charlotte,NC.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Mar 13, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.