Primary Purpose:

- Own the Cloud & DevOps architecture strategy across Stolt-Nielsen.
- Define target-state architecture, standards, governance, and best practices for Azure, DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, observability, and platform engineering.
- Ensure cloud platforms are secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-productive.
- Act as the technical authority for Cloud & DevOps, partnering with Engineering Managers on technical direction and architecture decisions.
- Guide divisional teams to align with enterprise cloud standards and target architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Platform Architecture:

- Define and maintain Azure cloud architecture, landing zones, governance, and standards aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
- Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, reusable modules, and automation standards.
- Establish observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, SRE, and operational excellence practices.

Security, FinOps & Enterprise Architecture:

- Embed security-by-design, identity management, and governance controls into cloud platforms.
- Own cloud cost optimization, FinOps practices, and consumption governance.
- Contribute to enterprise architecture standards, technology roadmaps, and EAM tooling.





Technical Leadership:

- Provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, and mentoring to engineering teams.
- Partner with Engineering Managers to establish engineering standards and quality benchmarks.
- Evaluate cloud platforms, tools, and vendors, supporting build-vs-buy and investment decisions.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Master's preferred).
- 10+ years in Cloud, Infrastructure, DevOps Engineering, or Architecture.
- Strong Azure architecture experience, including:
- Landing Zones
- Networking
- Governance
- Cloud Adoption Framework

- Hands-on expertise in:

- CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions
- Bicep / Terraform

- Experience with:

- Observability & Monitoring
- SRE Practices
- Cloud Security & IAM
- FinOps & Cost Optimization

- Experience leading cloud modernization and on-premises to cloud migrations.

Top Technical Skills:

- Azure Cloud Architecture
- Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
- Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform)
- CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
- SRE, Observability & Cloud Governance

📌 Principal Architect - Cloud And Devops (Hyderabad)
🏢 Stolt-Nielsen Digital Innovation Centre
📍 Hyderabad