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Avance Consulting · 9 hours ago

Cloud Architect (GCP, Azure & OCI)

United States

Contract

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Avance Consulting is seeking a Cloud Architect & Subject Matter Expert (SME) to oversee the design, operational stability, and modernization of hybrid and multi-cloud environments. This role is critical for ensuring operational excellence for healthcare services and driving incident management, compliance, and automation initiatives.

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Hiring Manager

Ravula sai kuruma

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 IT L 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), runber and robust governance models for the Cloud Operations team

Accelerate automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (laC) and configuration management (Terrafor Ansible, PowerShell) to reduce manual toil and improve operational consistency

Implement and mature observability and monitoring strategies using relevant tooling to ensure proactive iden fication 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 contin-wous improvement

Qualification

GCPAzureOCIContainerizationHIPAA ComplianceInfrastructure as CodeAnsiblePowerShellTechnical LeadershipMentorship

Required

10-15 years of progressive experience in infrastructure architecture, engineering, and high-volume, critical cloud operations support

Deep and proven expertise in designing, implementing, and operating solutions within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) ecosystems

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)

Demonstrated expertise in maintaining HIPAA compliance and security within a public multi-cloud environment