Remote Job for Cloud Architect (GCP, Azure & OCI) in Plano, TX (Remote )

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Rahul Pandey

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Dec 19, 2025, 12:17:33 PM (14 hours ago) Dec 19
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Greetings,
 
This is Rahul from Echo IT Solutions; I am working as Senior Technical Recruiter in this company. I have a Remote Job Opportunity with one of our clients. Please share your resume if you are interested in the job details given below:
 
Job Title: Cloud Architect (GCP, Azure & OCI)
Job Type: Long Term Contract
Location: Plano, TX (Remote )
Healthcare experience is mandatory
 
Role Summary:
The Cloud Architect & Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a critical senior technical leader responsible for overseeing and governing the design, operational stability, and modernization of our hybrid and multi-cloud environments (GCP, Azure, OCI). This role ensures 24x7 operational excellence for critical healthcare services, drives proactive Level 2 and Level 3 Incident/Problem Management, and guarantees strict adherence to cost optimization, automation, and stringent compliance standards like HIPAA and SOC2. The Architect Lead serves as the highest-level technical escalation point and provides essential mentorship to the Cloud Operations engineering teams.
 
Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the L3/L4 technical escalation point for complex, high-severity (P1/P2) incidents impacting cloud infrastructure and critical healthcare applications.
  • Lead Deep Dive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major recurring incidents, implementing strategic preventative measures to eliminate repeat failures.
  • Directly manage the cloud operations team's day-to-day activities for Incident, Problem, and Change Management, ensuring strict adherence to ITIL processes, SLAs.
  • Define, document, and govern the cloud operations architecture for high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), performance, and security across all cloud tenants (GCP, Azure, OCI).
  • Specifically design and manage the operational lifecycle of container orchestration platforms, including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters.
  • Ensure all cloud deployments and operational practices are rigorously aligned with HIPAA, and SOC2 compliance and security policies.
  • Oversee and drive vulnerability management, security patching, and compliance audit readiness (including vendor coordination).
  • Establish and maintain comprehensive operational standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), runbooks, and robust governance models for the Cloud Operations team.
  • Accelerate automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell) to reduce manual toil and improve operational consistency.
  • Implement and mature observability and monitoring strategies using relevant tooling to ensure proactive identification of performance degradation and capacity issues.
  • Develop and govern the architecture for scalable, secure multi-cloud landing zones and policy frameworks (e.g., Azure Policy, GCP Organization Policy).
  • Define and champion FinOps strategies and cost optimization best practices across all cloud resources, driving transparency and accountability for cloud spending.
  • Act as the SME and key liaison for resolving complex cross-functional issues with DB, Application, Security, and Network teams.
  • Guide and mentor Cloud Administrators and platform SMEs, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
 
Qualifications & Technical Skills:
  • Experience: 10–15 years of progressive experience in infrastructure architecture, engineering, and high-volume, critical cloud operations support.
  • Multi-Cloud Platforms: Deep and proven expertise in designing, implementing, and operating solutions within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (preferred), Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) ecosystems.
  • Containerization: Expert knowledge of container technologies, including deployment, networking, security, and operational management of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and related services (e.g., Anthos, Cloud Run).
  • Healthcare Compliance: Demonstrated expertise in maintaining HIPAA compliance and security within a public multi-cloud environment.
  • Operational Frameworks: Advanced understanding and application of ITIL v4 principles, FinOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts.
  • Automation/IaC: Strong practical experience with:
  • IaC: Terraform, GCP instance Templates, Azure ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation.
  • Configuration Management/Scripting: Ansible, PowerShell, Python scripting, YAML.
  • CI/CD: GitHub, Azure DevOps, or similar.
  • Networking & Security: Advanced knowledge of cloud networking (VNet/VPC, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, and VPNs) and cloud-native security services.
  • Storage & Backup : Knowledge of cloud storage tiers, snapshots, and backup solutions (Cohesity, Commvault, GCP Backup, Azure Backup)
  • Leadership: Strong leadership, incident command, and mentoring experience in managing and growing high-performing technical teams.

    Best Regards

    Rahul Pandey | Echo IT Solutions

    Senior Technical Recruiter| E: Rah...@echoitsol.com

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rahul-pandey-8b441162

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