Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect

Kornferry; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kornferry in Bengaluru, India, seeks an experienced Cloud Architect to design and lead hybrid cloud initiatives across on-prem, private, and public clouds.

You will drive modernization, governance, and security standards, collaborate with DevOps and application teams, and advance IaC, CI/CD, and containerization efforts. A strong background in Azure and manufacturing/industrial environments is preferred. OT/IT integration and data pipelines are valued pluses.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT infrastructure experience with 4+ years in cloud or hybrid architecture.
• Strong Azure expertise; AWS/GCP knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with IaC, automation, CI/CD, and containerization tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect hybrid cloud environments across on‑prem, private, and public platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Lead modernization including cloud migration strategies and data center integration.
• Establish governance, compliance, FinOps and security standards with PHINIA IT teams.
• Develop disaster recovery and business continuity with hybrid failover patterns.
• Create and maintain architecture docs, diagrams, interfaces, and runbooks.
• Evaluate new cloud tech, propose enhancements, lead PoC initiatives.
• Collaborate with DevOps and app teams to drive automation, IaC, CI/CD.
• Modernize workloads (ERP/MES/PLM) with containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native services.
• Design secure OT/IT integration, industrial edge compute, and data pipelines.

Skills

Azure

AWS

GCP

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Security

FinOps

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Architect hybrid cloud environments across onprem, private cloud, and public cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).

Lead hybrid infrastructure modernization, including cloud migration strategies and data center integration.

Establish and enforce hybrid cloud governance models, compliance controls, FinOps principles and security standards in collaboration with PHINIA Security and IT governance teams.

Develop disaster recovery, business continuity approaches, and hybrid failover patterns.

Create and maintain hybrid cloud architectural documentation, integration diagrams, interface specifications, and operational runbooks.

Evaluate emerging cloud technologies, recommend enhancements, and lead proofofconcept initiatives.

Collaborate with DevOps, Infrastructure, and Application teams to drive automation, IaC adoption, and CI/CD integration.

Modernize workloads (ERP, MES, PLM, custom apps) using containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native services.

Design secure OT/IT integration, industrial edge compute, and data pipelines (OPCUA, IoT, analytics). What were looking for

Bachelors or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience.

7+ years of IT infrastructure experience with 4+ years in cloud or hybrid architecture.

Strong expertise in Azure (preferred), plus working knowledge of AWS/GCP.

Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), automation, CI/CD tooling and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker). Experience with OT systems and industrial protocols.

Foundation in cloud security, Zero Trust, networking, and governance. Background in manufacturing/automotive environments is a strong preference.

Certifications such as Azure/AWS Architect, TOGAF, or FinOps are plus.

Preferred candidate profile

Min 10 Years of Overall Experience

Min 4 Years as Cloud Architect

Presently working as Cloud Architect is a must

Prior experience as solutions architect (Either Presales or Solution Design)

FinOps principles experience must

Hands-on experience and understanding of storage infrastructure.