Cloud Architect(AWS/Azure)
Noida, UP, IN, 201305
Job Title: AWS/Azure Architect
Reporting Relationship: Reporting to Senior Manager
Role Summary:
- Cloud Architecture & Design
- Design secure, scalable, and resilient solutions leveraging AWS/Azure services.
- Develop hybrid cloud and multi-cloud architectures, integrating with on-premises environments.
- Define cloud adoption frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices.
- Solution Delivery
- Work with cross-functional teams (application, infrastructure, security, DevOps) to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Drive cloud migration strategies including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting.
- Lead cloud infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, Bicep).
- Security & Compliance
- Implement cloud security best practices, identity and access management, encryption, and zero-trust principles.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards (ISO 27001, SOC2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR).
- Governance & Cost Optimization
- Define governance, tagging, cost management, and operational models.
- Optimize workloads for performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Technical Leadership
- Mentor engineering teams in cloud-native development and operations.
- Evaluate new services and emerging cloud technologies for adoption.
- Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders on cloud strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Design secure, scalable, and resilient solutions leveraging AWS/Azure services.
- Develop hybrid cloud and multi-cloud architectures, integrating with on-premises environments.
- Drive cloud migration strategies including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting.
- Lead cloud infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, Bicep).
- Implement cloud security best practices, identity and access management, encryption, and zero-trust principles.
Pre-requisite
- Qualification - Bachelor's Degree
- Experience - 12+ years’ experience in System Administration with at least 8+ year experience in AWS/Azure & Devops.
Desirable Qualities-
- Cloud Platforms: Strong hands-on expertise in AWS/Azure core services (Compute, Storage, Networking, Security, IAM, Databases, Monitoring).
- Architecture: Experience designing large-scale, highly available, and secure solutions.
- DevOps & Automation: Experience on CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Kubernetes, AKS, EKS), and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep).
- Networking: Proficiency in VPCs, VNets, load balancing, firewalls, VPN/ExpressRoute, Direct Connect.
- Security: Expertise in IAM, RBAC, Key Vault/KMS, security monitoring, zero trust architectures.
- Migration: Experience with cloud migration projects (datacenter to cloud, app modernization).
- Soft Skills: Strong communication, stakeholder management, and ability to present cloud strategies at executive level.
Base Location: Noida but needs to travel as per business requirement.
Specialization Description
Engineering Sales & Post-Sale Consulting is focused on selling technical products and leading post-sale product installations/configurations including:
- Preparing and conducting technical sales briefings for customer and company representatives
- Researching customer technical specifications and estimating the costs, resources, time, and technical requirements of modifying, configuring, and installing the product or solution
- Leading post-sale product configuration and designing custom solutions in accordance with customer specifications
- Diagnosing malfunctions of complex devices/equipment/systems and directing/overseeing repair work performed by Engineering Technicians
- Conducting technical user training and product briefings with customers, vendors, and company representatives
Level Description
Entry to developing level professional with little or no prior experience required. Applies a broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education. Work is closely supervised. Works to deliver day-to-day objectives with limited impact on achievement of results for the job area. Explains facts, policies and practices related to job area. Problems faced are not typically difficult or complex.
Headquartered in Japan, NEC is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies. With over 123 years of expertise in providing solutions for empowering people, businesses, and society, NEC stands tall as a champion in enabling change and transformation across the globe. Present in India since 1950, NEC has been instrumental in burgeoning India’s digitization journey continually for the past 70 years.
NEC India has proved its commitment to orchestrating a bright future through its diverse businesses from Telecommunications to Public Safety, Logistics, Transportation, Retail, Finance, Unified Communication and IT platforms, serving across the public and private sectors. NEC India, through the deployment of cutting-edge technology, has been powering India in seminal ways, making lives easier, safer, and more productive for all.
With its Centre of Excellence for verticals like Analytics platform solutions, Big Data, Biometrics, Mobile and Retail, NEC India brings to the table, innovative, seamless solutions for India and across the world.
NEC India is headquartered in New Delhi and has its offices panned across the country. It has branches in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Noida and Surat.
Specialties:
IT & Networking Solutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Safety and Security Solutions, Integrated Retail Solutions, Data Centre Solutions, Safe and Smart City Solutions, Transportation Solutions, SDN Solutions, Carrier Telecom Solutions, and Solutions for Society.
