CLOUD ARCHITECT

Key Responsibilities Architecture & Governance: Define and implement cloud architecture standards, governance policies, and technical documentation. Ensure adherence to the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Cloud Migration & Strategy: Lead on-premises to AWS cloud migration strategies, hybrid connectivity designs, and multi-cloud connectivity (such as AWS–GCP).

Resilience & Cost Optimization: Architect high-availability and resilience strategies, align RPO/RTO backup policies, and implement continuous cost-optimization practices.

Data, Analytics & GenAI: Design enterprise-grade data ingestion, data lakes, and analytics platforms, as well as AI/ML applications leveraging GenAI tools.

Stakeholder Advisory & Leadership: Act as a technical advisor to stakeholders, application development teams, and vendors, mentoring teams through complex cloud transformations.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Drive automation and infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.

Requirements & Qualifications Experience: 15+ years of total IT experience, with 8+ years dedicated to designing, building, and governing scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized AWS and hybrid cloud architectures.

Domain Expertise: Demonstrated experience working within regulated financial services sectors.

Certifications (Mandatory/Preferred): Multiple active AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional, Advanced Networking, Security, Data Analytics, Database Specialty, Developer Associate) and HashiCorp Terraform Associate.

Technical Stack Proficiencies: Compute & Containers: EC2, Lambda, EKS, ECR, Auto Scaling

Networking & Storage: VPC, Route 53, Direct Connect, S3, EBS, EFS

Security & Governance: IAM, KMS, ACM, HSM, Secrets Manager, WAF, CloudTrail

Data & Analytics: Glue, Athena, Redshift, QuickSight, DMS, MSK

AI/ML: Bedrock, SageMaker Unified Studio

Databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Aurora, DynamoDB

Languages & Automation: Python, SQL, Shell Scripting, Terraform, CloudWatch