Cloud Architect
GAIN
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Mumbai • India
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About the role
- Design and implement enterprise-grade cloud architectures covering compute, storage, networking, and application layers.
- Establish architecture standards, reference models, and best practices for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- Translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable cloud solutions.
- Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and recommend adoption strategies for innovation and performance.
- Develop organisation-wide cloud strategies, guiding principles, and governance models.
- Define and implement architectural review processes, ensuring compliance with design and deployment standards.
- Collaborate with stakeholders on cost optimisation, workload placement, and cloud maturity advancement.
- Design and implement secure architectures integrating identity, encryption, and data protection frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, ISO 27001, GDPR, and other industry standards.
- Partner with Information Security teams to embed security by design across all platforms.
- Architect and deliver automation solutions using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation for repeatable deployments.
- Oversee IaC design standards and repository version control, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
- Promote CI/CD integration for infrastructure and applications, fostering end-to-end automation.
- Define and implement system monitoring and observability architecture using CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog, etc.
- Establish performance baselines, identify optimisation opportunities, and improve cost efficiency.
- Support troubleshooting high-level cloud incidents and guide teams toward systemic improvements.
- Act as a cloud subject matter expert to IT Operations, DevOps, and Development teams.
- Provide architectural reviews, technical guidance, and mentorship on cloud technologies.
- Collaborate in cloud roadmap planning and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Follow Gain’s Change and Release process and participate in CAB meetings for review and approval of cloud deployments.
- Ensure all designs incorporate robust monitoring, testing, and automation.
- Maintain documentation and diagrams for cloud architecture, integration points, and dependencies.
Requirements
- Extensive experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) in enterprise-scale designs.
- Strong knowledge of networking, storage, virtualisation, and hybrid architectures.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code, automation tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Deep understanding of IAM, security architectures, and compliance frameworks.
- Skilled in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Solid architectural documentation and communication skills using frameworks like TOGAF or AWS Well-Architected.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud architectureInfrastructure as CodeautomationCI/CD pipelinesnetworkingstoragevirtualisationscripting languagescontainerisationorchestration
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationmentorshiptechnical guidancetroubleshootingcost optimisationsystemic improvementscontinuous improvement
Certifications
ISO 27001GDPR