Principal Cloud Architect

Overview of 66degrees

66degrees is an end-to-end AI transformation partner that guides enterprises from complex business challenges to clear, quantifiable outcomes. Our company is the culmination of several successful firms, each a leader in its own right in cloud, artificial intelligence, and data. This convergence of talent and expertise is how we help businesses reach their own 'inflection point,' where chaotic data becomes a strategic asset, complexity becomes clarity, and AI becomes an engine for growth. Our ultimate vision is to be the catalyst for a future where every business operates as an intelligent enterprise, with autonomous systems unlocking human potential.

At 66degrees, we believe in thriving through challenges and winning together. These values not only guide us in achieving our goals as a company but also for our people. We are dedicated to creating a significant impact for our employees by fostering a culture that sparks innovation and supports professional and personal growth along the way.

Overview of Role

66degrees is looking for creative, dedicated, and personable technology business professionals for a Principal Cloud Architect position. A Principal Cloud Architect is someone capable of designing complex, large-scale, and often 'bleeding-edge' solutions. Our ideal candidate will display relentless curiosity and drive around how we organize ourselves and deploy/use technology to ensure our largest and most complex Enterprise clients IT environments drive business value. We are looking for the right fit with our growing team of Principal level Architects as we solve previously 'unsolveable' problems with the scale of AI.

Responsibilities

• Build a trusted advisory relationship with strategic accounts and engage with CIO/CTO/VP IT and Business leaders
• Architectural Strategy & Governance
  • Design Global Scale Systems: Lead the end-to-end architectural design of multi-region, highly available cloud ecosystems that support millions of concurrent users and petabyte-scale data processing.
  • Standardize Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Establish and enforce enterprise-wide standards for IaC and config management to ensure consistent, repeatable, and audited deployments across all environments.
  • Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Orchestration: Architect complex connectivity and workload portability strategies using Anthos, Private Service Connect, and Cloud Interconnects to bridge legacy on-premises systems with modern cloud services.
• Advanced AI & Data Innovation
  • Operationalize Generative AI: Design production-grade RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures, ensuring LLMs are secure, reliably operate within capacity constraints and quotas, monitor and control token costs, and implement Enterprise security grade guardrails.
  • End-to-End MLOps: Scale the implementation of automated machine learning pipelines—from ingestion to model serving—using Vertex AI (or self-hosted oss models) to reduce the time-to-market for predictive insights.
• Security, Risk & Compliance
  • Zero-Trust Leadership: Design and lead the implementation of comprehensive security frameworks including BeyondCorp, VPC Service Controls, and advanced Identity Management (IAM) to protect sensitive workloads against sophisticated threats.
  • Regulatory Engineering: Architect technical controls that automate compliance for global standards (e.g., SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR), ensuring the platform is 'secure by design' and audit-ready at all times.
• Technical Leadership & Operational Excellence
  • Complex Problem Resolution: Serve as the final technical escalation point for critical production issues, performing deep-root cause analysis on global-scale incidents.