Cloud Architect - AWS

TidyHire; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 5,600,000; Full time

Job summary

TidyHire seeks an experienced Cloud Architect – AWS to own workload-level architecture across a multi-cloud estate. You will design target states for AWS-hosted workloads, keep the landing zone healthy, and ensure designs meet platform standards.

You will review Terraform designs, drive security, cost efficiency, and governance across AWS and Azure. Responsibilities include producing detailed designs for AWS workloads (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS), guiding migrations, and presenting at

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of infrastructure experience with AWS focus.
• Deep knowledge of AWS core services: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Transit Gateway, CloudWatch.
• Experience designing multi-account AWS environments with guardrails (SCPs, Config, GuardDuty).
• Terraform design-review experience.
• Azure as a first-class peer in a multi-cloud organisation.

Responsibilities

• Produce detailed solution designs for AWS workloads: EC2, VPC networking, IAM, storage, RDS, EKS, and serverless where it fits.
• Maintain and evolve the AWS landing zone Organizations, Control Tower/SCPs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect.
• Lead technical assessments and target-state designs for workloads migrating to or already running on AWS.
• Review Terraform implementations against design intent and AWS Well-Architected principles.
• Design for cross-cloud scenarios — identity federation, network interconnect, and data movement between AWS and Azure.
• Embed security, resilience, and cost-efficiency into designs with the Cloud Security and FinOps teams.
• Present designs at the architecture review board.

Skills

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Kubernetes

Hybrid Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, ComputerScience, Engineering

Master's degree is a plus

Tools

Terraform

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AWS Solutions Architect Professional Kubernetes Hybrid Networking

Job Description

Role & responsibilities

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As Cloud Architect – AWS you will own workload-level architecture on AWS within a multi-cloud estate. You will design target states for AWS-hosted workloads, keep the AWS side of the landing zone healthy, and ensure AWS designs meet the same standards as the rest of the platform.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Produce detailed solution designs for AWS workloads: EC2,VPC networking, IAM, storage, RDS, EKS, and serverless where it fits.

Maintain and evolve the AWS landing zone Organizations, Control Tower/SCPs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect.

Lead technical assessments and target-state designs for workloads migrating to or already running on AWS. Architecture assurance

Review Terraform implementations against design intent and AWS Well-Architected principles.

Multi-cloud integration

Design for cross-cloud scenarios — identity federation,network interconnect, and data movement between AWS and Azure.

Embed security, resilience, and cost-efficiency into designs with the Cloud Security and FinOps teams.

Present designs at the architecture review board.

COMPETENCIES

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

Stakeholder orientation

Works closely with business, application, infrastructure and global stakeholders; communicates impact and next stepsclearly.

Ownership

Takes end-to-end responsibility and follows through until the solution or service is stable.

Problem solving

Uses a structured approach to analyse, isolate, test and document solutions.

Clear communication

Explains technical topics in plain language and prepares concise documentation.

Teamwork

Collaborates across engineering, architecture, security, operations and vendor teams; shares knowledge proactively.

Balances urgency, risk and business impact across multiple activities.

Adjusts to changing priorities, programme needs and evolving cloud technologies.

Quality & attention to detail

Applies standards and validates designs, code or changes before closure.

Identifies recurring issues and drives standardisation, automation and reusable solutions.

Integrity & confidentiality

Handles access, cost, architecture and business information responsibly and follows security policies.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• 8-12 years in infrastructure, with 4+ years architecting on AWS specifically.
• Deep knowledge of AWS core services: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Transit Gateway, CloudWatch, and
• Organizations-level governance.
• Experience designing multi-account AWS environments with strong guardrails (SCPs, Config, GuardDuty).
• Working knowledge of Terraform for design review purposes.
• Migration design experience on AWS — MGN/DMS or equivalent tooling, wave planning, target-state
• definition.
• Comfortable operating in a multi-cloud organisation where Azure is a first-class peer.

PREFERRED TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification.
• Exposure to hybrid networking at global scale.

REQUIREMENTS

Degree

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, ComputerScience, Engineering or a related field. A Master's degree is a plus.

Experience

8–12 years of relevant professional experience. Ability to work effectively in a multicultural and geographically dispersed environment. Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, communication and collaboration skills are required.