Cloud Solution Architect
Indexed description
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, influencing engineering direction, and building systems that scale reliably.
Key Responsibilities
- Design end‑to‑end cloud architectures across compute, storage, networking, security, and data platforms.
- Lead cloud solution design sessions, architecture reviews, and technical decision‑making.
- Build reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and best practices for engineering teams.
- Drive cloud modernization initiatives including microservices, containerization, DevOps, and automation.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Ensure cloud environments follow strong security, governance, and compliance standards.
- Optimize cloud cost, performance, and reliability through continuous monitoring and improvements.
- Provide technical leadership on cloud migrations, integrations, and platform scalability.
- Evaluate new cloud services, tools, and technologies to strengthen our architecture roadmap.
- Mentor engineers and promote architectural excellence across teams.
- Strong expertise in at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
- Hands‑on experience with:
- Cloud networking, IAM, VPC/VNet design
- Serverless, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), microservices
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
- Cloud security, encryption, identity, and governance
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, API design, and event‑driven architectures.
- Experience with data platforms: data lakes, ETL pipelines, streaming, or analytics tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management.
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non‑technical teams.
- Strategic thinking with a hands‑on execution mindset.
- Comfortable working in fast‑moving, ambiguous, and high‑growth environments.
- 7–12 years of experience in cloud engineering, architecture, or platform roles.
- Cloud certifications (Azure Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, GCP Professional Cloud Architect) are a plus.
- Experience in startup or scale‑up environments.
- Proven track record of leading architecture transformations or cloud migrations.
- Hybrid work model with periodic onsite collaboration.
- Open to candidates willing to relocate based on business needs.
- Opportunity to shape the cloud architecture of a growing organisation.
- High ownership, autonomy, and influence on technical direction.
- Work with a collaborative, product‑driven, and engineering‑focused team.
- Build systems that directly impact scalability, performance, and customer experience.
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