Vice President - Cloud Architect - BFSI

Role Summary:

- We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Multi-Cloud Lead Architect to spearhead the architecture, design, and delivery of secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

- This role is critical in driving cloud modernization, hybrid architecture implementation, observability, and automation initiatives for large enterprise clients preferably within the BFSI domain.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Architecture Leadership:

- Lead the design and implementation of multi-cloud strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

- Develop hybrid cloud platforms with seamless integration between on-prem and public cloud environments.

- Establish multi-tenancy architecture patterns ensuring secure isolation, scalability, and performance.

Microservices & Platform Architecture:

- Define API gateways, service mesh patterns, CI/CD workflows, and container orchestration using Kubernetes.

Security & Network Governance:

- Design and enforce cloud-native and hybrid security controls (IAM, firewalls, WAFs, key management, etc.).

Automation & Runbook Engineering:

- Create standardized runbooks, workflows, and playbooks to automate provisioning, deployments, failovers, and incident response.

- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep.

Observability & Reliability:

- Implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting solutions using native and third-party tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, Datadog, Prometheus).

- Lead SRE practices for proactive reliability and uptime management.

Cost Optimization & Governance:

- Establish FinOps practices and cloud usage governance for large-scale environments.

Required Skills & Expertise:

- Deep understanding of hybrid cloud models, cloud-native architecture, and on-premises integration.

- Expertise in multi-tenant SaaS architecture, including data, network, and security isolation strategies.

- Solid grasp of networking (VPC, peering, VPN, SD-WAN) and security best practices in cloud and hybrid ecosystems.

- Hands-on with DevSecOps, GitOps, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD).(Optional)

- Demonstrated ability to build observability stacks and manage large-scale production environments.

- Skilled in automation tools: Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python scripting.

- Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Certifications:

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect / Administrator

- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent

- TOGAF / SABSA / Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) preferred

- FinOps Certified Practitioner preferred

Preferred Background:

- 15+ years in enterprise IT, with 6+ years in cloud architecture roles.

- Strong preference for experience working with regulated industries, especially BFSI.

- Experience with global cloud transformation programs, enterprise landing zones, and security frameworks like NIST, CIS, ISO 27001.