Role : 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).
- 9 years of experience as a Cloud Architect, preferably in consulting environments.
- Robust expertise in AWS cloud architecture and services, Serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, etc.), and Distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK), DevOps practices, and Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate).
- Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, API design, scalability, 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, multi-cloud environments, scripting (Python, Bash), and incident/release management.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery environments.

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 culture.

📌 Principal Cloud Architect - AWS (India)
🏢 IntelliArcAI
📍 India