Cloud Architect – AWS / Azure

Position Summary

The Cloud Architect is responsible for the architecture, design, governance, and operational excellence of enterprise cloud platforms. This role partners closely with application development, infrastructure, security, and product teams to design and deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and automated cloud solutions across AWS and Azure environments.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Design

• Define target-state cloud architectures and reference architecture standards.

• Design highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure.

• Drive the adoption of cloud-native technologies and cloud modernization initiatives.

• Review application architectures to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.

Platform Engineering

• Architect and maintain Kubernetes platforms, including Amazon EKS and Azure AKS.

• Develop reusable infrastructure patterns using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Establish platform standards, governance controls, and operational guardrails.

• Drive platform automation and enable self-service capabilities.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

• Define reliability, availability, and performance objectives.

• Lead proactive resilience engineering and capacity planning initiatives.

• Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and incident response capabilities.

• Conduct operational readiness reviews and provide production support guidance.

CI/CD & DevOps

• Design and govern CI/CD solutions using Harness, GitHub Enterprise, Artifactory, and related tools.

• Establish deployment standards and release automation strategies.

• Enable secure and reliable software delivery pipelines.

• Partner with development teams to improve deployment reliability and delivery velocity.

Resilience Engineering

• Define testing standards for failure scenarios and recovery validation.

• Develop reliability dashboards and governance processes.

Cloud Security & Compliance

• Collaborate with security teams to establish and maintain cloud security controls.

• Support the implementation of workload protection and compliance requirements.

• Evaluate cloud security tools and cloud-native security capabilities.

• Ensure cloud architectures align with enterprise risk management and audit requirements.

Technical Leadership

• Provide architectural guidance to engineering and operations teams.

• Mentor engineers and fellow architects.

• Lead technical architecture reviews and design workshops.

• Drive strategic cloud transformation initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• AWS and/or Azure cloud architecture

• Kubernetes platforms, including EKS, AKS, and OpenShift

• Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platforms

• CI/CD technologies, including Harness, GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, and related tools

• Linux administration

• Cloud networking and security

• Observability tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, and Grafana

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including SLIs, SLOs, and incident management

• Enterprise architecture and governance

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with large-scale enterprise cloud environments

• Background in financial services or other regulated industries

• Multi-cloud architecture experience

• Understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Platform engineering and developer enablement

• Cloud security and compliance frameworks

Leadership Expectations

• Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy.

• Influence cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.

• Balance innovation, risk, reliability, and operational efficiency.

• Serve as a technical escalation point for critical platform issues.

Language Requirements

• Advanced English proficiency is mandatory for this position.