Principal DevOps Architect (Hybrid & Multi-Cloud)

Role Summary

We are seeking a

Principal DevOps Architect

to design and implement a unified automation plane across our hybrid-cloud estate. You will lead the creation of multi-cloud

Landing Zones

and build the automation tissue that connects on-premise VMWare/OpenShift environments with public cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP). Your mission is to eliminate manual toil through

SRE-driven automation

, ensuring our infrastructure is as code-driven, observable, and resilient as the applications it hosts.

Key Responsibilities

1\. Hybrid \& Multi-Cloud Landing Zones

• Unified Governance:

Architect and deploy automated Cloud Landing Zones with integrated security guardrails, VPC/VNet topologies, and IAM synchronization across multiple regions.

• On-Premise Integration:

Design "Cloud-Adjacent" architectures that allow on-premise workloads to burst into the cloud or maintain low-latency connections to local storage/databases.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

Develop modular, version-controlled

Terraform

or

OpenTofu

providers to manage resources across AWS, Azure, and private data centers.

2\. Engineering \& Automation

• Python for Tooling:

Build custom automation frameworks and "Glue Code" in

Python

to bridge gaps between vendor APIs and internal developer portals.

• GitOps \& CI/CD:

Implement

GitOps

workflows (using ArgoCD or Flux) to ensure the "Source of Truth" in

Git

is automatically reflected in the live environment.

• State Management:

Design robust backend state management for multi-cloud IaC to prevent configuration drift and ensure environment parity.

3\. SRE \& Operational Excellence

• Toil Elimination:

Identify repetitive manual tasks in the migration lifecycle and replace them with automated self-service workflows.

• Observability Architecture:

Design a unified monitoring plane (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) that provides "Single Pane of Glass" visibility across hybrid environments.

• Error Budgeting:

Partner with engineering teams to define SLIs/SLOs and implement automated "Circuit Breakers" for failing deployments.

Required Skills \& Qualifications

Experience

12\+ years in Infrastructure/DevOps; 5\+ years in a Lead Architect capacity.

IaC Mastery

Expert-level

Terraform

(module development, state management, Terragrunt).

Scripting

Proficiency in

Python

for complex automation and

Bash

for systems-level tasks.

Cloud Platforms

Deep hands-on experience with at least two:

AWS

,

Azure

, or

GCP

.

On-Prem/Hybrid

Experience with

VMWare

,

Nutanix

, or

Bare-Metal

automation (Ansible/Packer).

Containerization

Advanced

Kubernetes

(EKS/AKS/OpenShift) including Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd).

VCS

Mastery of

Git

(Branching strategies, Hooks, and CI/CD integration).