Key Responsibilities
Strategic Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the multi-cloud platform strategy aligned with business goals.
- Establish policies for cost management, security, compliance, and usage across cloud providers.
- Collaborate with business units, architecture, security, finance, and engineering to ensure platform capabilities meet organizational needs.
Operational Responsibilities
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Lifecycle Management
: Oversee provisioning, scaling, upgrades and decommissioning of cloud resources. -
Service Reliability
: Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of platform services across clouds. -
Tooling Automation
: Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring tools to streamline operations across cloud platforms.
Security Compliance
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Access Control
: Define and enforce identity and access management (IAM) policies across cloud environments. - Work closely with the Security team to ensure all necessary policies are implemented and enforced.
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Audit Compliance
: Ensure adherence to regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and internal audit requirements.
Leadership Collaboration
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Cross-Functional Leadership
: Close collaboration with Regional IT, Security, SIAM, App Portfolio Owners. -
Vendor Management
: Manage relationships with cloud service providers and third-party vendors. -
Training Enablement
: Promote cloud fluency and platform adoption across development and operations teams.
Metrics Reporting
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Cost Optimization
: Monitor and optimize cloud spend across platforms. -
Asset Management
: Maintain the inventory and ownership of Cloud assets as per CMDB requirements.
Usage Analytics
: Track platform usage, performance, and adoption to inform improvements.
Required experience
- 7+ years of experience in managing enterprise Cloud Estate Azure AWS and 10 - 15 years of professional background within information technology.
- Experience in global enterprise environments with complex stakeholder landscapes.
- Proven track record in managing vendor relationships and service delivery.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with Global IT Outsourcing and implementation
- Ability to constantly adapt, change and evolve
- BSC or B Tech degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Technical Skills
- Deep technical knowledge experience (Hands-on) of Azure AWS. Oracle will be added advantage.
- Experience setting platform roadmaps and aligning them with business goals.
- Proven experience with Cloud Migrations, Cloud Automation
- Ability to define and enforce cloud governance policies (e.g., cost controls, security, compliance).
- Strong understanding of DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Experience designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation.
- Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.
- Familiarity with compliance standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, or HIPAA.
- Proficiency in cloud monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog).
- Experience with performance tuning, cost optimization, and capacity planning.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business language for executives and non-technical teams.
Soft Skills
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- Strong business acumen which includes, but is not limited to;
- Communication and stakeholder management
- Leadership and consultancy skills
- Problem solving mindset with analytical capabilities
Certifications (Preferred)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert