Digital Solutions Cloud Architect (2 roles)HYBRID

Job Description

Senior Digital Cloud Architect (Contract)

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid - approximately 10 days per month onsite (no set days) out of MADISON, WI OFFICE
Fully remote is not an option

Engagement Type:
1 year contract with potential for extension and possible future conversion (no immediate FTE headcount)

Position Summary

The Senior Digital Cloud Architect partners with business, technology, and vendor teams to design and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures in a multi cloud enterprise environment. This role plays a critical part in shaping cloud strategy, defining architectural standards, and guiding delivery teams toward best practice solutions.

The architect operates in front of Agile delivery teams, providing high level solution direction, architectural patterns, and governance rather than embedding directly within scrum teams. This role requires strong communication skills and the ability to articulate, justify, and influence architectural decisions at senior leadership levels.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Strategy & Planning

• Define and evolve cloud strategy aligned to business objectives and enterprise architecture principles


• Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, secure cloud solutions


• Contribute to enterprise roadmaps, blueprints, and cloud adoption plans for a multi cloud environment

Cloud Architecture & Design

• Design cloud infrastructure solutions using industry best practices


• Lead solution design across AWS centric environments with multi cloud considerations


• Evaluate vendors and technologies through proofs of concept and technical assessments


• Define reusable architecture patterns, standards, and reference designs


• Incorporate non functional requirements such as resiliency, disaster recovery, cost governance, and performance

Security & Compliance

• Design secure by default architectures aligned with security and compliance standards


• Partner with information security teams on IAM strategy, threat modeling, and zero trust principles


• Ensure architectures comply with regulatory and organizational requirements

Architecture Governance

• Participate in and present designs to Architecture Review Boards


• Define and enforce architecture standards and review processes


• Maintain clear, current architectural documentation for engineering and leadership consumption

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams


• Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non technical audiences


• Mentor architects and senior engineers transitioning into architecture roles


• Guide teams through trade off analysis to recommend optimal solutions

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands on solution or cloud architecture experience


• Strong expertise in AWS cloud architecture


• Experience designing solutions in multi cloud environments


• Deep understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity management


• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)


• Strong ability to articulate, defend, and influence architectural decisions


• Experience working within Agile delivery models


• Strong documentation, communication, and presentation skills

Preferred / Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)


• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines


• Experience with serverless and microservices architectures


• Familiarity with cloud cost management or FinOps practices


• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms


• Exposure to Azure and other cloud platforms


• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect)

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

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Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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