Cloud Architect

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design end to end cloud architectures across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms.
• Develop cloud solution blueprints, reference architectures, and high level/low level designs.
• Ensure solutions follow best practices for scalability, performance, reliability, and cost optimization.
• Serve as the technical lead for cloud migration, modernization, and transformation projects.
• Guide engineering teams in implementing cloud-native solutions such as microservices, containers, and serverless technologies.
• Provide deep technical expertise across compute, networking, storage, identity, security, and DevOps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical designs.
• Present architectural recommendations, design justification, and solution trade-offs.
• Act as a trusted advisor on cloud strategy, adoption frameworks, and best practices.
• Ensure solutions comply with organizational security, regulatory, and governance standards.
• Implement identity and access management, encryption, networking security, and policy controls.
• Support the setup of cost governance and cloud landing zone frameworks.

Mandatory Skills (must-have for this role)

These are essential technical and professional capabilities directly tied to delivering the responsibilities:

1. Cloud Platforms Expertise

• Deep experience with IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Ability to design end-to-end cloud architectures.

1. Cloud Solution Design

• Experience developing solution blueprints, reference architectures, and high-level/low-level designs.
• Knowledge of scalability, performance, reliability, and cost optimization best practices.

1. Cloud Migration & Modernization

• Hands-on experience leading cloud migration, modernization, and transformation projects.
• Familiarity with lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting approaches.

1. Cloud-Native Technologies

• Expertise with microservices, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and serverless architectures.

1. Core Cloud Domains

• Compute, networking, storage, identity, security, and DevOps.
• Implementing identity & access management (IAM), encryption, network security, and policy controls.

1. Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Ability to gather requirements, present technical recommendations, and justify design decisions.
• Serve as a technical lead or trusted advisor.

1. Governance & Compliance

• Understanding of security, regulatory, and governance standards in cloud environments.
• Experience setting up cost governance and cloud landing zone frameworks.

Secondary / Nice-to-Have Skills

These are valuable but not always mandatory:

1. Cross-Cloud or Hybrid Experience

• Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures.

1. Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar tools.

1. Monitoring & Observability

• Knowledge of cloud monitoring, logging, and performance management tools.

1. Soft Skills

• Strong communication, presentation, and advisory skills.
• Ability to influence non-technical stakeholders and guide engineering teams.

1. Cost Optimization Tools

• Familiarity with cloud cost management and FinOps practices.