Principal Cloud Architect

Role : Principal Cloud Architect

We are seeking a Principal Architect to join our client-facing delivery teams and lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale, cloud-native solutions. In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to define architecture strategy and drive high-impact AWS implementations.

You will play a key role in solution architecture, technical leadership, and strategic consulting, while contributing to reusable frameworks, best practices, and innovation across our cloud ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities :

Solution Architecture & Strategy :

- Design and architect scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions on AWS.

- Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical architectures and roadmaps.

- Lead discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and solution design discussions.

- Define long-term cloud strategy and modernization approaches.

Technical Leadership & Delivery :

- Act as a technical advisor and thought leader across multiple engagements.

- Provide architectural direction across design, build, and delivery phases.

- Guide teams through complex technical challenges and ensure delivery excellence.

- Ensure adherence to best practices across scalability, performance, and security.

Cloud & Platform Engineering :

- Architect solutions leveraging AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, CloudFront.

- Design and implement serverless and distributed architectures.

- Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK).

- Enable DevOps practices including CI/CD, automation, and containerization.

Stakeholder Engagement & Pre-Sales :

- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business goals and define solution approaches.

- Support pre-sales through architecture design, estimation, and proposal inputs.

- Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Identify risks and provide strategic recommendations for mitigation.

Mentorship & Practice Development :

- Mentor architects and engineers, driving technical excellence across teams.

- Contribute to standards, reusable assets, and reference architectures.

- Support internal capability building and knowledge sharing initiatives.

- Represent the organization through strong technical leadership and delivery quality.

Requirements :

Required Qualifications & Skills :

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master's preferred).

- 9+ years of experience as a Cloud Architect, preferably in consulting environments.

- Strong expertise in AWS cloud architecture and services, Serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, etc.), and Distributed systems.

- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK), DevOps practices, and Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate).

- Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, API design, scalability, and performance optimization.

- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

- Experience working in client-facing and consulting roles.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have :

- Experience with cloud migrations, multi-cloud environments, scripting (Python, Bash), and incident/release management.

- Familiarity with Agile delivery environments.

Signs You May Be a Great Fit :

- Impact : Drive high-impact cloud solutions for enterprise clients.

- Culture : Thrive in a collaborative, high-ownership, and consulting-driven environment.

- Growth : Access continuous learning and leadership opportunities.

- Benefits : Competitive compensation, flexible work, and growth-focused culture.

Skills

AWS, AWS Architect, Cloud Architect, DevOps, Solution Architect, IAC Terraform, API Gateway, CI/CD Pipeline, Docker, Kubernetes