Cloud Architect

Location : Gurgaon / Bangalore

Experience: 7 - 15 years

Required Technical Skills Set

1. core services:

• Compute: EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda
• Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
• Networking: VPC, ALB/NLB, Route 53, CloudFront
• Databases: Aurora PostGreSQL

2. Experience designing highly available and fault-tolerant architectures

3. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC): CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK

4. Good understanding of security best practices: IAM, KMS, WAF, Shield

5. Experience with monitoring and logging: CloudWatch, X-Ray

6. Familiarity with containerization: Docker, ECS, EKS

7. Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines

Cloud & Architecture

8. Strong understanding of Well-Architected Framework

9. Knowledge of microservices and serverless architectures

10. Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud integrations (nice to have)

Must Have

1. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
2. Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
3. Problem-solving and analytical mindset
4. Leadership and mentoring capabilities

Good To have

1. Experience in regulated industries (Banking, Financial Services)

2. Exposure to data services (Redshift, Glue, Athena)

3. Cost optimization and FinOps experience

4. Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud integrations

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Design and architect end-to-end AWS cloud solutions aligned with business and technical requirements

2. Define cloud reference architectures, infrastructure patterns, and design standards

3. Lead cloud migration initiatives (re-host, re-platform, re-architect)

4. Implement and review security, scalability, availability, and cost-optimization strategies

5. Provide technical leadership during application development, deployment, and operations

6. Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, automation, and IaC

7. Conduct architecture reviews and provide recommendations for modernization

8. Support pre-sales, RFP responses, and solution design (if applicable)

9. Mentor and guide junior architects and engineers

10. Ensure compliance with organizational, regulatory, and industry standards