Job Title : CLOUD ARCHITECT
Location : Raritan New Jersey08869
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Enterprise Cloud Architecture : Guide the design and continuous evolution of enterprise cloud architecture across multiple cloud service providers (AWS Azure Google Cloud) and hybrid on-premises environments.
- Develop Reference Architectures : Create and maintain detailed reference architectures patterns and blueprints covering compute storage networking security identity data and analytics domains.
- Translate Business Needs : Convert business requirements into scalable resilient secure and cost-effective cloud solutions aligned with organizational goals.
- Establish Standards and Governance : Define and enforce governance models standards and best practices for cloud adoption including identity and access management (IAM) networking cost controls and compliance measures.
- Drive Cloud Migration and Modernization : Lead migration and modernization initiatives (rehosting refactoring rearchitecting repurchase) with clear roadmaps milestones and comprehensive risk management strategies.
- Security and Compliance : Define and enforce security architectures compliance controls data protection policies encryption standards key management and incident response plans.
- Optimize Cloud Spend : Implement cost governance practices tagging strategies right-sizing automation and lifecycle management to maximize cloud investment value.
- Architect Automation and CI / CD Pipelines : Design automation workflows Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions (Terraform CloudFormation ARM) and container orchestration (Kubernetes Docker) to enable rapid and repeatable deployments.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work closely with security site reliability data engineering and application teams to ensure reliability observability and optimal system performance.
- Cloud Service Evaluation : Assess select and manage relationships with cloud service vendors maintaining due diligence and managing associated risks.
- Technical Leadership and Mentoring : Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers developers and operations teams; communicate architecture decisions and rationale to stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity : Develop robust architectures for disaster recovery business continuity and backup; design for high availability and fault tolerance.
- Performance and Monitoring : Establish and uphold performance benchmarks monitoring logging and incident management practices driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or a related field or equivalent practical experience.5 years of hands-on experience with cloud technologies including at least 4 years in an architecture or lead role.Proficiency in at least one major cloud platform (AWS Azure or Google Cloud); experience with multiple platforms is advantageous.Strong knowledge of networking (VPC / VNet subnets routing firewalls VPNs / ExpressRoute / Direct Connect) security IAM storage databases and compute services.Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation ARM) and automation / scripting (Python PowerShell Bash).Understanding of containers and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) as well as serverless architectures.Experience with cloud-based data architecture data pipelines and analytics solutions.Ability to translate business requirements into architectural designs and deliverables.Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a proven ability to influence and guide teams and stakeholders.Preferred Qualifications
Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect CCSP / CISSP or TOGAF.Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g. TOGAF Zachman).Experience with hybrid cloud edge computing or data governance initiatives.Knowledge of security frameworks and compliance standards (ISO 27001 SOC 2 GDPR HIPAA as applicable) and risk assessment methodologies.Advanced degree or specialized training in cloud security data architecture or AI / ML infrastructure.Skills & Competencies
Technical : Cloud architecture design cost optimization security and compliance IAM networking storage and databases data governance disaster recovery performance optimization and monitoring.Tools & Technologies : Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation ARM) CI / CD tools (Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps) containerization (Kubernetes Docker) cloud-native services and scripting languages.Leadership & Collaboration : Stakeholder management cross-functional team leadership negotiation project management and effective written and verbal communication.Problem Solving : Analytical thinking risk assessment and the ability to decompose complex problems into actionable architectural designs.Experience Level Variants
Senior Cloud Architect : Requires 7 years of practical experience with cloud technologies; responsible for broader scope leading architecture reviews and managing multi-cloud programs.Staff / Principal Cloud Architect : Requires 10 years of experience; responsible for defining cloud strategy at the enterprise level and driving organization-wide transformation
Key Skills
APIs,Pegasystems,Spring,SOAP,.NET,Hybris,Solution Architecture,Service-Oriented Architecture,Adobe Experience Manager,J2EE,Java,Oracle
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1