Cloud Computing Solution Architect at IT Horizons Limited

Job Duties

• A results‑driven Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in presales engineering, customer engagement, cloud solution design, and technical evangelism across Azure, AWS, and hybrid cloud ecosystems for enterprise workloads.
• Skilled at delivering business‑aligned architectures, running discovery workshops, creating solution proposals, and supporting sales teams throughout the deal lifecycle.
• This role requires hands‑on experience in cloud architecture, DevOps tooling, IaC, observability, cost governance, and especially on‑prem → cloud migration projects.

Responsibilities
Core Presales Competencies:

• Requirements gathering, technical discovery, and cloud readiness assessments
• Cloud architecture design (Azure/AWS)
• RFP/RFQ responses, solution BOM creation, and customer presentations
• Cloud value articulation (ROI, TCO, business case development)
• Creating HLD/LLD, diagrams, and migration strategies
• Running POCs, demos, and architecture review sessions

Key Experience:

• Designed and presented multi‑cloud architectures for enterprise workloads
• Led presales activities for cloud migrations, DevOps, modernization, and security
• Supported sales teams with technical deep‑dives, sizing, and cost optimization proposals
• Delivered customer workshops on landing zones, IaC, CI/CD, and cloud governance
• Implement cloud-native services:
  • Azure: VMs, App Services, AKS, Azure SQL, Storage, Monitor.
  • AWS: EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda.
• Automate configuration, policy enforcement, backup routines, patching, and scaling.
• Ensure observability through metrics, logs, tracing, and incident automation.
• Assess existing on-prem infrastructure (compute, storage, network, DB).
• Develop migration plans (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor).
• Execute migrations using tools such as Azure Migrate, AWS Migration Hub, DMS, VM replication tools, etc.
• Perform optimization and stabilization post‑migration.
• Implement cloud security best practices, encryption, firewalls, policies, identity controls.
• Conduct monthly cost optimization reviews.
• Provide cloud expertise during internal and external technical sessions/demos.

Job Requirements
Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Experience (Required):

• 3–6+ years hands‑on in Azure and/or AWS (must be deep in at least one; both preferred).
• Production experience with IaC (Terraform/Bicep) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong background in on‑prem → cloud migrations.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, identity, and automation.
• Experience with Linux/Windows server administration.

Experience (Preferred):

• Experience with containers (EKS/AKS) and serverless (Lambda/Azure Functions).
• Experience with hybrid cloud (ExpressRoute, VPN, Direct Connect).
• Understanding of SRE principles.

Certifications (Preferred):

• AWS Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional).
• Azure Solutions Architect.
• Terraform Associate, DevOps Engineer Expert a plus.