Cloud Solutions Architect
Venkatesh AndeUnited StatesSENIORPosted 11d ago
Cloud ArchitectureAWS/Azure/GCPInfrastructure as CodeCloud Security ArchitectureCloud NetworkingIdentity and Access ManagementMigration StrategyHigh Availability/Disaster RecoveryCost Optimization/FinOpsCI/CD IntegrationObservability/MonitoringArchitecture Governance
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to design secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions for enterprise environments. The ideal candidate will translate business and technical requirements into cloud architectures, migration strategies, and implementation roadmaps while establishing best practices for security, governance, automation, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
• Design cloud architectures aligned with business, application, security, and operational requirements.
• Define target-state solutions for cloud adoption, migration, modernization, and integration.
• Evaluate existing infrastructure and recommend appropriate cloud services and deployment patterns.
• Establish architecture standards, design principles, and governance controls.
• Develop reference architectures, diagrams, technical decisions, and implementation roadmaps.
• Guide infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams on networking, identity, resiliency, and automation.
• Evaluate scalability, availability, performance, security, and cost trade-offs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and define actionable technical solutions.
• Resolve architecture-level issues and cross-system design challenges.
• Review implementations for compliance with standards and identify optimization opportunities.
Requirements
• 9+ years of experience in cloud architecture.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Security Architecture, and Cloud Networking.
• Understanding of Identity and Access Management, Migration Strategy, and High Availability/Disaster Recovery.
• Familiarity with Cost Optimization/FinOps, CI/CD Integration, and Observability/Monitoring.
• Experience with Architecture Governance.
Preferred Qualifications
• Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Serverless and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Cloud landing zones and enterprise platform foundations.
• AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect certification.