Principal Cloud Architect

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full-range of AWS services including workload migrations and modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security and compliance, and everything in between.

At Caylent, our people always come first. We are a global company and operate fully remote with employees in Canada, the United States, and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!

The Mission

We are seeking an exceptional Principal Architect to join our growing Cloud Architecture &Engineering team. The right candidate is someone who has deep expertise in cloud architectureand is passionate about working with our customers, partners, and colleagues to driveinnovation forward. Your mission will be to work alongside Caylent’s Engineers, Architects,Sales, and Project Managers to deliver AWS solutions across our diverse and forward-thinkingcustomer base. You’ll work with the latest technologies and support customers looking to bringcutting-edge ideas to market.

Your Assignments

● Serve as a technical advisor and thought leader across multiple workstreams andstrategic customer engagements.● Collaborate with clients to understand business goals and design high-impact, cloudsolutions.● Lead discovery sessions, create and present technical artifacts, and define long-termarchitectural strategy.● Guide small teams or oversee larger teams through implementation and delivery.● Contribute to Agile ceremonies and provide architectural direction across internal andexternal projects.● Create and share public-facing content that showcases Caylent’s innovation andtechnical leadership.● Support pre-sales through proposal development, scoping, and technical estimation.● Mentor Architects and Engineers across projects and practices to elevate technicalexecution and growth.● Represent Caylent with delivery excellence and deep technical leadership.

Your Qualifications

Core Consulting Qualifications

Customer Experience● Builds trust with senior stakeholders through transparency, strategic updates, andreliable delivery.● Proactively identifies and mitigates risks that could impact customer success or projectalignment.

Collaboration● Facilitates priority alignment and conflict resolution across multi-stakeholderenvironments.● Guides cross-functional teams through challenging scenarios with calm, strategic leadership.

Communication

● Handles escalations and scope-related disagreements with professionalism, clarity, and confidence.● Remains composed in high-stakes or unexpected situations, reinforcing alignment andproposing actionable next steps.

Technical Qualifications

● 5+ years of experience as an Architect in enterprise environments, preferably in aconsulting capacity.● Ability to clearly communicate technical objectives and solutions while cultivatingprofessional client relationships.● Demonstrated critical and strategic thinking across business, product, and technicalchallenges.● Strong expertise in serverless development using API Gateway, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS,and CloudFront.● Hands-on experience managing AWS environments and implementingInfrastructure-as-Code (IaC).● Advanced experience with DevOps automation, including containerization, APImanagement, and multi-cloud solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with:
  • Migrations
  • CI/CD practices
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Pulumi)
  • Scripting
  • Containers (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Fargate)
  • Cloud security best practices
  • Networking
  • Incident, release, problem, and change management
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

• 100% remote work
• Equitable Life - Hybrid Plan
• 100% Premium Coverage for the employee and dependents
• Competitive phantom equity
• Long-Term Disability
• 4% Pension match (employer contribution)
• Unlimited Vacations
• Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Paid for exams and certifications
• Peer bonus awards
• State of the art laptop and tools
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Individual professional development plan
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture

The base salary range for this position is $180,000