Cloud Architect

🏢 Role : Cloud Architect

📍

Location:

Remote

🕒

Experience:

15–30 years \| 10–25 years in AWS Cloud \& DevOps

⭐ Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture \& Strategy

• Define and drive overall

AWS cloud architecture strategy

for client engagements.

• Perform

AWS Landing Zone

and

Cloud Foundation Assessments

to ensure readiness, compliance, and operational excellence.

• Create scalable, secure, high‑availability cloud architectures aligned with client business goals.

Cloud Migration Leadership

Lead migration programs using:

• Cloud Migration Factory
• AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
• AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
• AWS DataSync

Conduct portfolio and wave planning with tools like

ModelizeIT

, including:

• Application assessment
• Dependency mapping
• Migration wave planning

DevOps \& Automation

• Integrate

DevOps practices

into cloud architectures to enable seamless CI/CD pipelines.

• Advocate and implement automation for deployment, monitoring, IaC, and cloud operations.
• Use tools such as

Docker, Kubernetes

, and modern automation frameworks.

Client Engagement \& Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor offering expert guidance on modern cloud trends and best practices.
• Lead technical discussions, workshops, and presentations with internal and client teams.
• Facilitate group sessions, manage cross‑functional teams, and deliver architectural recommendations with clarity and impact.
• Create models and graphical abstractions based on

The Enterprise Framework™

.

🎓 Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 15–20 years of overall IT experience

, with

8–10\+ years in cloud architecture \& DevOps

.

• Proven expertise with

AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

architecture.

• Strong background in DevOps tooling and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience in

on‑premise to AWS cloud migration

.

• Experience with containers and orchestration (

Docker, Kubernetes

).

🎯 Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Relevant certifications:

AWS, Azure, GCP, DevOps

.

• Consulting environment experience.
• Strong leadership, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise in automation tools for infrastructure provisioning \& configuration management.

Disclaimer

*HCL is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to

[email protected]

for investigation.*

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their work location, skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death \& dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.