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Retained Recruitment for Cloud Architects

Cloud Architects design the cloud infrastructure strategy and technical architecture for organisations migrating, modernising, or scaling on cloud platforms. We find the professionals your team needs through dedicated retained search — not job boards.

Retained Only 21–35 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee $150,000 – $230,000
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What Does a Cloud Architect Do?

Designing cloud architecture for applications and infrastructure, defining cloud governance frameworks, leading cloud migration planning, setting infrastructure standards and patterns, collaborating with engineering teams on architecture decisions, and managing cloud cost optimisation.

What We Screen For

AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification, 5+ years of cloud infrastructure experience, deep knowledge of networking, security, and compute in cloud environments, and experience leading cloud migration projects.

💡 Hiring Insight

Cloud architects who have managed a full cloud migration (not just greenfield deployments) bring qualitatively different experience — legacy system constraints, data migration complexity, and organisational change management are all part of a real migration.

Typical Compensation
$150,000 – $230,000
Multi-cloud architects with migration delivery experience and security expertise command the top of this range.
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Recruiting a Cloud Architect — FAQ

Most Cloud Architect searches through our retained model are completed within 21 to 35 business days. Cloud architects who have managed a full cloud migration (not just greenfield deployments) bring qualitatively different experience — legacy system constraints, data migration complexity, and organisational change management are all part of a real migration. We provide a realistic timeline at the start of every engagement.
AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification, 5+ years of cloud infrastructure experience, deep knowledge of networking, security, and compute in cloud environments, and experience leading cloud migration projects.
The best Cloud Architects are almost always employed and not browsing job boards. Cloud architects who have managed a full cloud migration (not just greenfield deployments) bring qualitatively different experience — legacy system constraints, data migration complexity, and organisational change management are all part of a real migration. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works your role exclusively — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening technically, and presenting only candidates who genuinely match your brief.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
Compensation for Cloud Architect roles typically ranges from $150,000 – $230,000. Multi-cloud architects with migration delivery experience and security expertise command the top of this range. We include real-time compensation benchmarking in every retained search.
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