3Cloud · 13 hours ago
Architect - Strategy and Governance
United States
Contract
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$118K/yr - $176K/yr
6+ years exp3Cloud is a company that values teamwork and innovation, seeking an Architect for Strategy and Governance. This role involves leading the design and delivery of cloud solutions on Azure, ensuring security, scalability, and maintainability while mentoring teams and driving business value.
Technical Support
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end architecture and scope for your projects, leading teams to design and deliver Azure solutions that meet agreed goals for value, security, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost
Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on your engagements, guiding consultants and engineers so implementation stays aligned with the architecture and standards
Apply sound engineering practices—clear interfaces, modular design, and testability—to produce reliable, maintainable solutions in your primary domain
Provide architectural guidance throughout implementation, including design and pull-request reviews, shaping cloud patterns and guardrails and offering practical options to unblock teams
Use AI tools to accelerate code, tests, documentation, and similar tasks, and share effective practices so they become repeatable gains for teams and clients
Oversee and implement at least one of: Microsoft Fabric, Power BI (workspace governance, multi-tenant strategy, semantic model and report ownership)
Microsoft Purview (catalog, lineage, classification, glossary)
Profisee (MDM domains, hierarchies, survivorship, workflows)
Unity Catalog (permissions, data product governance)
Lead discovery and requirements sessions for your workstreams, clarifying scope, dependencies, and risks, and shaping a prioritized backlog with clear acceptance criteria tied to business outcomes
Explain complex technical topics in simple, direct language for both technical and non-technical audiences, and consistently connect technical decisions back to client goals
Build trust with managers and product owners, influencing priorities and roadmaps in ways that support the client’s long-term interests
Enable teams to deliver with stable velocity and low defect rates by providing clear architecture, interfaces, and automation across build, test, and deployment, and by designing for incremental delivery with a clear Definition of Done
Align multiple teams on shared outcomes, contracts, and integration points, ensuring dependencies are identified early, owned, and tracked through delivery
Support effective Agile practices by ensuring the architecture and backlog structure enable incremental delivery, a clear Definition of Done, and data-informed course corrections based on telemetry and feedback
Mentor others through pairing, design reviews, and clear feedback that strengthens design skills, technical judgment, and confidence, with a particular focus on senior engineers and technical leads
Provide architectural oversight across teams or workstreams, modeling pragmatic decision-making and teaching others when to keep designs simple and when to introduce new patterns or technologies
Support hiring and growth by participating in technical interviews, calibration discussions, and crossproject mentorship
Contribute to business development by identifying opportunities across all our capabilities (beyond own specialty) and communicating them to the sales director
Partner with sales and account leaders on pursuits by defining the cloud vision, contributing architectural viewpoints, and participating in client workshops, demos, and roadmap discussions
Produce solution options, high-level designs, and estimates in your domains, clearly documenting assumptions, dependencies, and risks and explaining how proposed approaches drive business value and reduce risk
Create and maintain reusable assets—such as runbooks, workshops, starter repositories, and templates—that make it easier for engineers to deliver consistent solutions
Champion modern frameworks, patterns, tools, and AI-assisted practices that improve quality, speed, or reliability in a secure and responsible way
Actively participate in enablement efforts that support a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience delivering solutions in a primary domain such as application development, cloud platform engineering, DevOps, or data and analytics
3+ years of experience in solution architecture and leading development or engineering teams
Proven experience leading hybrid and remote teams and maintaining alignment, quality, and predictable delivery across time zones
Expertise in at least one major public cloud platform, with Azure strongly preferred
Deep understanding of core concepts, languages, frameworks, and design patterns in your primary domain, with the ability to apply them to build robust, maintainable systems
Experience using AI-augmented development and integrating AI or machine learning capabilities into solutions through APIs, libraries, or cloud-based AI services
7+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or 5+ in large consulting firm
2+ years with Azure technologies
Proven experience delivering governance programs
Strong understanding of data platform and analytics ecosystems
Experience with 2 or more Data Management areas: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Data Science and ML, Master Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Quality Management
Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments, including backlog refinement and iteration planning
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with clear written and verbal communication
Demonstrated interest in continuous learning and adoption of new cloud technologies
Ability to be hands-on with implementation while also designing and communicating complex cloud architectures
Preferred
Experience in consulting or professional services is a plus
Familiarity with key cloud services for your domain, such as messaging, compute, data, security, networking, and integration
Benefits
Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work!
401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay
Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days
Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you!
Option for vision and dental coverage
100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance
Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents
Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA
$67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance
Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role
Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges
Company
3Cloud
3Cloud is a born-in-the-cloud Microsoft Gold-certified Azure technology services firm that provides cloud strategy.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2025-11-13Acquired
Leadership Team
J
Jim Dietrich
Founder & President
Karen Crone
Chief People Officer
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