Cloud Solution Architect - AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform (10-15 yrs)

Roles & Responsibilities

- Design end-to-end cloud solutions tailored to meet business needs, focusing on scalability, reliability, and security.

- Develop architectural blueprints and detailed design documents for cloud-based systems.

- Evaluate and recommend cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP, or hybrid solutions) based on project requirements.

- Ensure alignment of cloud solutions with enterprise architecture standards and principles.

- Act as a technical lead for cloud migration, modernization, and greenfield projects.

- Provide architectural guidance and technical expertise to development, DevOps, and operations teams.

- Lead proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives to evaluate new cloud technologies or approaches.

- Oversee technical decisions and drive best practices for cloud implementations.

- Develop and execute migration strategies for moving on-premises applications and infrastructure to the cloud.

- Refactor or re-platform legacy applications to leverage cloud-native services.

- Implement hybrid cloud architectures and multi-cloud strategies when necessary.

- Design secure cloud environments following industry standards such as CIS, NIST, and ISO27001.

- Implement identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and data protection mechanisms in cloud architectures.

- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements like GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI-DSS.

- Monitor cloud usage and identify opportunities for cost savings using tools like AWS Cost Explorer or Azure Cost Management.

- Design cost-effective solutions by selecting appropriate service tiers and leveraging reserved instances or spot instances.

- Advocate for FinOps best practices to manage cloud budgets effectively.

Technical Skills :

- AWS : EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation, CloudFront.

- Azure : Virtual Machines, App Services, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, AKS, ARM Templates.

- Google Cloud : Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, GKE, Firebase.

- IaC : Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Pulumi.

- CI/CD tools : Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, CircleCI.

- Containerization : Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE).

- IAM : Role-based access control (RBAC), AWS IAM, Azure AD, GCP IAM.

- Security tools : AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, GCP Security Command Center.

- Encryption : KMS, SSL/TLS, data-at-rest and in-transit encryption.

- Virtual networks : VPC, Azure VNets, GCP VPCs.

- Load balancers, API gateways, and CDN services.

- VPNs, direct connections, and hybrid cloud networking