Cloud Architect

Job Title: Cloud Architect / Principal Cloud Architect

Experience: 15+ Years

Work Mode: Noida (On-Site)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Overview

Cloud Architect

technical authority

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Governance

• Architect

  large-scale, secure, reliable, and compliant cloud solutions

  across AWS and multi-cloud environments.
• Design and govern

  multi-cloud landing zones

  , workload placement strategies, interoperability, and account/subscription structures.
• Lead

  cloud modernization initiatives

  leveraging microservices, containers, and cloud-native design patterns.
• Define enterprise architecture standards across

  compute, networking, storage, IAM, automation, and data services

  .
• Drive

  architecture governance

  through HLD/LLD reviews, ADRs, and design forums.

High Availability, Disaster Recovery & Backup

• Define and own

  HA/DR strategies

  , including regional and multi-region failover models.
• Establish

  RPO/RTO objectives

  , cross-region replication, and automated recovery workflows.
• Design and manage

  snapshot lifecycle policies

  , backup, and restore strategies across

  cloud and hybrid environments

  .
• Implement and govern backup technologies including

  Velero, cloud-native backup services, and hybrid backup solutions

  .

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering

• Architect

  multi-region Kubernetes platforms

  (EKS/AKS/GKE) with strong governance and security controls.
• Design and implement

  service mesh architectures

  (Istio, Consul) and

  zero-trust networking

  models.
• Define platform-level

  observability standards

  covering logs, metrics, traces, SLIs, and SLOs.
• Partner with

  DevOps and SRE teams

  to drive CI/CD, GitOps, platform automation, and reliability engineering practices.

Integration, Messaging & Streaming

• Architect event-driven and integration solutions using

  Kafka, message queues, and streaming platforms

  .
• Define scalable, fault-tolerant messaging architectures supporting real-time and asynchronous workloads.

FinOps, Leadership & Enablement

• Support

  cloud cost governance

  , optimization strategies, and

  chargeback/showback models

  .
• Lead

  architecture reviews, proof-of-concepts (PoCs)

  , and creation of

  reference architectures and blueprints

  .
• Mentor architects and senior engineers, fostering best practices in cloud-native design and platform engineering.
• Collaborate closely with

  security teams

  to implement IAM guardrails, CSPM/CWPP controls, and compliance automation.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• 15+ years

  of experience in

  enterprise IT and cloud architecture

  .
• Deep expertise in

  AWS

  , including compute, networking, IAM, storage, and serverless services.
• Strong experience designing

  multi-cloud architectures and landing zones

  .
• Advanced

  Kubernetes architecture

  expertise (multi-region, service mesh, governance, and security).
• Proven experience with

  HA/DR design

  , cross-region replication, and snapshot orchestration.
• Hands-on knowledge of

  backup and recovery technologies

  (Velero, cloud-native, hybrid solutions).
• Strong experience in

  hybrid-cloud networking

  : Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, VPN, TGW, SD-WAN.
• Expertise in

  cloud security architecture

  , including CSPM/CWPP tools and zero-trust models.
• Strong understanding of

  SRE concepts

  : SLIs/SLOs, automation, resilience testing, chaos engineering.
• Experience architecting

  Kafka and streaming integrations

  .
• Proven implementation of

  observability pipelines

  (logs, metrics, traces).
• Strong

  Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  skills using

  Terraform and CloudFormation

  .
• Excellent documentation skills:

  HLD, LLD, ADRs

  , and architecture governance leadership.

Good-to-Have

• Experience with

  AI/ML platforms

  or

  large-scale data ecosystems

  .
• Exposure to advanced analytics, data lakes, and streaming data platforms.