Infrastructure Architect – Governance Lead

Jobtailor

Chennai District

On-site

INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior infrastructure architect to define and govern enterprise cloud and datacenter platforms. You will drive governance, architecture standards, and security across Azure, OCI, VMware, and on‑prem environments, delivering scalable, cost‑effective designs.

Lead SOC alignment, FinOps, and incident escalation, partner with vendors, and mentor teams. You will build IaC pipelines, implement Zero Trust, and maintain reference architectures while guiding modernization and capacity

Qualifications

18+ years of Infrastructure and Cloud experience.
10+ years designing enterprise Azure environments.
10+ years working with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Strong VMware and enterprise datacenter architecture experience.
Experience designing hybrid cloud solutions.
Strong background in cloud governance, infrastructure governance, and security.
Experience leading managed service providers and global infrastructure operations.
Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter, VMware ESXi, Dell VxRail, Hyper-V.
SAN/NAS storage, backup and recovery platforms, disaster recovery solutions.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure governance, architecture standards, policies, and best practices across Azure, OCI, VMware, and on-premises environments.
Design and approve secure, scalable infrastructure solutions.
Establish and govern Azure Landing Zones, management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, RBAC, and enterprise cloud operating standards.
Develop OCI governance frameworks and review architecture designs across networking, compute, storage, IAM, security, HA, and DR.
Own architecture and governance of VMware, VxRail, Hyper-V, and core datacenter platforms.
Lead datacenter modernization, hardware refresh, capacity planning, performance management, and infrastructure lifecycle roadmaps.
Coordinate with vendors during critical incidents and service issues.
Lead cloud FinOps initiatives across Azure and OCI, including cost visibility, forecasting, budgeting, rightsizing, tagging, reserved capacity, and showback.

Skills

Azure Policy

RBAC

PowerShell

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Microsoft Defender Suite

Disaster Recovery

Identity and Access Management

Cloud Cost Management

Cloud Governance

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Azure Automation

Job description

Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure governance, architecture standards, policies, and best practices across Azure, OCI, VMware, and on-premises environments
Design and approve secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions
Establish and govern Azure Landing Zones, management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, RBAC, and enterprise cloud operating standards
Develop OCI governance frameworks and review architecture designs across networking, compute, storage, IAM, security, high availability, and disaster recovery
Own architecture and technical governance of VMware, VxRail, Hyper-V, and core datacenter platforms
Define standards for virtualization, compute, storage, networking, backup, monitoring, and disaster recovery
Lead datacenter modernization, hardware refresh, capacity planning, performance management, and infrastructure lifecycle roadmaps
Provide Level 3/Level 4 technical escalation support for complex cloud, OCI, and datacenter infrastructure incidents
Coordinate with Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, managed service providers, and other vendors during critical incidents and service issues
Lead cloud FinOps initiatives across Azure and OCI, including cost visibility, forecasting, budgeting, rightsizing, tagging, reserved capacity, and showback/chargeback models
Build and maintain reporting dashboards for cloud consumption, financial performance, capacity, and optimization opportunities
Define and govern enterprise cloud security architecture aligned with Zero Trust principles
Oversee Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra ID, Defender for Cloud, and OCI security capabilities
Govern identity and access management, privileged access, MFA, conditional access, endpoint security, vulnerability remediation, and cloud security posture
Partner with Security Operations, Finance, application teams, and business stakeholders to improve security, resilience, and cost efficiency
Lead Architecture Review Board discussions and maintain enterprise reference architectures and technical documentation
Review managed service provider deliverables for compliance with architecture, security, operational, and documentation standards
Drive automation, infrastructure-as-code, operational standardization, and continuous improvement
Ensure infrastructure services meet enterprise security, compliance, business continuity, disaster recovery, and audit requirements

Requirements

18+ years of Infrastructure and Cloud experience
10+ years designing enterprise Azure environments
10+ years working with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Strong VMware and enterprise datacenter architecture experience
Experience designing hybrid cloud solutions
Strong background in cloud governance, infrastructure governance, and security
Experience leading managed service providers and global infrastructure operations
Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter, VMware ESXi, Dell VxRail, Hyper-V
SAN/NAS storage, backup and recovery platforms, disaster recovery solutions
Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, DNS/DHCP
Enterprise networking, load balancers, firewalls
Microsoft Defender Suite, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud
Endpoint security, vulnerability management, Zero Trust Architecture, Identity and Access Management
Azure Cost Management, OCI Cost Analysis, cost optimization, budget forecasting, chargeback/showback, resource tagging
PowerShell, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Azure Automation, scripting

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in enterprise infrastructure governance, cloud architecture, and security, with a strong focus on Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Proven ability to lead cloud FinOps initiatives, manage complex incidents, and drive automation and operational standardization.

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