JOB TITLE: Cloud Solution Architect – Applications

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

- The Cloud Solution Architect – Applications is responsible for leading the design, delivery, and
- architecture of cloud-native application solutions on AWS, leveraging services such as Amazon EKS, AWS, Lambda, API Gateway, AWS CDK, and Amazon Bedrock.
- This individual demonstrates strong technical leadership, deep cloud architecture expertise, and a service-oriented mindset to deliver scalable, secure and modern application platforms.
- Responsibilities include defining application architecture strategy, standards, governance, and best
- practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise cloud strategy.
- This role collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, develop, modernize, and optimize applications leveraging microservices, serverless and AI-enabled capabilities.
- The architect ensures solutions are highly available, secure, scalable, and cost optimized, while
- supporting enterprise digital transformation initiatives and long-term architecture goals.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY: Will lead architecture and provide technical guidance to a team of engineers and developers across application platforms.

SPECIFIC DUTIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Application Architecture & Cloud Design.
- Define and maintain enterprise application architecture using AWS services including EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CDK, and Bedrock.
- Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud-native solutions.
- Establish architecture patterns (microservices, serverless, API-first, event-driven).
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and cloud strategy.
- Cloud-Native Application Enablement.




- Architect and guide implementation of container-based applications using Amazon EKS Design serverless solutions using AWS Lambda and event-driven patterns.
- Enable API-driven architectures using API Gateway.
- Promote reusable frameworks and standard design patterns.
- Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using AWS CDK.
- Establish CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployment.
- Promote GitOps practices for Kubernetes (EKS) environments.
- Design highly available, fault-tolerant application architectures.
- Optimize performance and cost (auto-scaling, compute optimization, concurrency control).
- Implement monitoring and observability using AWS-native tools.
- Define SLAs, KPIs, and system health metrics.
- Data Lake Architecture & Enablement.
- Design and implement data lake architectures for centralized storage of raw and diverse datasets.
- Enable schema-on-read and ELT-based processing models to support flexible analytics and AI use cases.
- Support advanced use cases including machine learning, GenAI, and large-scale analytics workloads.
- Ensure scalable and cost-effective storage using cloud object storage platforms.
- Implement governance frameworks to prevent data quality issues and ensure discoverability.
- Ensure secure architecture using IAM, encryption, network isolation, and API security.
- Enforce authentication, authorization, and data protection standards.




- Align solutions with enterprise security policies and compliance requirements.
- Establish governance for application, API, and AI workloads.
- Ensure integrations comply with security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
- Enforce data privacy, encryption, and access control standards.
- Support audits by providing documentation, logs, and integration controls.
- Maintain integration documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams.

BASIC QUALIFICIATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience in related field
- 12+ years of technical experience with cloud and application architecture
- 10+ years of experience designing AWS-based application solutions

Strong experience with:

- Amazon EKS (Kubernetes)
- AWS Lambda (serverless architecture)
- API Gateway (API lifecycle management)
- AWS CDK (Infrastructure as Code)
- Amazon Bedrock (AI/GenAI application integration)
- Solid understanding of microservices, APIs (REST/GraphQL), and integration patterns
- Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Proven experience driving cloud-native application modernization

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional preferred).
- Experience with event-driven architectures (EventBridge, SQS, SNS).
- Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices.
- Experience integrating with enterprise systems (SAP, middleware platforms preferred).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working in cross-functional and global teams.
- Proven ability to drive large-scale transformation initiatives.

📌 Cloud Solution Architect – Applications (Bengaluru)
🏢 GyanSys
📍 Bengaluru