ETS
Sr. Cloud Architect
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ETS is hiring a Sr. Cloud Architect. The role involves designing and articulating scalable cloud architecture solutions aligned with business strategies, collaborating with multiple teams to ensure architectural integrity, and driving cloud technology initiatives to improve business processes and future-readiness.
Highlights
- Design and document scalable cloud architecture aligned with business needs.
- Collaborate with business units, research, and IT teams for solution development.
- Assess and guide future cloud technology directions and initiatives.
- Review and approve project deliverables for architectural soundness.
- Provide input for RFP responses using Function Point or Use Case Analysis.
- Maintain knowledge of cloud architecture methodologies, standards, and best practices.
- Required skills include cloud architecture design, SDLC experience, and software performance engineering.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field with 8 years of IT experience, including 3 years in cloud architecture.
- Salary range: $135,300/year to $202,900/year.
- Works with strategic business units and contributes to cloud strategy alignment and innovation.
Sr. Cloud Architect Full Description
Sr. Cloud Architect (ref# 6787)
- Job Tracking ID : 83080-367808
- Job Level : Any
- Level of Education : BA/BS
- Job Type : Full-Time/Regular
- Date Updated : 03/13/2026
- Years of Experience : Not Applicable
- Will this position have direct reports? : No
- Salary : TBD
Job Description
About ETS:
ETS is a global education and talent solutions organization enabling lifelong learners worldwide to be future-ready. For more than 75 years, we've been advancing the science of measurement to build benchmarks for fair and valid skill assessment across cultures and borders. Our worldwide impact extends through our renowned assessments including TOEFL®, TOEIC®, GRE® and Praxis® tests, serving millions of learners in more than 200 countries and territories. Through strategic acquisitions, we've expanded our global capabilities: PSI strengthens our workforce assessment solutions, while Edusoft, Kira Talent, Pipplet, Vericant, and Wheebox enhance our educational technology and assessment platforms across critical markets worldwide.
Through ETS Research Institute and ETS Solutions, we're partnering with educational institutions, governments, and organizations globally to promote skill proficiency, empower upward mobility, and unlock opportunities for everyone, everywhere. With offices and partners across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, we deliver nearly 50 million tests annually. Join us in our journey of measuring progress to power human progress worldwide.
Articulate and document a solution architecture vision. Create solution architectures that are leverage-able for future re-use. Seek opportunities to leverage existing IT solutions for new business offerings and services. Align Cloud solutions with business functions to improve flexibility, facilitate large scale reuse, and improve comprehensibility and visibility of IT’s value to the business. Partner with business, Research and other FCE (Functional Centers of Excellence) and IT teams in designing Cloud solutions that match the needs of the business. Assess and formulate future architecture and technology direction for Cloud solutions. Identify enterprise Cloud solution/technology initiatives that are of value. Collaborate with other architects and teams in execution of the initiatives. Review and approve project deliverables to ensure that they are architecturally sound and meet business needs. Work with Principal Architects to provide input and assistance from a solution design perspective to the RFP response team for cost estimation using Function Point or Use Case Analysis. Influence business strategy by explaining the capabilities of the Cloud architecture to management and the SBUs (Strategic Business Units). Maintain a broad business understanding including customer and market trends. Contribute to future vision and strategy by conducting research and proof of concepts. Maintain a broad knowledge of new technical tools and trends and apply those tools to improving business processes. Map business capabilities and services to Cloud solutions, and plan Cloud solutions for future business opportunities. Lead the alignment of business strategy to Cloud strategy, in ways that adhere to Cloud maxims. Seek opportunities to leverage existing Cloud solutions for new business offerings and services. Improve processes, technologies, applications to provide best value to business. Establish standards in best practice design patterns and pitfalls to ensure that Cloud solutions perform to expectations. Partner with development teams to develop and enhance detailed application designs and interfaces. Facilitate cross team and cross component collaboration.
*May telecommute to Princeton, NJ from any U.S. location.
ETS is a global education and talent solutions organization enabling lifelong learners worldwide to be future-ready. For more than 75 years, we've been advancing the science of measurement to build benchmarks for fair and valid skill assessment across cultures and borders. Our worldwide impact extends through our renowned assessments including TOEFL®, TOEIC®, GRE® and Praxis® tests, serving millions of learners in more than 200 countries and territories. Through strategic acquisitions, we've expanded our global capabilities: PSI strengthens our workforce assessment solutions, while Edusoft, Kira Talent, Pipplet, Vericant, and Wheebox enhance our educational technology and assessment platforms across critical markets worldwide.
Through ETS Research Institute and ETS Solutions, we're partnering with educational institutions, governments, and organizations globally to promote skill proficiency, empower upward mobility, and unlock opportunities for everyone, everywhere. With offices and partners across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, we deliver nearly 50 million tests annually. Join us in our journey of measuring progress to power human progress worldwide.
Articulate and document a solution architecture vision. Create solution architectures that are leverage-able for future re-use. Seek opportunities to leverage existing IT solutions for new business offerings and services. Align Cloud solutions with business functions to improve flexibility, facilitate large scale reuse, and improve comprehensibility and visibility of IT’s value to the business. Partner with business, Research and other FCE (Functional Centers of Excellence) and IT teams in designing Cloud solutions that match the needs of the business. Assess and formulate future architecture and technology direction for Cloud solutions. Identify enterprise Cloud solution/technology initiatives that are of value. Collaborate with other architects and teams in execution of the initiatives. Review and approve project deliverables to ensure that they are architecturally sound and meet business needs. Work with Principal Architects to provide input and assistance from a solution design perspective to the RFP response team for cost estimation using Function Point or Use Case Analysis. Influence business strategy by explaining the capabilities of the Cloud architecture to management and the SBUs (Strategic Business Units). Maintain a broad business understanding including customer and market trends. Contribute to future vision and strategy by conducting research and proof of concepts. Maintain a broad knowledge of new technical tools and trends and apply those tools to improving business processes. Map business capabilities and services to Cloud solutions, and plan Cloud solutions for future business opportunities. Lead the alignment of business strategy to Cloud strategy, in ways that adhere to Cloud maxims. Seek opportunities to leverage existing Cloud solutions for new business offerings and services. Improve processes, technologies, applications to provide best value to business. Establish standards in best practice design patterns and pitfalls to ensure that Cloud solutions perform to expectations. Partner with development teams to develop and enhance detailed application designs and interfaces. Facilitate cross team and cross component collaboration.
*May telecommute to Princeton, NJ from any U.S. location.
Experience and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field plus 8 years of experience in Information Technology. 8 years of experience must include at least 3 years of experience in Cloud Architecture and application design. Experience must include the following skills: Cloud Architecture methodologies, standards and best practices; full software development lifecycle (SDLC) experience; software Performance Engineering practice and consultation; Rich and varied IT solutions design and development experience; architecture principles and frameworks.
Salary range: $135,300/year - $202,900/year
ETS is mission driven and action oriented
- We are passionate about hiring innovative thinkers who believe in the promise of education and lifelong learning.
- We are energized by cultivating growth, innovation, and continuous transformation for the next generation of rising professionals as leaders. Â In support of this ETS offers multiple Business Resource Groups (BRG) for you to learn and advance your career growth!
- As a not-for-profit organization we will encourage you to lean in to your passion for volunteering. Â At ETS you may qualify for up to an additional 8 hours of PTO for volunteer work on causes that are important to you!
- The base salary range advertised represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base pay is only one aspect of the Total Rewards Package that will be offered to the successful candidate.
ETS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe in creating a work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.
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