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

Principal Cloud Architect (15+ years)

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