AWS Cloud Architect

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Responsibilities

• ▹Act as the main trusted technical contact for the customer's stakeholders, from engineering teams to IT management
• ▹Develop a deep, holistic understanding of the customer's environment: cloud infrastructure, legacy applications, dependencies, business processes and organisational culture
• ▹Translate the customer's business objectives into an evolving, pragmatic technology roadmap, proactively identifying opportunities for optimisation, innovation and cost savings
• ▹Lead co-creation workshops and design sessions to align Kyndryl's capabilities with the customer's emerging needs
• ▹Design robust, scalable, secure and efficient cloud architectures in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), integrated natively with the customer's existing systems
• ▹Serve as the top technical authority in the account, giving delivery teams detailed designs, governance principles and best practices
• ▹Act as escalation point for the most complex technical challenges faced by delivery teams, protecting the integrity of the original design
• ▹Validate that the final implementation matches the defined architecture
• ▹Establish and maintain a cloud architecture governance framework within the account, ensuring compliance with Kyndryl and customer standards
• ▹Document the current and future state of the customer's architecture, creating a single source of truth
• ▹Stay ahead of technology trends and continuously evaluate new services and tools

Requirements

• ▹At least 5-7 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing complex solutions on the main platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
• ▹Deep knowledge of networking (VPC, peering, DNS, firewalls), storage systems, databases (SQL and NoSQL) and operating systems (Linux/Windows)
• ▹Experience connecting cloud environments with on-premise systems (hybrid architectures), understanding of APIs, event buses and integration patterns
• ▹Software development experience, familiarity with Python, Node/JS or Java, and with observability and quality tools (Sonar, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK, Jest, Cypress, Selenium or similar)
• ▹Mastery of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM) and CI/CD principles
• ▹Practical knowledge of container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• ▹Solid knowledge of the software lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and maintenance
• ▹Experience designing secure architectures applying secure-by-design principles, and knowledge of regulations such as ISO 27001 and GDPR

Nice to have

• ▹Professional certifications in one of the public clouds (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert)
• ▹Previous experience in consulting roles or at managed service providers
• ▹Degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications Engineering or a related field

Soft skills