Cloud Solution Architect responsible for ensuring robust architectural patterns in AWS and GCP. Collaborating with various teams to drive governance and continuous improvement in cloud operations.
Responsibilities
Strengthen the Posture of Existing Cloud Products
Conduct architecture and design reviews for AWS and GCP workloads
Identify and remediate posture gaps across security, reliability, scalability, and cost optimization
Align implementations with AWS/GCP Well-Architected Frameworks, NIST, CIS, and other standards
Partner with Cloud Security, FinOps, and SRE teams to drive end-to-end governance and continuous improvement
Collaborate with engineering and product teams to design secure, scalable, and cost-efficient architectures for new workloads
Develop reference architectures, reusable patterns, and IaC blueprints to accelerate development cycles
Conduct design reviews and approve architectures before launch, ensuring alignment with compliance and regulatory mandates
Define and enforce architecture standards across all cloud platforms and business units
Champion adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD integration, container security, and observability frameworks
Act as a bridge between Cloud Operations, Security, and Product Engineering, ensuring architecture decisions support both business and technical goals
Guide and mentor a team of cloud engineers working across AWS and GCP
Provide hands-on architectural direction, ensuring adherence to best practices in infrastructure design, automation, and security
Identify skill gaps within the cloud engineering team and create structured development plans
Set measurable objectives and KPIs aligned with organizational goals
Ensure smooth execution of day-to-day cloud operations, incident response, and infrastructure improvements
Build a culture of continuous learning, ownership, and innovation
Drive standardization across the team through documentation, peer reviews, and architecture approval processes
Requirements
10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure design, or DevOps roles
Proven expertise in AWS and GCP services (compute, networking, security, storage, and monitoring)
Strong understanding of cloud governance, FinOps principles, and security frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001)
Experience in IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, GKE, EKS)
Hands-on experience with DevOps, DevSecOps, observability tools, and cost optimization strategies
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across engineering and leadership teams
Certifications preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or equivalent
Benefits
flexi work schedules and remote working to encourage work life balance
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