Cloud Architect-AWS/GCP

Overview

Lead cloud architecture and governance for AWS and GCP environments as a technical leadership role linking Kyndryl and its clients, from early solution design through implementation.

What you'll do

• Provide architectural guidance and governance for AWS environments.
• Design and review AWS solutions covering networking, security, compute, storage, and container platforms.
• Support hybrid and multi-cloud architectures spanning GCP and AWS.
• Define AWS operational and security standards aligned with enterprise requirements.
• Define and implement enterprise-scale GCP cloud architecture, landing zones, governance, and security frameworks.
• Design highly available, scalable, and cost-optimised cloud solutions aligned to business and application requirements.
• Establish cloud architecture standards, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Lead cloud transformation, modernization, and migration initiatives to GCP.
• Conduct architecture reviews, technology assessments, and workload placement recommendations.
• Architect and govern container platforms including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Amazon EKS, and AWS EKS Anywhere.
• Define cluster architecture, networking, security, observability, scalability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Establish Kubernetes platform standards, security guardrails, and operational models.
• Guide engineering teams on containerisation, microservices, and cloud-native adoption.
• Define and implement enterprise DevOps and GitOps strategies.
• Architect CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, and related tools.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and platform automation.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption, policy-as-code, security automation, and compliance enforcement.
• Enable automated deployment, monitoring, remediation, and operational excellence practices.
• Design cloud security architecture, IAM models, network security controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Establish governance using AWS Config, Audit Manager, GCP Security Command Center, and policy controls.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Review and approve cloud solution designs from a security and governance perspective.

What you'll need

• Required experience in AWS Administration, AWS Architecture, Amazon EKS, and EKS Anywhere (primary).
• Required experience in GCP, GKE, Cloud Architecture, Terraform, and Cloud Security (secondary).
• Required experience in Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Required experience in DevOps, GitOps, and DevSecOps.
• Required experience in Terraform, Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Required experience with CI/CD tools (Cloud Build, CodePipeline, GitHub Actions).
• Required experience in cloud networking, IAM, security and compliance.
• Required experience in SRE and observability practices.

Nice to have

• Experience leading DevSecOps/SRE projects, setting up GitOps workflows, and designing robust CI/CD pipelines integrating tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo, and ELK.
• Deep expertise in delivering immutable infrastructure-as-code and automating platform deployments using Terraform, CloudFormation, Anthos Config Management, and GCVE.
• Track record of leading technical workshops with enterprise clients to architect advanced AWS solutions and design migration strategies from data centers to the cloud.
• Proven ability to perform periodic architecture reviews to enhance application performance, drive cost optimization, and thoroughly document technical frameworks.
• Collaborative skills in building utility tools and scripts (such as Chef cookbooks) that enable engineering teams to operate safely at high speed and wide scale.
• Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional; Google Professional Cloud Architect; Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer; Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA); Terraform Associate; Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS); Cloud Developer / DevOps Engineer; Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Hybrid-friendly work arrangement.
• Opportunity to travel.