Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Job Summary

Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Roles and

Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering

• Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS.
• Define cloud adoption strategies, landing zones, governance frameworks, and operational best practices.
• Build highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud architectures.
• Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives from on-premises to AWS.
• Establish reference architectures and cloud engineering standards.

AWS Infrastructure Management

• Architect and manage AWS services including:
• VPC, Transit Gateway, Route53
• EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda
• S3, EFS, FSx
• RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora
• CloudFront, API Gateway
• CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config
• IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager

GitOps & Infrastructure as Code

• Establish GitOps-driven deployment models using:
• ArgoCD
• FluxCD
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• Jenkins
• AWS CloudFormation
• Terragrunt
• Ansible
• Build automated provisioning and deployment frameworks.

Containerization & Kubernetes

• Architect container platforms using:
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Amazon EKS

Cloud Security & Compliance

• Define and enforce cloud security architecture and controls.
• Implement DevSecOps practices across CI/CD pipelines.
• Configure:
• AWS Security Hub
• GuardDuty
• WAF
• Inspector
• Macie

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Provide technical leadership to cloud engineering teams.
• Mentor architects, engineers, and DevOps professionals.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, security teams, and business stakeholders.
• Lead architecture reviews and cloud governance councils.

Mandatory Skills and Qualification

• 10-20 years of overall IT experience.
• Minimum 7+ years in Cloud Architecture and Platform Engineering.
• Minimum 5+ years designing and managing AWS environments.
• Hands-on experience in large-scale containerized platforms and Kubernetes.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.

Preferred Certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)