Cloud Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Mexico.

📋 Description

• Standardize and oversee the cloud architecture, including managed databases, by implementing common standards, patterns, and guardrails for AWS and Azure environments.

• Lead a company-wide FinOps strategy that encompasses tagging policy, cost visibility and attribution, optimization, and showback models across various business units.

• Ensure that security and compliance controls (ISO 27001, SOC2, or other relevant frameworks) are integrated into the cloud architecture from the outset.

• Offer technical leadership for the consolidation and integration of legacy cloud environments acquired through M&A activity within the KatRisk business unit, streamlining operations, connectivity, observability, and security.

• Provide architectural assistance to KatRisk teams, serving as a technical partner in the design of new solutions, the enhancement of existing ones, and the resolution of intricate issues.

• Facilitate sustainable, resilient 24/7 operations through the creation of runbooks, operational automation, Disaster Recovery strategies, and infrastructure design that supports incident response and on-call rotations.

• Document architectural decisions, reference patterns, and guides for consuming teams, nurturing a culture of ownership, transparency, and ongoing learning.

• Advocate for Infrastructure as Code across environments within the team's scope, utilizing reusable Terraform modules, Ansible playbooks, and standardized deployment workflows.

• Provide technical mentorship to the IT team and KatRisk teams as required, enhancing overall cloud maturity.

• Assess and recommend the adoption of new cloud services and technologies, evaluating their effects on performance, reliability, cost, and operability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience (8–10+ years) in cloud infrastructure engineering, with a minimum of 4–5 years in cloud architect or technical reference positions.

• FinOps expertise: defining tagging strategy, establishing cost visibility and attribution models, optimization (Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Commitments), rightsizing, and fostering a cost-conscious culture across engineering teams.

• Practical experience with AWS and Azure as cloud providers, including production-grade design and operation of workloads and managed services on both platforms.

• Strong proficiency with Terraform and Ansible.

• Experience leading cloud integration or consolidation initiatives, workload migrations, and harmonization of connectivity.

• Background in multi-tenant SaaS environments or product platforms.

• Experience in preparing cloud infrastructure for sustainable, resilient 24/7 operations: defining runbooks, operational automation, Disaster Recovery strategies (RTO/RPO), and designing for effective incident response.

• Full professional proficiency in English is necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive annual salary

• Private health insurance and a flexible benefits plan, allowing you to customize part of your compensation package to meet your personal needs.

• Annual bonus based on individual performance and company outcomes.

• Flexible working hours.

• Options for remote work.