AonHiveSoftwareStart a project
Navigation

Have a complex product or platform problem?

Book a 30-min callhello@aonhive.com
cloud & devops

Hire Cloud Architects

What does a hired Cloud Architect do?

System design across cloud, security, and long-term operating cost.

Hire dedicated cloud architects who make constraints explicit and design platforms your organization can understand, audit, and evolve.Hire a developer

What you get

Engineering capability you can put to work immediately.

Dedicated cloud architect talent aligned to your stack, rituals, and delivery cadence — with transparent communication from day one.

Where this role fits

Engagement options

  • Dedicated developer
  • Dedicated development team
  • Project-based delivery
  • Long-term support after launch

Advanced engineering

Senior cloud architect capability.

Production-depth work across the cloud architect stack — SDKs, concurrency, protocols, and the systems behind the UI.

  1. 01

    Reference architectures and ADRs

    C4 views, NFR mappings, and decision records stakeholders review before engineering commits months of build.

  2. 02

    Zero-trust security boundaries

    Encryption in transit and at rest, private link, and audit trails designed into the platform foundation.

  3. 03

    Multi-region failover design

    Active-active or active-passive topologies with failover tests scheduled — not assumed to work on first outage.

  4. 04

    Migration sequencing and rollback

    Phased cutover, parallel-run periods, and data validation gates with explicit rollback triggers.

  5. 05

    Landing zones and policy-as-code

    SOC 2, HIPAA, or internal audit requirements encoded in Azure Policy, SCPs, or organizational guardrails.

  6. 06

    TCO models finance can validate

    Managed vs self-hosted comparisons with cost projections your finance team can reconcile quarterly.

Working surface

Libraries, protocols, and internals this role actually uses.

Named tools and primitives our cloud architects reach for in production — not a logo wall.

C4 Model
Context, container, component views for stakeholder communication.
Architecture Decision Records
Written trade-offs revisitable when constraints change.
AWS Control Tower
Multi-account governance with guardrails and audit.
Azure Policy
Compliance enforcement at subscription and resource group scope.
Well-Architected Reviews
Structured assessments across reliability, security, cost.
CloudEvents
Vendor-neutral event envelope for integration contracts.
Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
mTLS, traffic shifting, and observability between services.
Global Load Balancing
Anycast and health-checked failover across regions.
Data residency mapping
Region selection aligned to regulatory requirements.
FinOps Framework
Unit economics and chargeback models finance validates.

Engagement models

Hire the way your project actually runs.

Technology stack

Tools this role typically ships with.

Representative technologies from our engineering practice — selected for fit, longevity, and operating clarity.

Explore all technologies

How hiring works

From requirement to developers on your project.

  1. 01

    Tell us your requirement

    Share the outcome, timeline, stack preferences, and how you want to work together.

  2. 02

    Discuss & plan

    We align on scope, engagement model, team shape, and the first useful milestone.

  3. 03

    Select developers / team

    Review matched engineers or a dedicated team profile before development begins.

  4. 04

    Development begins

    Your developers join with clear rituals, access, and production-minded delivery from day one.

  5. 05

    Launch & support

    Ship to production, transfer ownership, and keep the same team for evolution and support.

Common questions

Hiring a cloud architect.

01How quickly can we hire a cloud architect?

After an initial requirement discussion, we typically share matched profiles within a few business days. Start dates depend on scope, timezone overlap, and onboarding needs.

02Can we hire one developer or a full team?

Both. You can start with a dedicated developer and expand into a cross-functional team as the roadmap grows.

03Do your developers work in our timezone?

We align working hours for overlap with your core team and keep communication rituals explicit from day one.

04What engagement models do you offer?

Dedicated developers, dedicated teams, and scoped project engagements — chosen based on outcome, timeline, and how you want to run delivery.

Hire Cloud Architect

Have a project in mind? Let's build it.

Share the outcome, stack, and timeline. We'll match developers and propose a clear starting shape.

Hire a developerBook a 30-min hiring call