Solution Architect – Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure

This is a remote position.

Overview

This is a remote consulting opportunity supporting a government client.

Subcontractor Opportunity: This is not an employee position. The successful consultant must be incorporated and able to provide services through their corporation.

Role Summary

The Solution Architect - Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure provides strategic and technical leadership for designing and delivering secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across enterprise environments.

The role is responsible for defining end-to-end solution architectures that support cloud adoption, application modernization, and infrastructure transformation while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain solution architecture designs across applications, infrastructure, and cloud platforms
• Develop end-to-end architectures integrating business requirements, technical constraints, and enterprise standards
• Lead cloud migration strategies for applications and infrastructure transitioning from on-premise environments
• Design hybrid and cloud-native architectures leveraging platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, and GCP
• Oversee modernization of infrastructure components including compute, storage, and networking
• Design application architectures supporting microservices, APIs, and distributed systems
• Define integration patterns to enable interoperability between systems and platforms
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
• Design for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into solutions
• Maintain and organize solution architecture documentation and governance artifacts
• Assess and optimize solutions for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency

Key Deliverables

• Solution architecture designs and technical blueprints
• Cloud migration strategies and execution plans
• Integration patterns and application architecture artifacts
• Architecture review outputs and governance documentation
• Performance and optimization assessments
• Enterprise repository documentation and artifacts

Requirements

Qualifications

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent certification preferred
• AWS or Google Cloud certifications considered an asset
• Additional certifications in networking, security, or infrastructure considered an asset

Experience

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect with expertise in cloud and on-premise environments
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-based applications and infrastructure solutions
• Hands-on development experience using technologies such as Java, Python, .NET, or Node.js
• Experience with application integration, APIs, and microservices architectures
• Strong experience migrating complex applications from on-premise to public cloud platforms
• Understanding of networking, virtualization, storage, and security concepts
• Experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives from design through delivery