Cloud DevOps Architect

Key Responsibilities:

Define and own the overall Cloud and DevOps architecture, standards, and best practices.

Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native and enterprise applications.

Architect scalable, highly available, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.

Design and support containerized and microservices architectures using Docker and Kubernetes.

Integrate DevSecOps practices, including automated security scans, compliance checks, and policy enforcement.

Collaborate with application, platform, and security teams to enable seamless cloud adoption.

Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability frameworks for cloud environments.

Drive cloud cost optimization, performance tuning, and capacity planning initiatives.

Lead troubleshooting of complex production issues and define long-term preventive solutions.

Mentor and guide DevOps and cloud engineers on architecture, tools, and best practices.

Document architecture designs, standards, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications:

12+ years of overall IT experience: with significant hands-on experience in Cloud and DevOps roles.

Strong architectural experience: on at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

Proven experience: designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.

Extensive experience: with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or equivalent).

Hands-on experience: with containerization and orchestration platforms, especially Docker and Kubernetes.

Strong Linux/Unix systems administration: and scripting experience (Bash, Python, or similar).

In-depth understanding: of networking, security, identity and access management, and cloud architecture principles.

Experience: with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or cloud-native monitoring services.

Excellent communication skills: with the ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills:

• Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architecture experience.
• Experience implementing SRE practices, including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Strong background in DevSecOps, compliance, and cloud security frameworks.
• Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps operating models.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent.
• Experience leading or architecting large-scale cloud migration or modernization programs.