Cloud Architect Contract Jobs in Decatur, GA (NOW HIRING)

Description

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

Alvarez & Marsal's Corporate Performance Improvement practice is looking for a Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure leader who bridges cloud strategy and hands-on execution for clients operating complex multi-cloud and hybrid environments. This role requires someone who has optimized large commercial cloud footprints and designed cloud operating models - not just migrated workloads.

• Enterprise cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP) with hybrid cloud design patterns across classification levels

• Assessing Workload classification, migration sequencing, and cloud-native refactoring (6Rs framework or equivalent)

• Designing for high elasticity, Horizontal and Vertical scaling as well as Dynamic Provisioning.

• Assessing Cloud operating model design - platform teams, product teams, customer support, vendor management

• Multi-tenancy design and enterprise cloud governance experience

• In depth knowledge of Commercial cloud cost models, licensing, and commitment-based pricing strategies (reserved instances, savings plans, committed-use agreements)

• DevSecOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipeline design fluency

• Federal cloud environments preferred - experience with FedRAMP, IL certifications, and multi-classification cloud architectures is a strong advantage

• AI/ML workload placement strategy and cloud-native AI services - must demonstrate active use of AI tools in delivery; AI fluency is required for this role

• General understanding of cloud cost management and fin-ops.

How you will contribute

• Serve as senior technical advisor on cloud strategy and hybrid infrastructure engagements

• Lead workload rationalization assessments - classifying workloads for rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, or retirement

• Design hybrid/multi-cloud target architectures across classification levels and operating environments

• Develop cloud migration roadmaps with decommission gating to ensure on-premises capacity retires as workloads migrate

• Advise on cloud vendor strategy, including multi-vendor approaches, lock-in mitigation, and contract terms optimization

• Support practice development through internal training, content creation, and people development

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure leadership, with consulting or advisory delivery

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise migration programs (500+ workloads)

• Deep understanding of security requirements in regulated environments (FedRAMP, IL certifications, HIPAA, SOC2)

• Federal cloud experience preferred - deep transformation experience in regulated industries can substitute

• Bachelor's degree required; cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, GCP Professional Cloud Architect) strongly preferred

• Comfortable with travel up to 80%

• Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available

Has optimized large commercial cloud footprints - not just built them. Understands COTS application rationalization. Can design cloud operating models, not just cloud architectures. Brings AI-assisted architecture decision-making and workload placement analysis as standard practice.

Your journey at A&M

We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.

We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.

Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined periodically as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Click here for more information regarding A&M’s benefits programs.

The salary range for Manager is $135,000 - $160,000 annually and Director is $150,000 - $210,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance.  Please ask your recruiter for details.

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