KTek Resourcing · 10 hours ago
Cloud Architect
San Jose, CA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
12+ years expKTek Resourcing is seeking a Senior Cloud Architect with a unique blend of technical expertise and executive-level communication skills. The role involves owning the technical vision and delivering production cloud infrastructure on Azure and AWS, leading complex migrations, and serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
Health CareHuman ResourcesMedicalStaffing Agency
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Lalit Kushwah
Responsibilities
Architect, hands-on build, and operationalize greenfield cloud environments on Azure and AWS (IaaS, PaaS, containers, serverless)
Lead large-scale on-premises to cloud migrations and hybrid/multi-cloud transformations
Design and implement enterprise landing zones, governance, security, networking, and cost-optimization frameworks
Translate complex technical solutions into clear, compelling presentations and recommendations for CXOs, and board members
Regularly present architecture roadmaps, migration plans, risk assessments, TCO/ROI analysis, and progress updates to senior leadership and stakeholders
Influence strategic decisions by articulating trade-offs, risks, and long-term implications of cloud and infrastructure choices
Build trust as the go-to technical authority both “in the weeds” with engineers and “in the boardroom” with executives
Mentor engineering teams while maintaining final accountability for solution quality and delivery
Qualification
Required
12+ years experienced profile
Deep technical expertise and executive-level communication
Experience racking servers in a data center
Experience writing production Terraform from scratch
Experience presenting multi-million-dollar cloud strategies to C-level executives and boards
Ability to own the end-to-end technical vision
Experience building and delivering production cloud infrastructure on both Azure and AWS
Experience leading complex migrations from on-prem environments
Experience serving as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership
Experience architecting, hands-on building, and operationalizing greenfield cloud environments on Azure and AWS (IaaS, PaaS, containers, serverless)
Experience leading large-scale on-premises to cloud migrations and hybrid/multi-cloud transformations
Experience designing and implementing enterprise landing zones, governance, security, networking, and cost-optimization frameworks
Ability to translate complex technical solutions into clear, compelling presentations and recommendations for CXOs and board members
Experience regularly presenting architecture roadmaps, migration plans, risk assessments, TCO/ROI analysis, and progress updates to senior leadership and stakeholders
Ability to influence strategic decisions by articulating trade-offs, risks, and long-term implications of cloud and infrastructure choices
Ability to build trust as the go-to technical authority both 'in the weeds' with engineers and 'in the boardroom' with executives
Experience mentoring engineering teams while maintaining final accountability for solution quality and delivery
10+ years in infrastructure engineering with strong on-premises data center roots (VMware, storage arrays, enterprise networking, physical deployments)
Expert-level hands-on experience in both Azure and AWS (minimum 5 years public cloud)
Proven ability to build production cloud environments from scratch — not just manage inherited ones
Company
KTek Resourcing
KTek Resourcing is a staffing and recruiting company specializing in healthcare, oil, and gas human resources staffing solutions.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
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Kshitij Kukreja
Chief Executive Officer
E
Esha Kukreja
President and Co-founder
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