Description

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Client Engagement:

• Partner with senior client executives to understand their business challenges and strategic goals.

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of existing IT environments, identifying opportunities for cloud adoption and transformation.

• Develop and present compelling business cases for cloud solutions, demonstrating clear benefits, costs, and ROI.

• Craft detailed, enterprise-wide cloud strategies and roadmaps that align with clients' long-term business objectives.

• Evaluate and recommend optimal cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.) based on specific workload requirements.

• Ensure strategies incorporate industry best practices and leverage cutting-edge cloud technologies.

Cloud Architecture Design:

• Lead the design and deployment of cloud-based solutions across platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

• Develop scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures that meet business requirements.

• Integrate cloud services with on-premises infrastructure and other cloud services.

• Optimize cloud resource utilization for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

• Architect sophisticated cloud solutions, encompassing infrastructure, applications, and services.

• Lead and Design migration strategies and plans for transitioning complex applications and data to the cloud.

• Incorporate advanced security, compliance, and scalability considerations into all architectural designs.

• Lead the Design and deploy cloud-based solutions across various platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

• Develop scalable and secure cloud architectures that meet business requirements.

• Integrate cloud services with on-premises infrastructure.

• Optimize cloud resources for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Cloud Migration Strategy:

• Lead and oversee the planning and execution of data and application migrations to cloud environments.

• Assess existing infrastructure, identify migration requirements, and develop detailed migration strategies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless migration with minimal disruption.

• Address and resolve complex migration challenges, ensuring data integrity and system reliability.

• Provide post-migration support, optimization, and performance tuning.

• Develop and implement cloud migration strategies for moving on-premises workloads to GCP, AWS, or Azure, considering factors such as application dependencies, data gravity, and regulatory compliance.

• Lead and oversee large-scale cloud migration projects, ensuring successful and timely execution.

• Coordinate with senior cross-functional teams, including developers, system administrators, and security experts.

• Continuously monitor and optimize cloud environments for peak performance and availability.

Leadership and Mentorship:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior architects and engineering teams.

• Mentor and coach team members, promoting knowledge sharing and professional development.

• Lead technical discussions and workshops to foster innovation and best practices.

Disaster Recovery (DR):

• Lead Design and development of robust DR strategies and solutions to ensure business continuity.

• Design DR architectures, including backup, replication, and failover mechanisms.

• Conduct risk assessments and business impact analyses to determine critical systems and recovery objectives.

• Perform regular DR testing and drills to validate recovery plans.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to refine and improve DR plans.

Cloud Governance and Compliance:

• Establish governance frameworks and best practices to ensure compliance with industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and company policies across multi-cloud environments.

Security Architecture:

• Design and implement security architectures for multi-cloud environments, including identity and access management (IAM), network security, encryption, and data protection.

Cloud Cost Optimization:

• Identify opportunities to optimize cloud costs and resource utilization across GCP, AWS, and Azure through strategies such as reserved instances, spot instances, and rightsizing.

Cloud Automation and Orchestration:

• Develop automation scripts and templates to streamline the provisioning, deployment, and management of cloud resources across multiple cloud platforms.

Cloud Monitoring and Performance Optimization:

• Implement monitoring and logging solutions to track the performance, availability, and cost of multi-cloud environments and proactively identify and resolve issues.

• Implement advanced practices for cloud management, including cost optimization, performance tuning, and resource management.

• Conduct regular strategic reviews and assessments of cloud environments, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs.

• Provide high-level training and mentorship to clients' IT teams for ongoing cloud management and operations.

Vendor Management:

• Evaluate and select third-party cloud services, tools, and solutions that complement GCP, AWS, and Azure offerings and align with Solution architecture standards.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management:

• Work closely with business leaders, IT teams, and external vendors to understand business requirements, communicate cloud architecture decisions, and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Continuous Learning and Innovation:

• Stay updated on the latest trends, best practices, and technologies in cloud computing and contribute to the innovation of multi-cloud solutions within the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of 15+ years of experience in IT architecture, with a focus on cloud solutions, migration projects, and disaster recovery.

• Proven experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale architectures.

• Proven experience in a program management role within a technology or consultancy environment.

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, capable of motivating and guiding teams and individuals.

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to tackle problems systematically to drive business solutions.

Technical Skills:

• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud-native services.

• Extensive experience with data and application migration projects, including tools and methodologies.

• In-depth knowledge of disaster recovery solutions, including backup, replication, and failover technologies.

• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.

• Strong knowledge of network architecture, security best practices, and compliance standards.

Certifications:

• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect, or similar are highly desirable.

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