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# Senior Principal Architect - Enterprise Solutions Architecture at 3Cloud

- **Company:** 3Cloud
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $183k–$255k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-31
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/3cloud/jobs/8626810002?gh_jid=8626810002

## Job description

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 Principal Architect - Enterprise Solutions Architecture

As a Senior Principal Architect, you operate as a Full Spectrum Enterprise Architect, combining deep technical expertise with strategic influence. You define and lead architecture strategy and delivery frameworks across multiple technology domains, shaping modernization roadmaps and large-scale transformation initiatives. Your focus is on driving delivery excellence at enterprise scale while guiding modernization strategy, engaging executive stakeholders, and fostering collaboration across App Innovation, Cloud Platform, and Data & AI practices. You lead through influence, connecting business outcomes with technology strategy to deliver measurable transformation success.

This role represents the pinnacle of architectural leadership, balancing technical mastery, cross-domain integration, and business alignment to accelerate modernization outcomes for clients and partners.

## Responsibilities

- Define and lead enterprise-level architecture strategies and delivery frameworks that align modernization programs to business and technology outcomes.
- Shape cross-domain modernization roadmaps, integrating App Innovation, Cloud Platform, and Data & AI strategies into cohesive delivery models.
- Mentor senior architects and technical leaders to strengthen design quality, reusability, and scalability across complex delivery environments.
- Drive cross-practice collaboration by developing reusable assets, frameworks, and patterns that enable consistency across programs and industries.
- Partner with executive stakeholders to align modernization investments with measurable business outcomes and enterprise transformation goals.
- Represent architectural leadership in executive forums, client engagements, and partner discussions to advance delivery excellence and credibility.
- Identify and guide emerging technology adoption, translating innovation into scalable frameworks that enhance delivery maturity and client value.
- Contribute to presales and solution strategy, collaborating with business development and delivery teams on high-value proposals and modernization initiatives.
- Champion mentorship and capability growth within architecture and delivery teams to ensure sustainable, high-quality execution.
- Balance strategic impact and delivery execution, managing commitments to achieve both client success and organizational growth.

## Requirements

- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale architecture strategy and delivery programs across large portfolios or transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to define and guide modernization strategies spanning application, cloud, and data domains.
- Recognized for thought leadership through executive engagement, public speaking, industry contributions, or published insights.
- Skilled at mentoring senior architects and technical leaders to elevate delivery quality, solution consistency, and reusability.
- Strong background shaping long-term modernization roadmaps, capability frameworks, and investment strategies that align to business outcomes.
- Deep expertise in Azure architecture with a strong understanding of enterprise-scale cloud adoption, governance, and integration models.
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (or equivalent).
- Experience working with hybrid or multi-cloud environments and enterprise modernization programs.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex architecture concepts into clear business impact.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% for client engagements as need

Expertise At this level, architects demonstrate fluency across multiple technology domains while maintaining deep expertise in at least one. Candidates should bring significant experience defining and leading modernization strategies that span application, cloud, and data ecosystems.

Application Innovation

- Lead modernization of complex enterprise application portfolios across .NET, Java, Node.js, and Python.
- Define and oversee modernization roadmaps that align business objectives with scalable application architectures.
- Design and guide event-driven, API-first, and microservices-based systems that support enterprise agility.
- Shape DevOps adoption strategies, CI/CD governance, and container platforms such as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps.
- Influence development best practices across delivery teams to ensure quality, reusability, and maintainability at scale.

Cloud Platform

- Define and govern enterprise-scale landing zones, hybrid architectures, and multi-cloud strategies.
- Lead cloud platform strategy, governance, and operational frameworks for security, compliance, and cost optimization.
- Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates) and automation for consistent, scalable delivery.
- Integrate identity, networking, and platform operations into cohesive delivery models that enable modernization across domains.
- Shape platform engineering standards that support modernization programs and enterprise transformation.

Data & AI

- Define enterprise data and AI strategies that enable advanced analytics and business insight at scale.
- Architect modern data platforms using Azure Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, and related technologies.
- Guide the integration of AI and machine learning into modernization programs using Azure Machine Learning and Cognitive Services.
- Establish data governance, integration, and quality frameworks that ensure consistency across complex enterprise data ecosystems.
- Enable decision intelligence through scalable, reusable data architectures aligned to enterprise transformation goals

Certification Requirements Core Requirement:

- AZ-900: Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
- AZ-104: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- AZ-305: Solutions Architect Expert
- AI-102: Azure AI Engineer Associate
- SC-900: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

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 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, November 16th, 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.

Base Salary Range $183,400—$255,100 USD

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.

