Cloud Architect

Job Qualifications and Responsibilities for AWS Cloud Architect:Develop cloud architectures that are scalable, resilient, cost efficient, and secure, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and established cybersecurity policies.Evaluate applications to determine their readiness and suitability for cloud adoption and create detailed migration strategies and roadmaps.Produce clear and comprehensive architectural documentation—including Microsoft Visio diagrams—as well as cloud governance models, technical standards, and implementation playbooks.Strong understanding of:▸ AWS Compute (EC2, Instance Auto Scaling, Batch)▸ AWS Storage (S3, EBS, Batch Operations, Tiers, Intelligent Tiering, Lifecycle Policies)▸ AWS data analytics platforms (Glue, Lake Formation, RedShift, Athena, etc.)▸ AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, etc.)▸ Serverless services (Fargate, Lambda)▸ Azure compute services (VMs, Scale-Sets, Batch)▸ Azure storage (storage accounts, blobs, files, tables, queues, data lake)▸ Azure data analytics platforms (Fabric, Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Event Hubs etc.)▸ Azure database services (Azure SQL DB, Managed Instance, Hyperscale, Cosmos DB etc.)▸ Serverless services (Azure Functions, Web App, App Services, ASE, Logic Apps, etc.)▸ Containerization (ECS, ECR, EKS, Batch, Kubernetes, Docker, AKS, OpenShift, etc.)▸ Implementing disaster recovery (DR) and backup strategies aligned with regulatory compliance (RTO/RPO).Strong understanding of VPC design, vNet design, Hub & Spoke, Transit Gateway, Peering, Application Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Network Load Balancers, Traffic Manager, VPNs, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, and hybrid networking.Implement cloud security best practices (IAM, RBAC, WAF, Security Groups, NACLs, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Secrets Manager, NSG, ASG, Service Principals, Managed Identities, Azure Advisor, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, encryption, monitoring).