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A cloud architect is an IT professional who is responsible for overseeing a company's cloud computing strategy. This includes cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring. Cloud architects oversee application architecture and deployment in cloud environments — including public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud. Additionally, cloud architects act as consultants to their organization and need to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and issues.

Companies that hire cloud architects are organizations that use any cloud services or are planning to move to the cloud.Qualifications listed on Dice.com and Monster.com for the position include a strong understanding of cloud computing technology and infrastructure as well as experience designing and migrating applications to the cloud. Cloud architects should have experience in a consultant role, as they need to build relationships with customers and team members. Cloud architects need experience with multiple programming languages, such as Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, among others. They also need to integrate tools and services for all areas of cloud computing, such as data and networks.Cloud architects may also be involved in legal areas of cloud computing by negotiating contracts and working alongside legal and procurement departments. Architects ensure service-level agreement requirements are met.

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