Cloud Solution Architect

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 .