Cloud Architect

An exciting opportunity to join our team within a growing ICT Services company with a global portfolio, as an Enterprise Architect Team Purpose This is a high level, prestigious position in the Cloud organisation within Getronics. The business unit is responsible to maintain and provide excellent cloud operations services to customers. The cloud delivery organisation works closely with bid management, pre-sales, solution & service architects to support the execution of complex solution sales. Role Purpose: The Enterprise Architect is a senior person responsible to own end to end technical discussions with Customers. Responsible for ensuring the best architecture and solution is provided to the customer on behalf of Getronics. This role will also be responsible to build latest technology capabilities within the Azure Public Cloud services. Responsibilities/Accountabilities • Work with Cloud Practice office to provide technical solutions/services roadmap • Drive technical discussions and explain Getronics solutions and product options to meet customer needs • Prepare technical proposals and work on sizing and estimation • On a need basis, involve in customer project delivery and managing customer expectations • Drive thought leadership and support evangelization activities working with Sales • Drive business innovations through systems on Cloud • Product Evaluation and tracking cloud services and impact on a reference architecture • Creating Point of View of Cloud Solution • Responsible for building the technical ecosystem for public cloud. Required Technical Skills and Experience: • Must have 6+ years of working experience as Technical Architect • Overall experience of at least 15 years in various technical roles • Must have experience in application architecting / development on Azure Cloud • Must possess a business level understanding of enterprise systems to drive innovations and transformations. • Must have been part of Migration engagement at least one Project • Must have implemented Green Field Projects on Cloud • Must have experience of incorporating well-architecture framework in cloud solutions • Should have a very good understanding of Cloud Native services • Should understand 12 Factor-Application development • Ability to provide holistic and right scale cloud solutions that address scalability, availability, service continuity (DR), performance and security requirements • Scripting and Automation skills – Ruby, Python etc., and relevant SDKs • Should have experience in working with different app servers/middleware for troubleshooting and performance optimization. • Understanding of Mobile Application architecture is desired • Should be knowledgeable in Directory implementation/integration • Design understanding and experience in RDBMS, NoSQL and RDS • Exposure to PaaS technologies – Containers -Docker, Kubernetes • Should understand costing model of different cloud services • Should have experience with major AWS, GCP (and/or) Azure services. • Should have experience with CI-CD tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Bamboo • Should have a working knowledge of either Chef or Puppet. • Understanding of Application architecture and Enterprise Architecture is added advantage • Must be expert w.r.t Linux/Windows. • Should have good knowledge of Network/ Security design and architecture • Understanding of DevOps principles is an added advantage • Must have worked on migration solution and execution • Must have worked in a hybrid cloud environment • Experience in Cloud scale APM and Monitoring Tools such as ELK, Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics Professional Skills • Ability to wear multiple hats in the various phase of customer lifecycle is very critical – Design to Operations phase • Strong listening and question- based solution designing skills. • Ability to uncover business challenges and develop a custom solution to solve those challenges • Ability to secure trust and influence with customers and peers. • Ability to form and communicate ideas for wide audiences, both Getronics and external client stakeholders. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral are required • Ability to manage various stakeholders - Architecture, Engineering, Security, Operations and executives • Demonstrated commitment to the continuous personal improvement of business and technical skills, including the ability to learn and apply new technologies and techniques • Strong service attitude, team worker and a commitment to quality • Flexible, continuous learner and knowledge sharer, enthusiastic, personable self starter, work well in a team environment, appreciate challenge, comfortable and effective working in new areas that require experimentation and rapid problem solving • Proven track of creating business value with technical expertise and solutions • Proven ability to provide consulting and solution roadmaps for large scale cloud migration, transformation, and cloud-native development on Azure, AWS, GCP platform • Should have holistic experience and view on Cloud Management and Governance Certifications • Vendor certifications in Virtualization, Systems, Storage, Networking • AWS Solution Architect – Professional, Azure Solution Architect or Implementation, Google Cloud Architect – Professional or associate level • ITIL and or Agile methodologies Educational Qualification • Bachelor Degree from a reputed institute