Full-Time

Senior Architect

Enterprise Solutions Architecture

Updated on 9/4/2026

Deadline 9/14/26
3cloud

3cloud

1,001-5,000 employees

Azure consulting for cloud modernization

Compensation Overview

$145.2k - $205.3k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

Remote within the United States, with travel up to 25% for client projects.

Category
Consulting (1)
Required Skills
Data Lake
Microsoft Azure
Python
Git
Node.js
SQL
Machine Learning
Computer Networking
Java
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
.NET
Microservices
Terraform
DevOps
Databricks

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Requirements
  • Proven experience leading architecture and delivery for enterprise Azure solutions across modernization, consulting, and transformation programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to define solution architectures that align business goals with scalable technical design and delivery excellence.
  • Strong understanding of the full delivery lifecycle, including architecture governance, delivery oversight, and presales collaboration.
  • Recognized ability to mentor architects and engineers while fostering design rigor, technical leadership, and delivery capability growth.
  • Proven ability to influence architecture direction across projects and promote reusable frameworks, tools, and technical consistency.
  • Deep technical expertise in one or more Azure domains, with growing fluency across Application Innovation, Cloud Platform, or Data and AI.
  • Ability to articulate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and delivery strategies to technical and business audiences.
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification or equivalent.
  • Experience working in hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% for client projects as needed.
  • Ability to lead application modernization and migration strategies across enterprise programs.
  • Ability to architect and deliver modern applications using .NET, Java, Node.js, or Python within Azure environments.
  • Ability to design and implement event-driven, API-first, and microservices-based architectures integrated with enterprise systems.
  • Ability to define DevOps pipelines, CI/CD governance, and automation strategies using Azure DevOps, GitHub, and container platforms such as AKS and Azure Container Apps.
  • Ability to lead Azure infrastructure design for enterprise environments, including identity, security, networking, and governance.
  • Ability to implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
  • Ability to define hybrid and multi-cloud integration strategies aligned with enterprise landing zones and operating models.
  • Ability to define and deliver enterprise data strategies for modernization across applications and infrastructure.
  • Ability to design data platforms using Azure Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, and SQL technologies.
  • Ability to build and optimize data integration pipelines and governance frameworks for large-scale delivery.
  • Ability to enable AI and analytics adoption through applied machine learning, Azure Cognitive Services, and intelligent automation.
  • AZ-900: Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification.
  • AZ-104: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification.
  • AZ-305: Solutions Architect Expert certification.
Responsibilities
  • Lead architecture and technical strategy for enterprise-scale Azure modernization and transformation programs.
  • Translate client goals into scalable technical designs aligned with business priorities and delivery outcomes.
  • Drive architecture development across delivery teams, ensuring reusable models, design standards, and technical consistency.
  • Collaborate across Application Innovation, Cloud Platform, and Data and AI domains to integrate solutions and strengthen architecture cohesion.
  • Provide architectural oversight through design reviews, delivery frameworks, and technical quality assurance.
  • Mentor architects and engineering teams to build delivery capability, technical rigor, and cross-domain fluency.
  • Contribute to intellectual property and framework development by identifying repeatable patterns and reusable assets to improve delivery efficiency.
  • Engage in presales activities by supporting solution shaping, technical scoping, and proposal input for strategic opportunities.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across delivery and business functions to ensure delivery success and technical alignment.
  • Manage workload and commitments to achieve utilization and quality outcomes while contributing to delivery innovation and client success.
  • Lead application modernization and migration strategies across enterprise programs.
  • Architect and deliver modern applications using .NET, Java, Node.js, or Python within Azure environments.
  • Design and implement event-driven, API-first, and microservices-based architectures that integrate with enterprise systems.
  • Define DevOps pipelines, CI/CD governance, and automation strategies using Azure DevOps, GitHub, and container platforms.
  • Lead Azure infrastructure design for enterprise environments, including identity, security, networking, and governance.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code for scalable and repeatable delivery.
  • Develop automation and compliance frameworks that improve platform reliability and reduce delivery risk.
  • Define hybrid and multi-cloud integration strategies aligned with enterprise landing zones and operating models.
  • Define and deliver enterprise data strategies that enable modernization across applications and infrastructure.
  • Design data platforms using Azure Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, and SQL technologies.
  • Build and optimize data integration pipelines and governance frameworks for large-scale delivery.
  • Enable AI and analytics adoption through applied machine learning, Azure Cognitive Services, and intelligent automation.

3Cloud Solutions helps businesses optimize their Microsoft Azure usage with expert consulting and hands-on support. It partners closely with Microsoft as a top Azure partner, giving clients current guidance and access to Microsoft-aligned resources. Their services include practical best-practices, implementation support, and ongoing advisory to modernize cloud infrastructure, improve data analytics, and enable app innovation across industries such as manufacturing. In addition to consulting, 3Cloud offers educational resources like eBooks, video tutorials, and webinars, plus case studies that show how their work drives better business performance. The goal is to help clients modernize their cloud setups, increase operational efficiency, and achieve measurable outcomes through Azure-based solutions.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Downers Grove, Illinois

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cognizant’s 2026 AI Builder strategy depends on 3Cloud’s Azure and data engineering.
  • 3Cloud’s Azure managed services and application modernization portfolio matches enterprise AI migration demand.
  • The combined firm now markets 21,000-plus Azure-certified specialists across Microsoft workloads.

What critics are saying

  • 3Cloud’s brand now disappears inside Cognizant, risking customer and employee attrition in 2026.
  • Accenture, Avanade, and Slalom attack the same Azure services deals with broader benches.
  • If Cognizant rationalizes overlapping Microsoft teams, 3Cloud’s standalone differentiation dies by 2027.

What makes 3cloud unique

  • 3Cloud won Microsoft’s 2025 Americas Channel U.S. Partner of the Year award.
  • Cognizant completed its January 2, 2026 acquisition, validating 3Cloud’s Azure specialization.
  • 3Cloud brings 1,000-plus Azure experts and 1,500-plus Microsoft certifications.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Home Office Stipend

Mental Health Support

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

15%

2 year growth

15%
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