Seeking an experienced Cloud Architect for Applications & Infrastructure specializing in Microsoft Azure and GCP. Drive cloud solutions for Retail and Utilities industries with hands-on leadership.
Responsibilities
Design end-to-end cloud architecture covering applications, infrastructure, networking, security, identity, and integrations across Azure and GCP.
Define cloud reference architectures, landing zones, and platform blueprints aligned with enterprise standards and industry best practices.
Architect hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, including connectivity, identity federation, and workload portability.
Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements such as scalability, resiliency, availability, security, and performance.
Lead the build and delivery of cloud platforms and workloads, working hands-on with engineering teams when required.
Guide application modernization initiatives including rehost, replatform, refactor, and cloud-native development.
Drive adoption of PaaS, containerization, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures.
Provide technical leadership during delivery execution, ensuring architecture integrity from design through deployment.
Architect and govern cloud infrastructure services including compute, storage, networking, IAM, security, and observability.
Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or equivalent.
Define and implement DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure.
Establish operational readiness, including monitoring, logging, backup, DR, and cost optimization.
Define enterprise integration and API strategies, including event-driven and message-based architectures.
Ensure secure, scalable integration patterns across SaaS, PaaS, legacy, and on-prem systems.
Ensure architectures comply with security, privacy, regulatory, and industry standards, especially relevant to Retail and Utilities.
Collaborate with security teams to implement Zero Trust, IAM, network security, encryption, and compliance controls.
Contribute to architecture governance, standards, and design reviews.
Requirements
8+ years of experience in solution or cloud architecture, with multiple large-scale cloud delivery engagements.
Experience in client-facing or consulting roles is strongly preferred.
Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (primary) across IaaS, PaaS, and integration services.
Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for application and infrastructure workloads.
Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
Deep understanding of cloud-native application architectures, microservices, containers, and serverless.
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