Principal Cloud Architect: Pre-Sales (Remote)

Who You AreYou are a senior-level cloud architect with deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure and a strong foundational understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You excel at translating complex technical challenges into clear, strategic solutions that help clients modernize, secure, and scale their cloud environments. You thrive in pre-sales conversations, guiding stakeholders with confidence, clarity, and consultative insight. With a balance of architectural depth and business acumen, you influence decision-making, craft detailed cloud architectures, and ensure every solution aligns with best practices in governance, identity, security, networking, and modernization.You bring both thought leadership and technical rigor to every client's engagement. AboutThe RoleMyriad360 is seeking a highly skilled Pre-Sales Cloud Solutions Architect with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and a strong foundational understanding of Google Cloud (GCP). This role partners closely with clients, account executives, and delivery teams to design cloud solutions that are secure, scalable, and aligned with business outcomes. You will lead technical discovery, architect solutions, craft compelling proposals, and act as the trusted technical strategist throughout the sales lifecycle.Must be based in the United States. Travel up to 25% may be required. Other responsibilities include:• Conduct hands-on discovery sessions to understand client architectures, workloads, identity strategy, security posture, and cloud maturity across Azure and GCP• Design secure, scalable architectures across Azure (primary) and GCP (secondary), covering compute, networking, identity, governance, storage, data, and modernization• Translate complex business needs into clear technical roadmaps, solution outlines, and recommendation decks that differentiate Myriad360• Create solution proposals, SOWs, pricing models, architecture diagrams, and executive-ready technical presentations• Collaborate with account executives to shape opportunities, influence client decision paths, and assist in qualification (MEDDIC/MEDDPICC alignment where relevant)• Guide clients on best-practice governance, RBAC cleanup, policy/blueprint enforcement, identity modernization, and secure configuration baselines• Advise clients evaluating hybrid/multi-cloud workloads, especially Azure + GCP combinations (AI/ML, analytics, container workloads, modernization pathways)• Ensure smooth project handoff with detailed design notes, scope clarification, and solution validation to minimize delivery risk• Deeply track advances in Azure AI, GCP AI/Vertex, container orchestration (AKS/GKE), FinOps practices, and zero-trust cloud security• Develop reusable templates, solution patterns, battlecards, and internal enablement to scale Myriad360's Cloud presales engine• Complete ongoing security awareness training and comply with company policies to the requirements section• Identify and escalate security risks to the appropriate Executive Leadership Team member and actively contribute to remediation efforts• Other duties as assignedDesired skills and experience:• 5–8 years hands-on experience in Azure architecture (governance, identity, networking, compute, landing zones, security)• Working experience with GCP—especially IAM, container orchestration (GKE), and analytics/BigQuery is preferred• Strong ability to articulate cost optimization, migration strategy, modernization, and cloud governance• Experience writing SOWs, level-of-effort estimates, and technical proposals• Excellent communication and executive-presence during client workshops and presentations• Cloud certifications highly preferred (AZ-305, AZ-500, AZ-104, (optional)GCPProfessional Cloud Architect))A Little About UsOur mission is to challenge and enable our employees to achieve great things.We live and breathe our core values:• We Before Me: We demonstrate empathy through our actions and solicit diverse voices and opinions. We put ourselves in each other's shoes, readily admit our mistakes, and generously share our time and knowledge. • Dare To Be Great: We are big-picture thinkers who focus on solutions to problems. We solicit and offer actionable feedback to others without hesitation. We embrace opportunities to improve ourselves, our teams, and our work. We aim to be the best of the best.• Own It: We set clear expectations, communicate proactively, and follow through on our commitments. We take pride in the experiences we create and the outcomes we deliver. We are personally invested in the success of our team and our clients. We iterate to deliver ever better results. We are consistently listed among Inc & Crain's "Best Places to Work" and we're proud of our accessible & engaged executive team. We believe in cultivating an atmosphere of inclusion and providing an environment that enables every employee to work to the best of their ability.Some ofOur Benefits• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)• Incentive compensation plans for all employees• Company-funded 401k contributions• Zero-cost employer-covered health insurance• Annual BYOD (BringYour Own Device) reimbursement up to $500• Paid Parental Leave• Transparent, candid culture with 1:1 coaching, performance reviews, and a consistent feedback loop• Quirky, diverse, respectful, high-performing coworkers you'll want to achieve greatness with! Pursuant to the NYC Pay Transparency Law, the base salary range in New York City for this position is $250- $300 OTE, plus opportunities for bonus and/or commission.Compensation in other geographies may vary. Myriad360 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply tot his job