Cloud Solutions Architect

Spaulding Ridge
Summary
Join Spaulding Ridge as a Senior Manager Cloud Solution Architect and lead the architectural direction across multiple systems, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with business goals. You will provide hands-on leadership, balancing strategic planning with technical expertise, guiding the team and shaping the technology landscape. Responsibilities include defining and enforcing system architecture principles, designing integrations between internal and external systems, and leading and mentoring a developer team. Technical oversight, cross-functional collaboration, and establishing best practices are also key aspects of this role. You will partner with leadership to shape the long-term technology roadmap and provide on-call support for escalated incidents. This remote position offers flexible hours (4 PM to 1 AM India Time).
Requirements
- 13+ years of experience in system architecture or engineering. which includes experience with some of the following types of enterprise SaaS platforms: Integration platform as a service (iPaaS), such as Mulesoft, Boomi or Jitterbit
- Data visualization and analytics, such as Tableau, Power BI or Looker
- Customer relationship management (CRM), such as salesforce
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and professional services automation (PSA), such as NetSuite, Oracle ERP, SAP S/4HANA or Certinia
- Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), such as ADP or Workday
- 7+ years in a leadership or management role
- Proven experience designing and integrating complex systems at scale
- BS or Masterโs Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field desired
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Strong knowledge of architectural patterns (microservices, event-driven, etc.)
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in enterprise environments or SaaS platforms
- Certifications (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect Expert, TOGAF)
- Exhibits persistent problem-solving skills, actively seeking solutions and overcoming challenges
- Displays a proactive attitude towards learning new technologies, embracing opportunities to expand knowledge and skills
- Recognizes the importance of documentation and adheres to established procedures, ensuring efficient and organized work processes
- Participate in weekend on-call rotation for critical issues
Responsibilities
- Define, communicate, and enforce system architecture principles, patterns, and standards across multiple platforms and services
- Design and oversee integrations between internal and external systems, ensuring security, scalability, and performance
- Lead, mentor, and grow a developer team. Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning
- Conduct architecture and code reviews, provide hands-on guidance, and ensure implementation aligns with architectural intent
- Work closely with the delivery teams, operations, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Establish and maintain best practices, reusable patterns, and architecture review processes to reduce technical debt and improve consistency
- Partner with leadership to shape the long-term technology roadmap and drive strategic initiatives across the organization
- Lead Technical Change Management Forums: Providing architectural oversight on proposed changes, evaluating risk, ensuring coordination across teams and maintaining a high standard of operational stability
- Provide high-level architectural support and guidance during critical events
Preferred Qualifications
HRIS, Salesforce, NetSuite and Tableau knowledge is a plus
Benefits
Remote work