Platform Architect – AWS – Azure, /Networking

Overview

As a Senior Cloud Platform Architect, provide architectural leadership for hybrid-cloud networking and security capabilities across AWS and Azure. Maintain and improve the mature AWS cloud networking platform while leading Azure development toward enterprise-ready capabilities with comparable governance, security, automation, and operational maturity.

What you'll do

• Serve as the subject-matter expert for hybrid-cloud networking, connectivity, segmentation, traffic inspection, and cloud security architecture.
• Maintain and improve AWS networking posture across the existing landing zone, including scalability, resiliency, security, performance, and operational effectiveness.
• Design and mature the Azure platform, including secure connectivity to the internal network and application deployment support across AWS and Azure.
• Establish consistent multi-cloud architecture patterns using AWS, Azure, Aviatrix, Palo Alto Networks, and infrastructure as code.
• Define cloud networking and security standards, guardrails, reference architectures, and operational practices.
• Enable application and product teams to deploy secure, compliant, and well-connected workloads across AWS and Azure.
• Contribute to cloud strategy, governance, service models, and the hybrid-cloud operating model.
• Lead continuous improvement of platform capabilities through automation, standardization, and engineering excellence.
• Lead architecture, governance, and continuous improvement of hybrid-cloud networking across AWS, Azure, Aviatrix, and Palo Alto Networks.
• Maintain and improve AWS landing-zone networking, including connectivity, routing, segmentation, traffic inspection, DNS, resiliency, security, and performance.
• Define reusable multi-cloud network and security patterns using AWS and Azure native services, Aviatrix, Palo Alto Networks, and Terraform.
• Establish standards, guardrails, reference architectures, and operating practices for cloud networking, security, monitoring, governance, and compliance.
• Design and govern connectivity using AWS Transit Gateway, RAM, Direct Connect, VPN, PrivateLink, Route 53, Network Firewall, Azure ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Virtual WAN, Azure Firewall, and Private Link.
• Implement and integrate cloud security and monitoring capabilities, including GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, Inspector, Macie, CloudWatch, SIEM, SOC, and SOAR solutions.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure and network configurations are automated, tested, version-controlled, and maintained through Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Provide architecture reviews, technical leadership, troubleshooting support, and guidance for complex cloud networking, security, connectivity, and platform initiatives.
• Partner with cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, operations, application, and compliance teams to enable secure, reliable, and scalable cloud adoption.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies, lead proofs of concept, and drive continuous improvement in platform maturity, resiliency, operational efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Communicate the health, risks, roadmap, and strategic direction of AWS and Azure platform capabilities to relevant stakeholders.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of experience across cloud architecture, enterprise networking, infrastructure, security, DevOps, or operations.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing AWS networking and hybrid-cloud architectures.
• Experience designing or maturing Azure platforms and hybrid connectivity.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS networking, cloud security, routing, DNS, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Aviatrix multi-cloud networking.
• Strong understanding of network segmentation, centralized inspection, zero-trust principles, and least-privilege access.
• Experience integrating cloud monitoring and security services with enterprise SIEM, SOC, or SOAR platforms.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills.

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty.
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent.
• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, or another regulated industry.
• Experience with AWS Transit Gateway, RAM, Direct Connect, VPN, PrivateLink, Route 53, Network Firewall, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, Inspector, and Macie.
• Experience with Azure ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Virtual WAN, Azure Firewall, Private Link, and private endpoints.
• Experience implementing cloud governance, compliance controls, and policy as code.
• Familiarity with GxP, SOX, GDPR, NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, or similar requirements.
• Experience working with globally distributed Agile and virtual teams.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India.
• Employment type: Full time.
• Worker type: Employee.
• Worker sub-type: Regular.