Cloud Architect
Senior Consultant / Principal level
Technology Transformation (Enterprise Technology) practice
About Your Role
As a Cloud Architect within our Cloud & Infrastructure capability, you will lead and govern the migration, transformation and design of secure, scalable, and cost‑efficient cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. You will set architectural direction and act as design authority for cloud‑first, hybrid, and multi‑cloud strategies aligned to business outcomes, regulatory requirements, and digital sovereignty considerations.
You will define enterprise‑scale, cloud‑native and AI‑ready architectures supporting application platforms, data and AI workloads, and GenAI‑enabled use cases. Working across strategy, target architectures, and delivery programmes, you will ensure solutions are resilient, secure, and operationally robust from design through implementation.
You will lead and assure architecture design across cloud landing zones, platform engineering, observability, cloud security, and cloud economics, working closely with senior client stakeholders, delivery leadership, hyperscaler partners, and Infosys Consulting specialists.
Key Responsibilities & Capabilities
- Lead cloud transformation initiatives, including migration assessments, discovery activities, and definition of target cloud architectures
- Define and govern enterprise cloud architecture standards and reference architecture across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud
- Act as design authority for complex cloud, hybrid, and multi‑cloud initiatives
- Lead the design of AI‑ready and GenAI‑enabled cloud architectures, including secure data platforms and scalable inference patterns
- Own cloud transformation assessments, defining target architectures, migration strategies, and phased roadmaps
- Apply and enforce Well‑Architected, security‑by‑design, and cost‑optimisation principles
- Engage confidently with senior client stakeholders, clearly articulating architectural options and trade‑offs
- Contribute to proposals, offerings, and thought leadership within the Cloud & Infrastructure capability
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- Extensive experience designing and governing cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Hands‑on experience with enterprise cloud platforms, application architectures, and hybrid environments
- Professional‑level cloud certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Exposure to platform engineering, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code tooling
- Strong knowledge of cloud security, networking, identity, and governance
- Excellent communication skills with technical and non‑technical senior stakeholders
Preferred / Desirable Experience
- Experience leading large‑scale cloud migration and modernization programmes
- Strong understanding of AI‑enabled and GenAI cloud architectures
- Multi‑cloud and hybrid architecture leadership experience
General Information
- Willingness and ability to travel across client sites within the EMEA region
- Fluent spoken and written English (additional languages advantageous depending on location)
Personal Attributes
- Highly structured and strategic thinker
- Able to translate complex cloud architecture into clear, actionable guidance
- Strong collaborator and architectural leader
- Comfortable operating in fast‑moving and ambiguous transformation contexts
- Committed to high standards of quality, integrity, and professionalism
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