Cloud Architect

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures across major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Lead cloud solution design sessions, translating business requirements into technical architectures.
• Define and implement cloud governance, security policies, identity management, and compliance controls.
• Oversee migration of applications, workloads, and data from on‑premises environments to the cloud.
• Optimize cloud environments for cost efficiency, performance, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and automated deployment frameworks.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues and provide guidance on performance tuning and reliability improvements.
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture documentation, reference architectures, diagrams, and standards.
• Evaluate new cloud services, technologies, and tools, providing recommendations aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Mentor technical teams and contribute to building cloud engineering best practices within the organization.

2. Experience and Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing and implementing cloud solutions
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with professional‑level certifications preferred.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security architecture, IAM, VPC design, load balancing, and zero‑trust principles.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Pulumi, etc.).
• Experience integrating DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, or GKE), and automation.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and API‑driven design.
• Strong familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and solution‑presentation skills.