Cloud Architect

Summary

Join our team as a 100% remote Cloud Architect, based in the EU or UK, supporting the strategic direction of cloud infrastructure and delivering high-quality service to 600+ global customers. You will lead multiple teams of cloud engineers, focusing on innovative product lifecycle management. This role reports to the Director, Cloud Services and offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including remote work flexibility and opportunities for professional growth. You will be responsible for designing cloud-native solutions, collaborating with other architects, and driving architectural decisions. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in cloud architecture, DevOps, and a strong understanding of GCP or AWS.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, MCA, or a related field
• Minimum 12 years of experience in architecture, dev ops, and cloud ops roles within a software or services company
• Subject matter level expertise on GCP or AWS - Network & Security, Compute & Storage, Backup & DR, Monitoring, Governance & Cost Management, migration, DevOps
• Rich experience in Migration projects and good knowledge of migration tools (native and third party) like Cloud Endure, and MGN
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
• Infrastructure automation through DevOps scripting (E.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation etc)
• Configuration management using Ansible and/or Chef/Puppet, Shell, PowerShell
• Implementing experience with primary Cloud services GCP (GCE, GPD, API Gateway, Route53) or AWS (EC2, ELB, ECS, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, Route53 & S3)
• Deep hands-on experience leading the design, development and deployment of business software at scale
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and docker administration (EKS and ECS)
• Good architect ural knowledge to design, build Cloud Native solutions and integrating 3rd party tools required for customer delivery/ Cloud estate
• Experience in PaaS services like RDS, Lambda, API gateway, Redshift, Glue etc
• Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior IT executives and growing data services in large or highly strategic accounts
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
• Proven track record of driving decisions collaboratively
• Resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (Senior Executives, IT management and developers)
• AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional , GCP Professional Cloud Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification

Responsibilities

• Understand customers' cloud estate, LOB applications, IT and business priorities, and success measures to design implementation architect ures and cloud-native solutions
• Collaborate with network, security, and application architect s and SMEs to develop enterprise-grade solutions
• Develop innovative solutions to complex business and technology problems
• Draft technical solutions for migration, multi-account multi-region deployments, modern architect ure, GCP or AWS Landing zone, and control tower
• Keeping up to date with market trends and competitive insights and maintaining technical skills and knowledge
• Draft hybrid connectivity and networking landscape for the clients onboarding to AWS
• Advocate new features and solutions to bring operational efficiency and cost reduction
• Drive architect ural decisions from Infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation lens
• Develop deep relationships with key customer IT decision-makers
• Define long-term cloud strategy and enhancement roadmap
• Develop test plans and test cases to demonstrate application/database readiness post-migration or greenfield deployment
• Work closely with application teams to ensure business functionality and SLAs are met
• Consult for the optimal design of environments, analyze complex distributed production deployments, and make recommendations to optimize performance
• Act as a subject-matter expert on GCP or AWS and assist Sales/Pre-Sales in RFP activities
• Cloud Engineering SME with ultimate ownership of all private and public cloud-based hosting solutions
• Continuous Improvement - Driven to lead self, clients, and teams with an appetite to lead modern digital trends and cutting-edge technologies
• Improve and maintain cloud engineering best practices and guidelines
• Manage budget, resourcing, and strategic expenditures to ensure the delivery of effective, efficient, and predictable operations
• Provide strong leadership and mentoring including professional and personal development for team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in containerization – Docker and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in any development language like python
• Data analysis pipelines knowledge (Glue, EMR, Redshift, DMS, Kinesis) etc

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• Opportunity to work remotely with a dedicated and motivated team
• A remote work environment built on collaboration, flexibility, and respect
• Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset