North Carolina Licensed Cloud Architect

Job Summary

Providing senior technical leadership, the full-time North Carolina Licensed Cloud Architect will design, implement, and mature secure and scalable cloud solutions for the Department of Public Instruction while working remotely.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and guide the implementation of secure and cost-effective cloud solutions that meet business and compliance requirements
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture frameworks, standards, and operational practices to ensure resilience and security
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure cloud solutions are secure, auditable, and aligned with agency and state requirements

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a closely related field with six years of progressive IT experience, including four years in cloud architecture
• Experience designing and implementing Microsoft Azure cloud environments
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code, preferably with Terraform
• Experience supporting cloud architecture for enterprise data platforms such as Azure Databricks or Power BI
• Familiarity with secure integration patterns for APIs and hybrid data exchange