Architect - Cloud

Role summary

This role acts as the primary customer-facing architect for the engagement. The person will lead strategy and design discussions across AWS, Azure / M365, VMware, on-premises platforms, VPN and network dependencies, identity services, and selected SaaS applications. The role is responsible for turning incomplete information into a structured DR strategy, recovery architecture, and prioritized roadmap.

Detailed job description

• Lead discovery workshops with customer infrastructure, cloud, security, application, network, and business stakeholders.
• Define the in-scope services, recovery tiers, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and exclusions for the DR engagement.
• Assess current-state resiliency capabilities across AWS, Azure / M365, VMware, on-premises systems, and other SaaS services.
• Drive discussions to define or rationalize RTO, RPO, application criticality, and recovery sequencing.
• Recommend target-state DR patterns such as backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, active-passive, active-active, or rebuild-on-demand.
• Design foundational recovery considerations covering identity, AD / Entra ID, DNS, VPN, remote access, certificates, key management, and other shared services.
• Identify gaps in backup coverage, restore confidence, immutability, cyber recovery readiness, and dependency orchestration.
• Guide the offshore consultant on discovery follow-ups, documentation, and deliverable development.

• Produce executive-ready outputs such as architecture documents, standards, gap analysis, test approach, and maturity roadmap.

Required skills and experience

• 10+ years in enterprise infrastructure, cloud, or resiliency architecture roles.
• Strong architecture experience across AWS and working knowledge of Azure / M365, VMware, and on-premises environments.
• Hands-on understanding of DR concepts including RTO, RPO, failover, failback, dependency sequencing, backup and restore, and cyber recovery.
• Experience designing DR strategies for hybrid environments with identity, network, and application dependencies.
• Ability to facilitate workshops, challenge assumptions diplomatically, and work with both technical and executive stakeholders.

• Strong written communication and architecture documentation skills.

Preferred skills

• Experience with enterprise backup platforms, immutable backup design, and ransomware recovery.
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS, VPN, firewall, and network dependency recovery.
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tooling.

• Exposure to regulated or audit-driven environments.