Lead Cloud Solutions Architect

Job Title: Lead Cloud Solutions Architect

Location: Vizag Experience

Level: 13 to 15+ Years

Job Type: Full-Time

Join our GDBT Team in Vizag

EISAI Global Digital Business Transformation (GDBT) centre in Vizag is our first truly global capability hub providing high quality IT capability services across the globe for various EISAI regions. The centre leverages internal critical technical competencies to engineer, build, secure, and operate consolidated cost optimized global infrastructure platforms supporting our human health care (hhc) mission.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, architect cloud-native solutions, and support the growth of our cloud modernization journey.

Key Responsibilities

· Design and implement secure, scalable and robust cloud infrastructure and platform services on AWS and Azure, adhering to Cloud and industry best practices

· Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) for the Cloud ecosystem using tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, ARM, Chef and Ansible

· Establishes Architecture technical design, engineering, and documentation standards as a reference for all new systems implementations and workload migrations

· Hands-on skills with Cloud computing, containers/orchestration, auto scaling, CI/CD and pipeline optimization

· Implement observability frameworks, including monitoring, logging, and alerting, to ensure system reliability and performance

· Enforce security best practices, covering IAM policies, encryption, network segmentation, and compliance with standards such as GxP, CIS, NIST, HIPAA, and ISO

· Collaborate with stakeholders across R&D, clinical, regulatory, and manufacturing to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions

· Drive cost and performance optimization across various Cloud environments, ensuring efficient use of resources

Required Qualifications

· 10+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years in cloud architecture

· AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and above

· Deep understanding of AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and more

· Strong experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS) and serverless architectures

· Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell).

· Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills