Infrastructure Technical Architect

Job Responsibilities

Advisory& Pre-SalesCycles

• Partner with sales,presalesandaccount teams to engage customers, understand business challenges, and translate them into technical solutions.

• Design and present proposals, including high-level and low-level solution designs (HLD/LLD).

• Provide technical input to RFP responses, Statements of Work (SOWs), and cost/benefit analyses.

• Support upselling and cross-selling opportunities with existing customers.

Design &Delivery

• The incumbent will Architect,implement,andoptimizehybridcloudandon-premisessolutionsacrossAzure, AWS andVMware.

• Leadmigrations,datacentertransformations, backup/DRsolutions,andworkloadcontainerization.

• Ensurealignmentwithsecurity,compliance,andgovernanceframeworks.

• Createtechnicaldocumentation,includingarchitecturediagrams,runbooks,andoperationalguides.

CustomerSuccess&Transformation

• Drivecontinuousimprovementinitiatives,helpingcustomersmodernizeandoptimizetheirenvironments.

• Leadtransitionandtransformationprograms,includingriskassessment,mitigationplanning,andexecutionoversight.

• Providepost-implementationsupportandknowledgetransfertocustomerandinternalteams.

Collaboration&KnowledgeSharing

• Act as asubjectmatterexpert forHybridCloud&Infrastructure,supportinginternalcapabilitybuilding.

• Delivertraining,mentoring,andknowledge-sharingsessionsforcolleaguesandpartners.

• Collaboratewithtechnologypartnerstodesignjointsolutionsthatenhanceourserviceofferings.

Qualifications&Experience

Education:Bachelor'sdegreein ComputerScience, Engineering, or arelatedfield.

Certifications(preferred, atleastone):

• MicrosoftCertified:AzureSolutionsArchitectExpert (AZ-305)

• AWSSolutionsArchitect- Professional

• GoogleCloudProfessionalCloudArchitect

Experience:

• 7+yearsin ITInfrastructure,with3+yearsinhybridcloudarchitectureandconsultingroles.

• Hands-on designandimplementationofcloudanddatacentersolutions(Azure, AWS,VMware,Hyper-V,Nutanix,OpenStack).

• Proventrackrecordwithmulti-site ormulti-cloudprojects(e.g.,datacentermigrations, DRsolutions,hybridnetworking).

• Deliveryofmodernizationinitiatives:virtualization,containerization(Docker,Kubernetes,OpenShift),automation(Terraform,Ansible,CloudFormation).

• Experiencelinkingtechnologyoutcomestobusinessobjectives(agility, costoptimization,compliance).

• End-to-endprojectdelivery:scoping,planning,execution,andhandover.

TechnicalSkills

• Cloudplatforms:Azure, AWS (GCPdesirable).

• Cloudmodels:IaaS,PaaS,SaaS public, private,hybrid,andmulti-cloud.

• Virtualization&containerization:VMwarevSphere/ESXi,Hyper-V,Docker,Kubernetes(AKS, EKS, GKE,OpenShift).

• Identity&access: ActiveDirectory,AzureAD, IAM, MFA, SSO.

• Datacentertechnologies:compute,storage(SAN, NAS,object),networking(SD-WAN,VLANs,firewalls).

• Backup,disasterrecovery,andhigh-availabilityarchitectures.

• Cloudgovernance,security,compliance,andcost management.

SoftSkills

• Strongcommunicationandpresentationskillsabletoengagetechnicalandbusinessstakeholders.

• Provenabilitytobuildandmaintainlong-termcustomerrelationships.

• Strategicthinkerwithhands-onexecutioncapability.

• Abilitytoleadcross-functionalteamsandmentorpeers.