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 & modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security & compliance, and everything in between. At Caylent, our people always come first.
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!
NOTE: We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
This role may require up to 25% travel, depending on business needs.
Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are a proud 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.
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