Platform Architect

Fractal Analytics Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Fractal Analytics Ltd. seeks a Platform Architect to design, deploy, and optimize cloud-based platform infrastructure centered on data and analytics workloads. You will automate deployments using IaC, collaborate with engineering and security teams, and ensure cost-effective, secure operations across AWS/Azure/GCP.

The role requires hands-on cloud engineering experience, strong scripting skills, and expertise in Terraform, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices to deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in cloud engineering and infrastructure deployment.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure or GCP and cost optimization.
• Experience with security standards in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain modular cloud-based platforms for data and analytics workloads.
• Automate infrastructure deployment and ensure secure, scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and IT teams to optimize delivery.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance on platform architecture to development teams.

Skills

Cloud platform architecture

AWS/Azure/GCP

Security & cost optimization

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps practices

Scripting (Python/Java)

Compute, storage & networking

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

GitHub

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Maven

SonarQube

Datadog

dbt

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

About the Role

We are looking for a Platform Architect to join our team and work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to implement, optimize, and maintain our cloud-based platforms—especially in the data and analytics space. You will be responsible for deploying, debugging, and supporting cloud systems, automating infrastructure, and ensuring secure, scalable, and cost‑effective solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems with a focus on data and analytics workloads.
• Implement and maintain cloud solutions following industry best practices and company policies.
• Ensure efficient operation of data storage and compute resources, aligned with cloud security standards.
• Identify and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues.
• Continuously review and improve existing systems and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with internal teams and clients to provide cloud support and recommend solutions.
• Automate infrastructure deployment using tools like Terraform, Terragrunt, and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Work with DevOps and ITIL practices to streamline operations and deployments.
• Support secure and cost‑optimized cloud implementations in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture and Cybersecurity teams.
• Document cloud infrastructure strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams on cloud‑native engineering.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available platform infrastructure.
• Develop and improve cloud-native platforms, automation frameworks, and deployment pipelines.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Monitor platform performance, reliability, and security, and proactively resolve issues.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to optimize application delivery.
• Establish platform standards, best practices, and operational procedures.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on platform architecture and operations.

Skills & Experience

• Experience with source control tools such as Git, GitHub, Bitbucket.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java), RDBMS (Oracle/MySQL), and message queues.
• Strong understanding of cloud concepts and hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in cloud engineering and infrastructure deployment.
• Solid knowledge of cloud infrastructure, including security, cost optimization, and automation.
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure domains: compute, storage, networking, and service delivery.
• Experience with compliance and security standards in enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience with DevOps tools: Ansible, Docker, GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Maven, SonarQube.
• Mandatory experience with the following cloud services: Google Cloud: BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Dataflow, Cloud SQL, Firestore, Cloud Composer, Compute Engine, App Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, Data Catalog, Pub/Sub, Vertex AI.
• AWS: Redshift, S3 Buckets, Lambda Functions.
• Azure: Blob Storage, SQL Database.
• Other Tools: Terraform, Terragrunt, dbt, Datadog.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

At Fractal, towards our goal of “powering every human decision in the enterprise”, our partnerships and alliances help in creating and delivering a compelling suite of solutions to unlock value. We partner with companies from around the globe, leaders in their respective fields. With Fractal’s expertise in artificial intelligence, design, engineering, and digital transformation, combined with the data, technology, and software platforms from our partners, we create cutting‑edge solutions to problems in the business world. We understand how critical and timely decision triggers, and information, empower our clients to create, unlock, deliver, and realize value. Together with our partners, our goal is to serve each client in their end‑to‑end data‑to‑decision journey.