Solutions Architect - Cloud & Infrastructure
First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026.
About Scalence LLC:
Scalence LLC, an Artech LLC company, is a global technology, transformation, and managed services partner helping enterprises accelerate growth through Data Intelligence, Business Resilience, Digital Experience, and AI-enabled innovation. Scalence combines deep industry expertise, scalable global delivery, and customer-centric execution to help organizations modernize operations, improve resilience, and drive measurable business outcomes. With capabilities spanning cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, digital transformation, data analytics, and managed services, Scalence partners with clients to build secure, scalable, and future-ready technology ecosystems. Through a flexible global delivery model, Scalence enables organizations to accelerate modernization initiatives while maintaining operational excellence, governance, and cost efficiency. Scalence's Cloud & Infrastructure Services practice helps enterprises modernize legacy environments, migrate and optimize workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud platforms, strengthen business continuity, and improve operational performance through 24x7 managed services, cloud governance, FinOps, automation, and observability solutions. The practice supports organizations at every stage of their cloud journey, from strategy and migration through ongoing operations and optimization. Driven by a commitment to Customer Success, Delivery Excellence, and AI-powered innovation, Scalence empowers enterprises to adapt faster, reduce complexity, enhance security, and unlock sustainable business growth.
Position Overview:
Practice: Cloud & Infrastructure Services
Location: Noida/Delhi NCR
Work Mode: Remote with flexibility to work from office 2 - 3 days from office.
Purpose: Lead solution design and LOE-based pricing for infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, and managed operations. Ensures proposed solutions are technically sound, commercially viable, and operationally executable.
Core Responsibilities:
- Design hybrid and multi-cloud architectures including migration, NOC/SOC, and DR/BCP.
- Build detailed LOE models and pricing estimates for cloud and infrastructure services (engineering, monitoring, support).
- Define role mix, effort by tower (Cloud, Network, Security), and service-level cost impacts.
- Collaborate with Practice Leaders, Finance, and Proposal Factory for RFP pricing.
- Develop reusable cost models, SLA-based effort templates, and TCO calculators.
- Ensure designs meet client security, compliance, and reliability requirements.
Required Skills:
- Deep understanding of cloud and infra operations cost drivers (compute, network, security).
- Experience in effort estimation and pricing for managed services.
- Proficiency in IaaS/PaaS (AWS, Azure, GCP) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Knowledge of Zero Trust, CNAPP, SOC/NOC operations, and observability tooling.
- Strong cross-team collaboration and presentation ability.
Experience & Qualifications:
- 12 - 18 years in IT infrastructure, cloud operations, or enterprise architecture, with at least 5 years in pre-sales or solution design.
- Proven experience in multi-cloud design, migrations, and managed services (IaaS, PaaS, Security).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Professional certifications highly desirable: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional; Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert; Google Cloud Professional Architect; CCNP/CCIE, CISSP, or TOGAF.
- Solid grasp of FinOps, automation (Terraform/Ansible), and Zero Trust frameworks.
Shared Competencies Across All SA Roles:
- Proficient in building and maintaining LOE estimation templates.
- Comfortable translating delivery assumptions into pricing-ready models for Finance and Sales.
- Partner closely with Proposal Factory for rate validation and margin alignment.
- Able to support both pre-sales and delivery transition activities seamlessly.
- Strong commercial acumen; ability to connect architecture to financial outcomes.
- Exceptional client-facing and presentation skills; confident in orals and technical workshops.
- Familiarity with proposal and SOW documentation standards.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers or architects
Skills
IT Infrastructure, Solution Design, IT Consulting, IT Strategy, Solution Architect