Cloud Architect
ref :583049 | 18 Feb 2025
apply before : 19 May 2025
- Infinity Tower, DLF Cyber City, Inde - India
about the role
The Cloud Architect is a key player in enabling the successful transformation of customers IT infrastructure through cloud technologies. This role is focused on working closely with the Professional Services (PS) team to design and deliver comprehensive Public Cloud transformation solutions. The Cloud Architect helps guide the overall strategy for implementing cloud-based services, ensuring that the solutions meet both technical and business requirements for customer. Additionally, they assist in providing valuable product and service insights, including commercial overviews, to facilitate the delivery of the Digital & Cloud Experts solution offerings.
A successful Cloud Architect must have a strong combination of technical expertise and consultative skills. Cloud Architect should possess deep knowledge of cloud solutions and related technologies, which allows them to create tailored, cutting-edge solutions that address customer challenges. This role also requires the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and concise manner to customer, whether through face-to-face meetings, conference calls, or other remote collaboration platforms.
The Cloud Architect plays an integral role in shaping the solutions offered to customers, particularly in pre-sales and proposal stages. Cloud Architect works hand-in-hand with the pre-sales and solutions teams to develop detailed solution designs and technical descriptions for RFI (Request for Information) and RFP (Request for Proposal) responses. In this capacity, he/she assists in drafting Level of Effort, ensuring that the proposed solutions are both technically and commercially viable. By providing these essential inputs, the Cloud Architect plays a crucial role in helping to close deals, ensuring that the proposed solutions align with customer objectives and budget expectations.
This position requires a high level of collaboration, both within the company and with clients, to ensure the smooth delivery of projects. A successful candidate will demonstrate a strong understanding of cloud technologies (such as AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud), excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to navigate complex customer needs, ultimately driving the successful adoption and implementation of cloud solutions.
about you
Key responsibilities are as follows:
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions that meet business requirements, performance goals, and security standards, ensuring alignment with both current and future client needs while optimizing the use of cloud resources.
- Collaborate closely with the Asia Pacific presales teams to qualify opportunities, deliver impactful cloud demonstrations, and provide cloud consulting expertise. Support the development of proposals and solution positioning to create strong market differentiation.
- Lead the preparation of responses to proposals, RFQs, RFPs, and RFIs, ensuring that all technical requirements are met and the proposed solutions align with business objectives. Develop high-quality technical documentation such as High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), technical proposals, and Bills of Materials (BoMs).
- Estimate and prepare accurate cost estimates for cloud infrastructure, network, and security solutions, ensuring budget alignment and financial viability. Identify, assess, and address integration, scalability, and drift issues to ensure smooth and seamless cloud transitions.
- Conduct solution demos and pilots, working with the onshore solution team to validate solution approaches and capabilities with customers. Participate in cross-functional architecture discussions, guiding the transformation of applications, middleware, databases, and infrastructure to the cloud.
- Develop comprehensive modernization roadmaps, taking into account both customer needs and technology trends. Architect solutions to support business goals, ensuring the technical feasibility of new projects and successful deployments.
- Demonstrate expertise in DevOps technologies and processes, such as App Services, containers, serverless computing, microservices, and cloud-native applications. Leverage these technologies to optimize cloud transformation efforts and drive efficiency in cloud environments.
- Work collaboratively with nearshore and offshore teams to stay updated on the latest cloud advancements and trends. Share knowledge on Managed Cloud operating models and help refine the value proposition by integrating these insights into solution designs.
- Lead and participate in Proof of Concept (POC) engagements with customers, demonstrating the practical application and success of proposed cloud solutions. Work with customers to validate solutions in real-world scenarios, leveraging successful POCs to build confidence and close deals.
- Regularly engage with key stakeholders, including business leaders and technical teams, to align cloud strategies with overall business objectives. Maintain strong relationships and provide ongoing technical guidance and support throughout the customer journey.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of cloud strategies and solutions, incorporating industry best practices, new technologies, and customer feedback. Innovate by exploring new cloud architectures, services, and platforms that offer enhanced value to customers.
- Participate in ongoing training to maintain expertise in emerging areas such as cloud security, serverless architectures, microservices, and governance frameworks. Stay current with the latest cloud technologies to enhance solution delivery.
- Provide technical leadership and support during the implementation phase, ensuring smooth execution of cloud transformations. Work closely with implementation teams to address technical challenges and ensure solutions are delivered according to design specifications and client expectations.
- Collaborate with project management teams to ensure cloud solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and with minimal risk. Provide technical oversight throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to scope, milestones, and deadlines.
- Act as a mentor and technical resource for junior consultants and other team members. Share best practices, lessons learned, and insights from project experiences to strengthen the overall capabilities of the cloud team.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to customer throughout their cloud journey, assisting with post-implementation support, optimizations, and upgrades. Offer strategic insights to help customer to maximize their cloud investments and stay ahead of industry trends.
Experience Required
- 8-10 years of /implementation/consulting experience with a proven track record in Cloud solutions including VMWare vSphere, Data Centre concepts, knowledge of Enterprise Storage (NetApp, EMC) and Server Technologies (HP, Dell,)
- Minimum 3-4 years of design and implementation experience with enterprise architecture and distributed applications with demonstrable experience of large-scale cloud Deployments within the last 1 year for production workload
- 2-3 years of Public Cloud Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform with a sound understanding of public cloud pricing model (AWS, Azure, GCP) and its impact on solution architecture
- Experience in designing or implementing on-premise to public cloud transformation roadmap for customers including lift & shift, re-hosting, re-factoring and re-platforming of applications
- Ability to orchestrate, lead, and influence virtual teams, ensuring successful implementation of customer projects.
- Strong understanding of Cloud Architecture in both IaaS and PaaS environments including serverless technologies, functions, containers, Kubernetes. \
- Experience in migrating to or architecting micro-services cloud solutions and/or containers or has building such green field “cloud native” applications
- Reasonable understanding of Enterprise Integration and Messaging Patterns, SOA ESB, EAI, ETL environments and Governance practices.
- Reasonable Knowledge of DevOps methods and CI/CD automation practices
- Experience in writing proposals and scopes, responding to tenders/RFQ/RFP/RFI
- Ability to work with minimal supervision in a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders
additional information
- Global opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world
- Flexible work environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working)
- Professional development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities
- Career growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange
- Caring and daring culture: health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events
- Reward programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards
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