Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Cloud Architect with 8+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure and solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), along with hands-on experience in cloud architecture, migration, security, networking, automation, and cost optimization.

The Cloud Architect will be responsible for defining cloud strategies, developing architectural blueprints, guiding engineering teams, ensuring compliance with security standards, and delivering reliable, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions aligned with business objectives.

- Cloud Architecture and Design

Design and implement scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient cloud architectures.

Develop cloud architecture blueprints, reference architectures, technical designs, and implementation standards.

Evaluate business and technical requirements and recommend appropriate cloud solutions.

Design cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, and multi-cloud architectures based on organizational needs.

Define best practices for infrastructure provisioning, workload deployment, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

Ensure cloud solutions meet performance, availability, scalability, and reliability requirements.

- Cloud Platform Management

Architect and manage cloud solutions using one or more platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.

Design and manage cloud compute, storage, networking, database, and application services.

Implement cloud networking components, including virtual networks, subnets, routing, VPNs, private connectivity, load balancers, and firewalls.

Design identity and access management solutions using least-privilege principles.

Implement cloud monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management solutions.

Establish cloud resource provisioning standards and governance policies.

- Cloud Migration and Modernization

Lead cloud migration initiatives involving applications, databases, infrastructure, and enterprise workloads.

Assess existing on-premises infrastructure and develop cloud migration strategies.

Plan and execute migration approaches such as rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, and modernization.

Identify opportunities to modernize legacy applications using containers, microservices, and serverless technologies.

Minimize downtime and business disruption during migration activities.

Validate migrated workloads for functionality, performance, security, and cost efficiency.

- Cloud Security and Compliance

Design and implement secure cloud architectures in accordance with organizational security policies and applicable compliance requirements.

Implement identity and access management, role-based access control, multifactor authentication, and privileged access management.

Define security controls for data encryption, secrets management, network segmentation, and vulnerability management.

Establish cloud security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response practices.





Support security assessments, audits, risk reviews, and remediation activities.

Apply relevant compliance frameworks and regulatory requirements based on business and industry needs.

- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Automation

Design and implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or equivalent tools.

Develop reusable infrastructure modules, templates, and deployment standards.

Automate cloud provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks.

Implement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.

Collaborate with DevOps teams to establish automated deployment and release processes.

Ensure infrastructure configurations are version-controlled, repeatable, and maintainable.

- DevOps, Containers, and Cloud-Native Technologies

Design cloud-native solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, and managed container platforms.

Provide architectural guidance for microservices, API integrations, and distributed applications.

Support CI/CD implementation using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.

Define deployment strategies such as blue-green deployments, canary releases, and rolling updates.

Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to improve release reliability and operational efficiency.

- High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Performance

Design high-availability architectures across availability zones and regions where required.

Develop disaster recovery strategies, backup policies, and business continuity plans.

Define recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) with business stakeholders.

Conduct disaster recovery testing and validate recovery procedures.

Monitor system performance and recommend improvements to availability, latency, and resource utilization.

Identify and address architectural bottlenecks and single points of failure.

- Cloud Cost Optimization and Governance

Develop cloud cost management and optimization strategies.

Analyze cloud consumption, identify unnecessary expenditure, and recommend cost-saving measures.

Implement resource tagging, budgeting, usage monitoring, and cost allocation practices.

Recommend appropriate resource sizing, autoscaling, and pricing models.

Establish cloud governance policies, guardrails, resource standards, and operational controls.

Balance cost optimization with security, availability, performance, and business requirements.

- Technical Leadership and Stakeholder Management

Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, and development teams.

Collaborate with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, security teams, and project managers.





Conduct architecture reviews, technical assessments, and design walkthroughs.

Document architectural decisions, technical standards, and implementation guidelines.

Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and recommend solutions that provide business value.

Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure and application architecture issues.

Mentor team members and promote cloud architecture best practices.

Required Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms: Strong hands-on expertise in at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or GCP.

Cloud Architecture: Experience designing enterprise-grade, scalable, secure, and highly available architectures.

Cloud Networking: VPC/VNet, subnets, routing, VPN, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and private connectivity.

Compute and Storage: Virtual machines, object storage, block storage, managed services, and autoscaling.

Identity and Security: IAM, RBAC, MFA, encryption, secrets management, and security monitoring.

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or similar technologies.

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, and managed container orchestration services.

DevOps and CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or equivalent tools.

Scripting and Automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.

Monitoring and Logging: Cloud-native monitoring, centralized logging, metrics, dashboards, and alerting.

Databases: Working knowledge of managed relational and NoSQL database services.

Resilience: Backup, disaster recovery, high availability, and business continuity planning.

Cost Management: Cloud billing analysis, resource optimization, budgeting, and governance.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Minimum of 8+ years of overall IT experience, with substantial experience in cloud infrastructure, cloud engineering, or solution architecture.

Proven experience designing and implementing production-grade cloud solutions.

Solid understanding of enterprise infrastructure, networking, security, and distributed systems.

Experience with cloud migration, modernization, automation, and operational management.

Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture and implementation plans.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience working with cross-functional engineering, security, infrastructure, and application teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Relevant cloud certifications, such as:

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.

Experience with enterprise-scale cloud adoption and governance frameworks.

Knowledge of FinOps principles and cloud financial management.

Experience with hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud implementations.

Familiarity with compliance standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, or other applicable regulatory frameworks.

Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and architecture documentation practices.

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