Principal Cloud Architect

We are seeking a Principal Architect to join our client-facing delivery teams and lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale, cloud-native solutions. In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to define architecture strategy and drive high-impact AWS implementations.

You will play a key role in solution architecture, technical leadership, and strategic consulting, while contributing to reusable frameworks, best practices, and innovation across our cloud ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Strategy

- Design and architect scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions on AWS
- Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical architectures and roadmaps
- Lead discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and solution design discussions
- Define long-term cloud strategy and modernization approaches

Technical Leadership & Delivery

- Act as a technical advisor and thought leader across multiple engagements
- Provide architectural direction across design, build, and delivery phases
- Guide teams through complex technical challenges and ensure delivery excellence
- Ensure adherence to best practices across scalability, performance, and security

Cloud & Platform Engineering

- Architect solutions leveraging AWS services such as:
- API Gateway, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, CloudFront
- Design and implement serverless and distributed architectures
- Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK)
- Enable DevOps practices including CI/CD, automation, and containerization

Stakeholder Engagement & Pre-Sales

- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business goals and define solution approaches
- Support pre-sales through architecture design, estimation, and proposal inputs




- Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Identify risks and provide strategic recommendations for mitigation

Mentorship & Practice Development

- Mentor architects and engineers, driving technical excellence across teams
- Contribute to standards, reusable assets, and reference architectures
- Support internal capability building and knowledge sharing initiatives
- Represent the organization through strong technical leadership and delivery quality

Requirements Required Qualifications & Skills

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred)
- 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Architect, preferably in consulting environments
- Strong expertise in:
- AWS cloud architecture and services Serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, etc.)

Distributed systems and cloud-native design patterns

- Hands-on experience with:
- Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK) DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate)

- Robust understanding of:
- Cloud security, networking, and API design Scalability, reliability, and performance optimization

- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working in client-facing and consulting roles

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

- Experience with:

Cloud migrations and modernization programs Multi-cloud environments

Scripting (Python, Bash, etc.)

Incident, release, and change management

- Familiarity with Agile delivery environments
- Experience contributing to technical thought leadership

Signs You May Be a Great Fit

- Impact: Drive high-impact cloud solutions for enterprise clients
- Culture: Thrive in a collaborative, high-ownership, and consulting-driven environment
- Growth: Access continuous learning and leadership opportunities
- Benefits: Competitive compensation, flexible work, and growth-focused cu

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