Cloud Architect (AWS and Azure Cloud Platforms)

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Architect with 10+ years of IT experience and strong expertise in AWS, Azure, Hybrid Cloud, and Enterprise Cloud Architecture. This role is responsible for designing scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud solutions, defining cloud governance and architecture standards, and leading cloud modernization initiatives across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise cloud architectures across AWS (primary) and Azure (secondary) environments.
• Develop cloud governance, architecture frameworks, standards, best practices, and migration roadmaps.
• Lead hybrid cloud and on-premises to cloud transformation initiatives.
• Architect secure, highly available, and resilient cloud solutions with a focus on scalability and performance.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation/ARM) and CI/CD automation strategies.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, engineering, networking, cybersecurity, and DevOps teams to deliver enterprise cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience with 6-10 years of AWS and 2-4 years of Azure experience.
• Strong expertise in AWS Organizations, Multi-Account Strategy, VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, and Azure services including VMs, Azure SQL, Storage, AKS, Azure Functions, and Networking.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions/Jenkins, and cloud networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute).
• Strong knowledge of Cloud Security, Governance, FinOps, Disaster Recovery, Zero Trust, and enterprise cloud best practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders, define cloud strategy, and mentor engineering teams.

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