Cloud Architect

The Cloud Migration Technical Architect leads the end-to-end planning, architecture, governance and technical execution of enterprise cloud migration programmes across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The architect will develop migration strategies, design target-state architectures, lead technical delivery teams, and ensure successful migration of applications, infrastructure, and platforms with minimal business disruption. In addition, the roleoperates within a managed services environment, providing advanced (L4)technical support for complex escalations, ensuring continuous serviceavailability, and driving operational excellence across multi-technologydomains including cloud, networking, security, and infrastructure. Key Responsibilities:

1. Migration Strategy ·       Assess current on-premises environments and application portfolios. ·       Develop cloud adoption and migration strategies. ·       Perform application discovery and dependency mapping. ·       Define migration waves and migration roadmaps. ·       Recommend appropriate migration approaches (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, Retire, Retain).
2. ArchitectureD esign

• Design landing zones and cloud foundations.

• Develop hybrid cloud architectures.

• Design networking, security, identity, backup, DR and governance.

• Produce High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD).

• Establish architecture standards and reusable reference architectures.

1. Migration Delivery

• Lead migration planning and execution.

• Review migration runbooks.

• Coordinate migration windows.

• Oversee cutover and rollback planning.

• Resolve technical issues during migration.

1. Technical Leadership

• Lead technical workshops with customers.

• Mentor engineers and technical leads.

• Conduct architecture reviews.

• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards.

• Support complex troubleshooting.

1. Governance &Risk

• Identify migration risks.

• Define mitigation strategies.

• Review technical quality.

• Ensure security and compliance requirements are met.

• Participate in Change Advisory Board(CAB).

1. Customer Engagement

• Present migration strategies to executives.

• Conduct discovery workshops.

• Provide technical assurance.

• Support pre-sales and solution development.

Qualifications and Certifications: ·      Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience). ·      Mandatory Certifications

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Amazon Web Services AWS Certified Solutions Architect– Professional
• The Open Group TOGAF Certified
• ITIL 4 Foundation Preferred
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Azure Administrator Associate
• AWS SysOps Administrator
• CISSP (preferred)
• Terraform Associate ·       Additional cloud-native and container certifications areadvantageous. Required Skills & Qualifications: Cloud Platforms

• Microsoft Azure

• AWS

• Google Cloud (desirable)

Infrastructure Strong knowledge of:

• VMware

• Hyper-V

• Windows Server

• Linux

• Active Directory

• Microsoft Entra ID

• DNS

• DHCP

• Storage

• SAN

• Backup

• Disaster Recovery

Networking Experience with

• VPN

• ExpressRoute

• AWS Direct Connect

• Firewalls

• Load Balancers

• DNS

• Routing

• Network segmentation

Migration Tools Experience with several of:

• Azure Migrate

• Azure Site Recovery

• AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)

• AWS Migration Hub

• VMware HCX

• Azure Database Migration Service

• Cloud Endure

• Carbonite Migrate

• Azure Landing Zone Accelerator

Automation Experience with

• PowerShell

• Python

• Terraform

• Bicep

• ARM Templates

• Ansible

Experience:

• 10+ years Infrastructure Architecture

• 5+ years Cloud Architecture

• 5+ years leading enterprise cloud migrations

• Experience migrating 500+ server environments

• Experience leading migration teams

• Experience with regulated industries preferred

Technical Competencies: The successful candidate should demonstrate experience in:

• Cloud Readiness Assessments

• Application Dependency Mapping

• Cloud Adoption Frameworks

• Landing Zone Design

• Migration Factory Planning

• Migration Wave Planning

• Cost Optimisation

• Security Architecture

• Identity Integration

• Disaster Recovery

• Hybrid Cloud Architecture

• Cloud Governance

• Infrastructure as Code

• Automation

• Executive Stakeholder Management