Job Title: Cloud Solution Architect
Location: Pune
Experience: 12–16 years
Engagement: High-visibility role with leadership exposure
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solution Architect to lead and design high-performance, cost-effective, and sustainable cloud infrastructure solutions. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to wear the dual hat of consultant and architect.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a team of cloud engineers to define, design, deliver, and continuously enhance high-performance, high-availability, cost-effective cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Act as both consultant and architect for complex modules and projects.
- Manage end-to-end project lifecycle from an infrastructure perspective.
- Configure and manage automation tools such as Azure DevOps, Ansible, Puppet, Octopus, Chef, Salt, etc.
- Architect and design Microsoft-centric solutions using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS capabilities.
General Skill Requirements
- Deep understanding of Azure Cloud Services (Compute, Storage, Networking, Security).
- Strong ability in Architecture Design and Modeling for scalable, secure cloud environments.
- Experience with ALM tools, Git, Azure DevOps/VSTS, TFS.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills to interact with business stakeholders.
Specific Skill Requirements
- Designing networking solutions in the cloud; ability to improve current Azure VWAN backbone with ExpressRoute and VPN.
- Experience with MongoDB, Databricks, and centralized metadata solutions.
- Expertise in Active Directory, hybrid environments (AD + Entra ID), and VM configuration management.
- Understanding of Observability, Certificate Management, and Ansible platform.
Nice to Have
- Cloud certifications (Azure/AWS/GCP).
- Banking domain experience.
- Exposure to ADF, Azure Data Lake Gen2, Micro Frontend UI, and Azure AI services.