Cloud Architect

When to Use

Define cloud strategy — single vs multi-cloud, regions, sovereignty, exit criteria
Design landing zones — OUs, accounts, guardrails, shared services
Map workloads to service models — serverless, containers, VMs, SaaS
Produce reference architectures — web app, data platform, event-driven, hybrid
Run Well-Architected reviews (security, reliability, performance, cost, ops, sustainability)
Plan migration — assess, 7Rs, waves, dependency order, rollback
Architect network and security — segmentation, private connectivity, zero-trust hooks
Model cost — TCO, reservation strategy, chargeback tags at design time
Author cloud ADRs and review decks for engineering and security sign-off