# Cloud Architect

We are looking for a Cloud Architect to lead our cloud infrastructure team and own the reliability, scalability, security, and cost optimization of our CDP platform across all client environments. You will be a hands-on technical leader who sets the architectural direction for cloud infrastructure while managing a small, high-impact team. This is a leadership hire; you will report directly to the VP of Engineering and be accountable for infrastructure that processes billions of customer events monthly for enterprise clients in regulated industries. Responsibilities: Define and own the cloud architecture strategy across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Manage and mentor a team of 2 DevOps engineers, growing the team as needed. Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) for all environments: development, staging, production, and client-specific. Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD serving all engineering teams. Own the monitoring and observability stack, alerting, dashboards, incident response, and SLAs. Manage Kubernetes and container orchestration across all environments. Drive cloud cost optimization, targeting a 20%+ annual reduction through RI

- **Id**: 958619
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/firsthive-cloud-architect>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Bengaluru, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-16T07:35:14Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-09-16T07:35:14Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 56
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2206
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 721213
- **Name**: FirstHive
- **Domain**: firsthive.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/firsthive>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 26000
- **Max usd**: 55000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 8

## Technologies

- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CloudFormation** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: no
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Snowflake** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 56

## Requirements

- **Team size min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-16T07:35:14Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 10
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 0.4
- **P active**: 0.542
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 55
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: seen:55, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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