Are you looking for a role that motivates and challenges you? Are you ready for an opportunity for growth? Do you want to work on teams where people roll up their sleeves to take on tough problems together, and regularly blow the doors off our clients with their outstanding teamwork? If you answered yes to those questions, 3Cloud might just be for you!
At 3Cloud, we hire people who aren’t afraid to experiment or fail. We hire people who are willing to give direct and candid feedback to their managers, leaders, and team members. We hire people who jump at those opportunities because they care about our collective growth and success. We hire people who challenge and hold each other accountable for living 3Cloud’s core values because they know that it will result in amazing experiences and solutions for our clients and each other.
Senior Architect – Client Service
Responsibilities
• Lead solution architecture and technical strategy for large-scale Azure modernization programs from presales through delivery.
• Own the solution definition process, ensuring architectures meet client needs, align to standards, and support delivery quality.
• Develop and promote reusable frameworks and reference architectures to drive delivery consistency across projects.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams, fostering growth, technical rigor, and alignment to delivery excellence.
• Provide architecture oversight through design reviews and technical leadership, ensuring alignment with client goals.
• Support presales efforts by partnering with account teams to shape solution strategies, define technical scope, and contribute to proposals.
• Identify cross-project patterns to inform the development of shared IP, tooling, and process improvements.
• Manage workload and commitments to achieve utilization and sales targets through effective prioritization and execution.
Requirements
• Experience leading architecture and delivery for enterprise Azure applications in consulting, enterprise, or modernization contexts.
• Proven ability to guide technical teams and architecture ownership across engagements.
• Strong understanding of the presales lifecycle, including solution shaping, proposal creation, and stakeholder communication.
• Recognized for contributing to mentorship, design rigor, and technical leadership within teams and across delivery engagements.
• Demonstrated ability to create and scale reusable architecture patterns, tools, and assets.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or similar, certification (or in progress).
• Experience in multi-cloud or hybrid environments is preferred.
• Willingness to travel (< 25%) for client projects as needed.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas
This Job Posting will expire on Monday, July 27th, 2026.
3Cloud Total Rewards Highlights Include:
- Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work!
- 401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay
- Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days
- Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you!
- Option for vision and dental coverage
- 100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance
- Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents
- Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA
- $67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance
- Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role
- Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges
3Cloud offers competitive compensation. In addition to base pay employees are eligible to receive an annual discretionary/utilization bonus. If you are hired at 3Cloud your final base salary is based on factors such as skills, education, experience and/or geographic location. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above includes the full base salary range for the role. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.
At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.
3Cloud Downers Grove, Illinois, USA Office
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