Cloud Architect

Job Title: Principal Cloud Architect – Multi-Cloud | Kubernetes | Enterprise Architecture (15+ yrs)

Experience: 15+ years

Location Noida (On-Site)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Job Description

We are looking for a highly accomplished Principal Cloud Architect (15+ years) with deep expertise in designing and governing enterprise-scale, multi-cloud architectures. The ideal candidate has strong leadership capabilities, mastery over AWS/Azure/GCP platforms, and proven experience driving cloud modernization, Kubernetes platforms, HA/DR, automation, and cloud security at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Governance

• Architect secure, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions for enterprise workloads.
• Design multi-cloud landing zones, interoperability frameworks, and workload placement strategies.
• Lead cloud modernization initiatives using microservices, containers, service mesh, and cloud-native patterns.
• Define architecture across compute, networking, storage, IAM, automation, observability, and data services.
• Establish architecture governance, best practices, and technical standards.

HA/DR & Backup

• Define enterprise HA/DR architectures including RPO/RTO strategies, regional failover, and cross-region replication.
• Manage snapshot lifecycle, backup policies, and restore process across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Design scalable backup frameworks using Velero, cloud-native services, and hybrid solutions.

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering

• Architect multi-region Kubernetes platforms with service mesh (Istio/Consul), policy governance, and zero-trust networking.
• Define observability standards—logs, metrics, traces, SLIs/SLOs—for reliability engineering.
• Partner with DevOps/SRE teams to implement CI/CD, GitOps, IaC pipelines, and operational automation.

Integration & Messaging

• Architect large-scale integrations using Apache Kafka, Event streaming, message queues, and microservices patterns.
• Define event-driven architecture strategies across multi-cloud workloads.

FinOps & Leadership

• Drive cost governance, forecasting, and optimization through FinOps best practices.
• Establish chargeback/showback models and cloud consumption transparency.
• Lead architecture reviews, build reference architectures, and guide PoCs.
• Mentor engineering teams and collaborate with security to implement IAM guardrails, posture management, and compliance automation.

Must-Have Skills

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise cloud architecture.
• Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP (compute, networking, IAM, storage, serverless).
• Strong experience building multi-cloud landing zones and governance frameworks.
• Expert-level Kubernetes architecture experience (multi-region, mesh, governance, security).
• Advanced HA/DR architecture, cross-region replication, failover automation.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of backup technologies (Velero, cloud-native, hybrid).
• Hybrid networking expertise: Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, VPN, Transit Gateway, SD-WAN.
• Expertise in cloud security: IAM, CSPM, CWPP, guardrails, zero-trust.
• Experience with SRE practices: SLIs/SLOs, chaos engineering, observability standards.
• Expertise in Kafka, event streaming, and integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of observability stacks: metrics, logs, traces, pipelines.
• Hands-on IaC experience with Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Strong documentation skills: HLD, LLD, ADR, architecture frameworks.
• Strong leadership in cloud governance, standards, and cross-functional collaboration.

Good-to-Have

• Experience building AI/ML or large-scale data platforms.
• Relevant certifications:
• AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
• Azure Solutions Architect – Expert
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect