Senior Manager

We are seeking a seasoned AWS Architect with leadership and people-management experience. In this dual-capacity role, you will be responsible for designing and steering the cloud architecture strategy, driving execution, and managing a team of architects/engineers. You will act both as a technical visionary and as a manager who can mentor, coordinate, make trade-off decisions, and ensure delivery excellence. This role goes beyond technical excellence; it is about anchoring BOT's venture-class GDC model for Caylent.

Key Responsibilities:Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define, design, and validate scalable, secure, high-performance cloud architectures on AWS to meet business needs.
• Evaluate existing infrastructure, identify gaps, and propose improvements and migrations to AWS.
• Establish architectural standards, best practices, and guardrails (security, cost, availability, performance).
• Lead proof-of-concept (PoC) implementations, prototyping, and validate new AWS services for use.
• Oversee selection of tools, frameworks, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) (e.g., AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK).
• Review designs and code from your team; ensure consistency and adherence to architecture.
• Monitor architecture health (scalability, fault tolerance, cost optimization, security) and continuously iterate.
• Engage with stakeholders (product, business, operations, security) to translate high-level requirements into cloud solutions.
• Define, design, and validate scalable, secure, and high-performance AWS architectures aligned with business goals.
• Establish architectural standards, best practices, and guardrails (governance, security, performance, cost).
• Lead prototyping, proof of concepts, and evaluating new AWS services and tools for their migration-fit and architectural benefits.

Management & Team Leadership

• The leader will be both a technical visionary and a cultural steward, ensuring that India is not just an offshore hub, but a strategic extension of Caylent.
• As a leader, you will work as an anchor who will build the India Caylent GDC.
• Recruit, mentor, and manage a team of cloud architects and engineers.
• Define team goals, performance metrics, and growth plans.
• Allocate resources, prioritize tasks/projects, manage timelines, and resolve dependencies or conflicts.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and architectural thinking.
• Conduct architecture reviews, technical governance, and design sign-off processes.
• Drive cross-team collaboration (DevOps, SRE, Security, Application teams) to align on cross-cutting concerns.
• Represent the team to leadership; provide status, risks, escalations, and roadmap input.

Operational Excellence & Governance

• Define cloud governance policies: IAM, resource tagging, cost controls, compliance, and security.
• Monitor and optimize the cost, utilization, and performance of AWS services.
• Set up logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability (CloudWatch, X-Ray, etc.).
• Build disaster recovery strategies, high-availability, backup/restore, and resilience patterns.
• Ensure security best practices: network design, encryption, least privilege, vulnerability scanning, compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, PCI as relevant).
• Perform risk assessments, threat modeling, and architectural hardening.

Stakeholder Engagement & Strategy

• Interact with senior leadership, product owners, and business stakeholders to align cloud strategy with business goals.
• Provide architectural direction and guidance across multiple projects or initiatives.
• Make trade-off decisions (usability, cost, performance, security) in ambiguous settings.
• Stay informed about AWS service updates & roadmap; assess how they can benefit your organization.

Requirements
Qualifications :

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Extensive hands-on experience (8+ years) designing and implementing cloud solutions, especially on AWS.
• Proven experience in a leadership or technical management role (managing architects, engineers).
• Deep knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, etc.).
• Experience in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or similar).
• Strong understanding of security, networking, identity, and access management in AWS.
• Solid experience with automation, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to make technical decisions under ambiguity and trade-offs.
• AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer).
• Experience in microservices, event-driven architectures, serverless, and containers.
• Experience with hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, or migration projects.
• Experience in compliance frameworks relevant to your domain (e.g., GDPR, PCI, HIPAA).
• Familiarity with performance tuning, cost-optimization, and monitoring/observability tooling.
• Experience in a start-up or fast-moving product environment.
• Published talks, blogs, or community contributions in the cloud/architecture domain.
• Consultancy/advisory experience.
• Willingness to work flexible shifts to support customers in different time zones.

What does Success look like?

• India GDC recognized as venture-class hub: strong delivery, cultural alignment, IP development, and predictable financial efficiency.
• Caylent AMER/EMEA teams experience seamless collaboration with India (async rituals, structured onboarding, consistent quality).
• India's talent pipeline (cadets + mid-levels + selective SMEs) builds resilience, lowering Tier-1 dependency.
• GDC culture anchored in Caylent's values + BOT's venture studio DNA.

Signs You May Be a Great Fit

• Impact: Play a pivotal role in shaping a rapidly growing venture studio with Cloud-driven digital transformation.
• Culture: Thrive in a collaborative, innovative environment that values creativity, ownership, and agility.
• Growth: Access professional development opportunities and mentorship from experienced peers.
• Benefits: Competitive salary, wellness packages, and flexible work arrangements that support your lifestyle and goals.