Cloud Solutions Architect

Enterprise Cloud StrategistThe role of Enterprise Cloud Strategist plays a pivotal part in helping organizations leverage cloud technologies to meet their business objectives.You will develop enterprise cloud strategies, lead delivery teams in client workshops, and collaborate with various stakeholders to comprehend and articulate requirements for solution creation.This position requires expertise in one or more public cloud technologies and the ability to embed these capabilities into existing or new cloud-based infrastructure and platform solutions.You will engage with clients to define and design cloud technology architecture and solution architecture. You will map business requirements to IT capabilities and align them effectively, defining application and IT architectures.Your focus will be on defining integrations between applications, data, and technology across the enterprise, as well as transitional processes needed for migration and modernization to cloud-based architectures.As an expert in your technology and architecture domain, you will guide cloud objectives and technology directions.Key Responsibilities:Develop end-to-end Enterprise and Cloud-based Architecture catering to client needs and requirements.Analyze complex application landscapes, predict potential problems and future trends, assess potential solutions, impacts, and risks to propose cloud roadmap, solution architecture, and associated Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).Design and implement cloud architecture solutions based on AWS, Azure, GCP when assigned to delivery projects.Analyze client requirements and suggest overall application modernization, migrations, and greenfield implementations.Experience in implementing and deploying a DevOps-based end-to-end cloud application would be beneficial.Lead teams for discovery and architecture workshops, influence client architects and IT personnel.Guide other architects on the team and adapt communication approaches to conclude technical scope discussions with various partners.Deliver optimized infrastructure services designs leveraging public, private, and hybrid Cloud architectures.Act as subject matter expert for clients relating to technical architecture and implementation of cloud-based solutions.Implement solutions using Cloud Services, open-source technologies, and third-party tools.Create process frameworks, documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), cookbooks, automation scripts/tools for Cloud Discovery, Migrations, Application Modernization, DevSecOps, and transitions to cloud.Experienced in developing Terraform / PowerShell / CloudFormation / ARM scripts/templates.Lead internal and external initiatives to standardize, automate, and develop competitive assets and accelerators.Technical Experience:Knowledge of creating Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud solutions that meet customer needs for scalability, reliability, and performance.Experience delivering large/medium-scale enterprise solutions using Microservices, APIs, Containerization, Kubernetes, Application Modernization, Cloud IaaS & PaaS.Familiarity with Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Virtual Private Network (VPN), Virtual Networking, Subnet, Routing, Storage management, and IaaS.Experience creating system logical views, network diagrams, and automated server build and resource monitoring solutions.Knowledge and experience delivering solutions using middleware integration technologies such as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), API platforms, and API Security.Experience in designing, developing, and architecting Java/JEE/.NET-based systems.Ability to assess multiple operating systems (AIX, Linux, Windows) and databases (Postgres, Sybase, MySQL, MS SQL, NoSQL, DB2, Oracle, Cassandra, MongoDB) to develop transformation approaches and solutions.Certifications (Desirable):Total Quality Management (TQM)IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)Azure Solution Architect Associate & ExpertAWS Solution Architect Associate & ProfessionalGCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect