Cloud Platform Architect
- Zymr Systems
- 10 - 15 years
- Pune
- 17 hours ago
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Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver multi-cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, covering compute, networking, storage, identity, and managed services.
- Define cloud landing zone strategies, governance frameworks, and account/subscription structures aligned to organizational policies.
- Drive IaC adoption using Terraform, Ansible, or cloud-native tools (CloudFormation / ARM Templates / Deployment Manager / AWS CDK) at an enterprise scale.
- Architect and deliver Kubernetes platforms (EKS, AKS, GKE), including cluster lifecycle, multi-tenancy, RBAC, and node pool strategies.
- Design and implement serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Step Functions, and event-driven AWS services to build scalable, cost-efficient cloud-native applications.
- Architect and deliver serverless solutions on Azure Functions integrated with Azure Event Grid, Azure Service Bus, and Azure API Management for enterprise-grade workloads
- Design and govern CI/CD pipeline frameworks supporting trunk-based development, canary, and blue-green deployment strategies.
- Define Helm chart standards for application packaging, versioning, and multi-environment promotion across Kubernetes clusters.
- Implement GitOps workflows using Argo CD and establish internal developer platforms (IDPs) and self-service infrastructure capabilities.
- Champion GitDevSecOps - embedding security gates, SAST/DAST, container scanning, SBOM generation, and Policy as Code (OPA/Conftest) into delivery pipelines.
- Own secret management and ensure compliance with CIS, NIST, and SOC 2 cloud security benchmarks.
- Implement service mesh solutions (Istio) for traffic management, mTLS, observability, and fault injection.
- Design cloud networking covering VPC/VNet, transit gateways, WAF, DNS, private connectivity, and zero-trust access models.
- Lead architecture reviews, contribute to ADRs and RFCs, and act as a trusted advisor to engineering and executive leadership.
- Define FinOps strategies, including reserved instances, rightsizing, Spot workloads, and cost visibility tooling.
- Drive scalability and reliability design auto-scaling, elastic architectures, capacity planning, and chaos engineering practices.
- Design and implement a full-stack observability platform using Grafana and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
- Define and standardise the collection of metrics, logs, and traces across multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms (EKS, AKS, GKE).
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and foster a culture of engineering excellence and blameless post-mortems
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on expertise across all three major cloud platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Hands-on experience designing, developing, and operating serverless applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, DynamoDB Streams, and related AWS serverless services.
- Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (modules, state management, and workspaces) and at least one cloud-native IaC tool.
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and operations, including Helm chart authoring, lifecycle management, and multi-cluster patterns.
- Practical experience designing and operating service mesh solutions (Istio, Linkerd, or equivalent).
- Strong cloud networking knowledge, including VPC/VNet design, transit architectures, private connectivity, and zero-trust models.
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining a full observability stack using open-source and/or commercial tooling.
- Strong understanding of Git, DevSecOps principles, and the ability to embed security into platform and delivery pipelines.
- Experience implementing GitOps practices using Argo CD or similar tools.
- Scripting and automation proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or similar.
- Proven experience designing for scale, high availability, and disaster recovery across cloud environments.
- Strong FinOps awareness ability to architect for cost visibility, accountability, and optimisation.
Good to Have
- Exposure to cloud-native data platforms, streaming architectures, or AI/ML infrastructure.
- Experience with multi-region or active-active architecture patterns.
Certifications (Preferred)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
- Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate or Professional
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of practical experience.
- 10+ years in cloud infrastructure and DevOps roles, with at least 3 years in an architect-level or principal engineer position.
- Proven track record of delivering multi-cloud platform programs for mid-to-large enterprises.
- Experience building platform engineering practices or internal developer platforms from the ground up.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills able to produce clear architectural diagrams, ADRs, and executive-level presentations.
- Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and hands-on levels depending on organizational need.
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QARole Category: DevOpsRole: DevOps Consultant / ArchitectEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Zymr SystemsLocation(s): Pune+ View Contact
Keyskills: Devsecops FinOps Terraform Helm Charts Kubernetes gitOps Shell Scripting Ci/Cd Cloud Architect Docker Azure Cloud GCP Lambda Serverless AWS Python
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Zymr Systems
Zymr Systems Pvt. Ltd. At Zymr, we start with your domain-specific core, wrap it in open source economics, tie it together with layers of manageability, skin it with UX driven dashboards and smoothly float it on your cloud. Our artisanal approach to solution-ing promises to provide you cloud sca...
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