Principal Cloud Architect

USAPosted 8 weeks ago

Role Overview

Caylent is hiring a Principal Cloud Architect. This is a full-time role in USA. Part of Caylent's Devops hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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Job description

Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company that helps organizations turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and a charter member of Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, we combine deep expertise in AWS, artificial intelligence, and Anthropic’s Claude platform to help customers modernize their technology, build intelligent products, and move AI from experimentation into production.

Our capabilities span generative and agentic AI, cloud migration and modernization, cloud-native application development, data and analytics, DevOps, managed services, security and compliance, and customer experience transformation. At Caylent, our people always come first.

We are a fully remote global company 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 architecture and is passionate about working with our customers, partners, and colleagues to drive innovation 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-thinking customer base. You’ll work with the latest technologies and support customers looking to bring cutting-edge ideas to market.

Your Assignments

● Serve as a technical advisor and thought leader across multiple workstreams and strategic customer engagements.
● Collaborate with clients to understand business goals and design high-impact, cloud solutions.
● Lead discovery sessions, create and present technical artifacts, and define long-term architectural strategy.
● Guide small teams or oversee larger teams through implementation and delivery.
● Contribute to Agile ceremonies and provide architectural direction across internal and external projects.
● Create and share public-facing content that showcases Caylent’s innovation and technical leadership.
● Support pre-sales through proposal development, scoping, and technical estimation.
● Mentor Architects and Engineers across projects and practices to elevate technical execution 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, and reliable delivery.
● Proactively identifies and mitigates risks that could impact customer success or project alignment.

Collaboration
● Facilitates priority alignment and conflict resolution across multi-stakeholder environments.
● 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 and proposing actionable next steps.

Technical Qualifications

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

Benefits

Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
401k plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting
Competitive phantom equity
Company issued laptop
Dental and Vision insurance
Term Disability Insurance
Term Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Equipment & Office Stipend
Annual stipend for Learning and Development
Unlimited Paid Time Off
10 Paid Holidays

The base salary range for this position is $165,000 - $185,000 per year. If you are hired at Caylent, your base salary is determined on factors such as skills, experience, geographic location, and other market conditions. While it's not typical for offers to be made at the top of the range, please keep in mind that the base salary range is only one component of your overall compensation. Additionally, you are eligible for the benefits, bonuses, and incentives as listed above in the job description!

This role may require up to 25% travel, depending on business needs.

NOTE: We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

At Caylent, we are committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated systems to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications to help match candidate qualifications with job requirements.
These tools are designed to support — not replace — human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our trained recruitment professionals.
If an AI or automated tool is used during your application process, it will only be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and your information will be handled in a secure and confidential manner.
If you have any questions, please contact talent@caylent.com

Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at hr@caylent.com.

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Where is the Principal Cloud Architect position at Caylent located?

This position is based in USA. Caylent has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.

What does a Principal Cloud Architect at Caylent earn?

Caylent has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.

When was the Principal Cloud Architect role at Caylent posted?

This role was posted on May 22, 2026 (61 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.

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