Sr. Cloud Platform Architect - Milpitas, CA, United States
$137,800 - $234,300 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Sr. Cloud Platform Architect will design, implement, secure, and govern cloud-based solutions across multiple cloud platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
What you'll do
- Design and architect scalable, highly available, resilient, and secure cloud solutions leveraging IaaS and PaaS services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Lead cloud migration initiatives, including re-hosting, re-platforming, refactoring, and re-architecting legacy and on-premises workloads with an emphasis on security posture improvement and risk reduction.
- Drive application and infrastructure modernization programs to improve scalability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
- Establish and manage cloud security architectures and governance frameworks, aligned with industry standards and internal security policies.
- Design and enforce identity-first security, including IAM strategies, least-privilege access controls, role-based access, identity federation, and secrets management.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure ARM/Bicep templates with built-in security, policy, and compliance controls.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s level degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field with eight (8) years of related experience.
- Seven (7) years of hands-on cloud architecture or engineering experience, including ownership of secure production environments.
- Proficient in at least one major cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP, with strong cross-cloud security fundamentals.
- In-depth understanding of cloud networking, cloud security, containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, and microservices.
- Confirmed experience with cloud security controls, including IAM, encryption, key management, network security, and zero-trust principles.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud governance, monitoring, observability, FinOps, and cost management.
- Experience embedding security into architecture design, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).
Nice to have
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and customer-management skills, with the ability to influence engineering, security, and executive stakeholders.
Skills: cloud architecture, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, DevSecOps
This role has been open 76 days — well above the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
962
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (962 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 21 | 962 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 210 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 95 d | 51 d (+44 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: cloud architecture, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, DevSecOps
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 274 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 62 open roles · median 53 d
- AMD · 54 open roles · median 19 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 93 d
- Intel Corporation · 43 open roles · median 12 d
- Cerebras · 36 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 962 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.