 
        
        Overview:
Seeking a highly experienced Cloud Architect to design and oversee robust, scalable, and secure
cloud solutions for enterprise environments in oil & gas and other regulated industries (energy,
finance, government).
Key Responsibilities:
 * Architect end-to-end cloud solutions (public, private, hybrid) with a focus on reliability, security,
 * compliance, and scalability.
 * Lead migration and modernization projects of mission-critical applications.
 * Define cloud governance, access management, and security best practices.
 * Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
 * Enable and operationalize AI/ML workloads—deploying, scaling, and maintaining data pipelines
 * and model inferencing on the cloud.
 * Collaborate with stakeholders to align cloud strategy with organizational goals.
Core Technical & AI/ML Skills:
 * Deep knowledge of at least one leading cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
 * Experience with cloud-native AI/ML services (e.g., AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Google AI
 * Platform), enabling secure integration and operationalization of models.
 * Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM) and AI-powered IaC generation tools.
 * Cloud security (IAM, encryption, compliance frameworks), including governance for AI/ML
 * pipelines.
 * Application modernization (containers, Kubernetes, serverless architectures).
 * CI/CD, cloud automation, and AI-powered scripting/plugins (e.g., GitHub Copilot).
 * Enterprise networking concepts (VPC, VPN, hybrid connectivity).
 * Monitoring, observability, and cost optimization.
Soft Skills:
 * Excellent communication with technical and business stakeholders.
 * Proven leadership and mentoring of cross-functional teams.
 * Strong problem-solving in high-stakes, regulated environments.
 * Proactive in evaluating and introducing AI tools for productivity and process improvement.e, what success in the position looks like, and how this role fits into the organization overall.