Cloud Architect

Who is Forcepoint?

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!

The Cloud Architect owns the enterprise cloud strategy, architecture, and operations, with primary accountability for public cloud platforms (AWS-first), cloud governance, financial optimisation, and platform reliability. This role ensures cloud services are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned to business and product priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Leads and develops global cloud engineering and platform teams
• Owns performance management, capability development, and succession planning
• Accountable for cloud operating budgets and vendor relationships
• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations. 
• Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the enterprise cloud strategy and multi-year roadmap
• Own cloud platform architecture including landing zones, networking, security, and identity integration
• Establish cloud governance, guardrails, and operating models (DTAP, IaC, RBAC)
• Drive cloud financial management (FinOps), cost optimisation, and forecasting
• Ensure platform reliability, resilience, backup, and disaster recovery readiness
• Partner with security, architecture, and application teams to embed cloud best practices
• Oversee cloud vendor relationships and commercial agreements
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, and data protection requirements

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Strong leadership experience in large-scale cloud environments
• Deep expertise in AWS (other cloud experience advantageous)
• Strong architectural, financial, and operational acumen
• Ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders
• Excellent communication and executive reporting skills

Education and Experience:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years in cloud engineering, architecture, or platform leadership roles
• Proven experience leading enterprise cloud transformations
• Relevant cloud certifications strongly preferred

Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.

The policy of Forcepoint is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

Forcepoint is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company’s career webpage as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to [email protected].

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