## About 3Cloud

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 3Cloud is a 100% Azure-dedicated technology consulting firm that helps enterprises and mid-market organizations architect, build, and optimize their cloud environments on Microsoft Azure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Cognizant in November 2025; deal expected to close Q1 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Downers Grove, Illinois (Chicago area), USA
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Mike Rocco and Jim Dietrich

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cloud Consulting & IT Services (Microsoft Azure ecosystem)
- **Target customers**: Enterprise and mid-market organizations across banking & financial services, healthcare, technology, and consumer sectors
- **Mission**: To be the leading Microsoft Azure partner; loved by employees, trusted by clients, and valued by Microsoft and business partners. The company believes a brighter future is created through human brilliance and transformative technology.

## Products & Services
- **Cloud Strategy & Advisory**: Helping clients define their Azure roadmap, including digital modernization, cost optimization, and business transformation.
- **Data & AI Solutions**: Modern data platforms, advanced analytics, AI enablement, and machine learning solutions built on Azure. Recognized as Microsoft’s 2024 Partner of the Year for Data & AI.
- **Application Innovation**: Cloud-native app development, application modernization, and migration to Azure.
- **Cloud Platform & Infrastructure**: Architecture, design, and implementation of Azure cloud environments, including hybrid and multi-cloud strategies.
- **Managed Services**: Ongoing Azure environment management, monitoring, optimization, and support (Azure Expert Managed Services Provider).
- **Quality Engineering**: Testing and quality assurance services for cloud applications.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by Cognizant in November 2025; financial terms not disclosed)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — 3Cloud was a portfolio company of **Gryphon Investors** (private equity). Prior to acquisition, the company reported 20% organic compound annual growth since 2020, with 20%+ growth expected in 2025.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Gryphon Investors (PE backer); Microsoft (strategic partner); Databricks (Elite partner)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Acquired by Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) in November 2025 for an undisclosed sum; deal expected to close Q1 2026.
  - Named **2025 Microsoft U.S. Channel Partner of the Year**.
  - Named **2024 Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year for Data & AI**.
  - 1,000+ Azure experts and engineers; 1,500+ Microsoft certifications.
  - 20% organic compound annual growth since 2020.
  - Serves 1 in 10 Fortune 500 companies.

## Competitive Advantages
- **100% Azure Dedicated**: Unlike generalist consultancies, 3Cloud is singularly focused on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, giving them unmatched depth of expertise.
- **Founder Pedigree**: Founded by former Microsoft executives who managed $1B+ revenue portfolios and have deep relationships within Microsoft’s sales and engineering leadership.
- **Award-Winning Track Record**: Multiple Microsoft Partner of the Year awards (Data & AI, Health & Life Sciences, Migration to Azure, Modernizing Applications, 2025 U.S. Channel Partner of the Year).
- **Scale & Certification**: 1,000+ Azure experts, 1,500+ Microsoft certifications, and 1,600+ Azure engagements.
- **Elite Partner Status**: Also an Elite Databricks partner, adding depth in data and AI.

## Strategic Focus
- **Enterprise AI Readiness**: Helping clients build, deploy, and scale AI solutions on Azure, with a strong emphasis on data platforms and AI-driven operations.
- **Growth Through Acquisition**: The pending acquisition by Cognizant (expected Q1 2026) will combine 3Cloud’s Azure expertise with Cognizant’s global scale, creating one of the largest Microsoft partners with 21,000+ Azure-certified specialists.
- **Continued Azure Specialization**: Remaining 100% focused on the Azure ecosystem, deepening capabilities in data, AI, and app innovation.
- **Expansion of Managed Services**: Growing the managed services practice to support ongoing client operations and optimization.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: 3Cloud emphasizes a "human led, tech driven" philosophy, with core values of Growth, Client Success, and Winning Together. The company is described as passionate, innovative, and committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: 3Cloud embraces a **remote-first** approach, hiring based on skill set rather than geographical location. Employees have the flexibility to work from home, with physical offices in Downers Grove, IL (HQ) and Dallas, TX. Typical time on-site is "None."
- **Notable Perks** (per Built In):
  - Comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA)
  - Generous parental leave and family medical leave
  - Performance bonuses
  - Employee discounts
  - Free snacks and drinks
  - Mobile phone discount
  - Travel concierge services
  - Job training, conferences, and customized development tracks
  - Promotion policies and career growth support
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on leading-edge Azure technology, with opportunities to work on complex, high-impact projects for Fortune 500 clients. The company emphasizes innovation, continuous learning, and a collaborative "winning together" mindset.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: 3Cloud is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse environment.

## Sources
1. [3Cloud Solutions - About Us](https://3cloudsolutions.com/about-us/)
2. [3Cloud Solutions - Careers](https://3cloudsolutions.com/join-us/)
3. [Built In - 3Cloud Careers, Perks + Culture](https://builtin.com/company/3cloud)
4. [Cognizant Press Release - Acquisition of 3Cloud (Finanzwire)](https://www.finanzwire.com/press-release/cognizant-technology-solutions-etr-cognizant-to-acquire-3cloud-creating-a-leading-force-in-microsoft-azure-services-and-enterprise-ai-transformation-X3tgRPOLQTb)

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