This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Salary range: Rs 3200000 - Rs 4500000 (ie INR 32-45 LPA) Min Experience: 8+ years Location: Pune JobType: full-time We are seeking an experienced Cloud Architect with 8–14 years of experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable cloud infrastructure for enterprise-grade applications.
This role is ideal for a technology leader who possesses deep expertise in cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, and modern DevOps practices.
The ideal candidate will play a key role in defining cloud strategy, designing secure and resilient architectures, and driving infrastructure standardization using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
As a Cloud Architect, you will collaborate with engineering, DevOps, security, and product teams to build cloud-native solutions that are highly available, cost-efficient, and scalable.
You will also mentor engineering teams on cloud best practices and ensure that cloud environments align with organizational security, compliance, and operational standards.
Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures for modern applications.
Define cloud adoption strategies, reference architectures, and infrastructure standards across projects.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate provisioning and lifecycle management.
Architect cloud networking, identity management, storage, compute, and monitoring solutions.
Collaborate with development teams to build cloud-native applications and microservices-based architectures.
Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Establish disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability strategies for mission-critical workloads.
Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM, encryption, network segmentation, and compliance controls.
Drive infrastructure automation and CI/CD integration for faster and more reliable deployments.
Evaluate new cloud services and emerging technologies to improve platform capabilities.
Monitor cloud environments, troubleshoot architectural issues, and recommend performance improvements.
Provide technical leadership, conduct architecture reviews, and mentor engineering teams on cloud best practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications 8–14 years of experience in software infrastructure, cloud engineering, or cloud architecture.
Strong expertise in designing enterprise-scale cloud solutions on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Hands-on experience with Terraform for provisioning, managing, and automating cloud infrastructure.
Proven experience architecting highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud environments.
Strong understanding of cloud networking, virtual private clouds (VPCs), load balancing, DNS, storage, and compute services.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration platforms.
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation tools.
Experience implementing cloud security frameworks, IAM, governance, monitoring, and compliance best practices.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud-native design principles.
Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or similar.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and architectural decision-making skills.
Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities with experience working across cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications Professional cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect.
Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Exposure to FinOps practices, cloud cost optimization, and governance frameworks.
Experience implementing enterprise security, compliance, and disaster recovery strategies.
