Cloud Architect (Azure/GCP)

About Kunai

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world’s relationship with financial services. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.

Job Overview

We are looking for a Cloud Architect to design and drive the implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient architectures in Microsoft Azure. In this role, you will partner with engineering and business teams to deliver modern cloud solutions that support the bank’s digital transformation, ensuring regulatory compliance, cost efficiency, and adoption of best practices in cloud engineering. This position plays a key role in defining cloud architecture standards, enabling modernization initiatives, and guiding strategic technology decisions across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design enterprise cloud architectures in Microsoft Azure (networking, security, governance, and compliance).
• Define architecture patterns, standards, and best practices for cloud solutions.
• Lead cloud modernization initiatives, including containers, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and event-driven architectures.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to engineering teams.
• Evaluate technical feasibility, scalability, and effort for strategic technology initiatives.
• Ensure security, compliance, and risk management aligned with financial regulations.
• Promote FinOps practices to optimize cloud costs and performance.
• Collaborate with global and cross-functional teams to align architecture with enterprise strategy.
• Maintain reference architectures, documentation, and cloud governance frameworks.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing and implementing cloud architectures in Microsoft Azure or GCP.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and messaging platforms (Kafka or similar).
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and Zero Trust models.
• Experience with hybrid or multicloud environments and cloud migrations.

Nice to Have

• Experience in financial services or highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization.
• Exposure to data and analytics architectures, streaming, or real-time processing.
• Experience integrating Azure with Active Directory / Entra ID environments.

About the Team

Our success over the past 20 years is rooted in our exceptional team, which thrives in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. We are proud to offer our employees a range of benefits, including competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and flexible work arrangements, all designed to help them thrive. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to cultivating an environment where people feel valued, have a voice, and are given the tools to grow—both personally and professionally—while pushing the boundaries of innovation in the fintech industry.

Minimum Degree Required

Bachelor’s Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required.