Cloud Architect / Senior Cloud Solutions
- Lead complex cloud transformation and migration initiatives, ensuring business alignment, scalability, and operational excellence.
- Design and implement secure, resilient, and scalable cloud architectures across enterprise environments.
- Establish and enforce cloud governance frameworks, security policies, compliance standards, and cost optimization strategies.
- Drive the adoption of DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native best practices.
- Define and maintain cloud migration roadmaps, supporting the evolution of application portfolios and modernization programs.
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into effective cloud solutions.
- Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to architecture, engineering, and development teams.
- Ensure architecture decisions align with security, performance, availability, and business continuity requirements.
- Strong experience in software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native solution design.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or IBM Cloud.
- Proven expertise with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools, such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Solid experience designing and implementing microservices-based, highly available, and scalable architectures.
- Strong understanding of Secure SDLC principles and security integration within CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of cloud governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and architecture best practices.
- Experience supporting cloud adoption, modernization, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Ability to influence technical decisions and drive collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Nice to Have
- Cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent).
- Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
- Knowledge of FinOps practices and cloud cost management.
- Exposure to enterprise integration patterns, API management, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience working in large-scale, highly regulated enterprise environments.