Senior Cloud Architect

Capgemini; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini in India seeks a Senior Cloud Architect to lead enterprise-scale cloud initiatives on AWS. You will design secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions, drive adoption strategies, and mentor technical teams across large transformation programs.

You will define cloud architecture strategy, lead end-to-end AWS designs, manage migrations and modernization, establish governance using IAM/KMS, implement Terraform IaC, and guide data platforms with EMR.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in cloud architecture with AWS.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud initiatives.
• Strong governance, security, and compliance focus.
• Hands-on with Terraform IaC, EMR, and serverless patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define cloud architecture strategy aligned with business goals and compliance.
• Lead end-to-end AWS design and implementation for complex workloads.
• Drive migration, modernization, and optimization of apps and data platforms.
• Establish cloud governance and security frameworks using IAM, KMS, Vault.
• Implement IaC with Terraform for multi-environment deployments.
• Architect big data solutions leveraging EMR clusters and Serverless.
• Optimize cloud costs with rightsizing, reserved instances, and tagging.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git for automated deployments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and collaborate on roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging tech and guide adoption of containers and serverless.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Leadership experience

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Cloud adoption governance

Tools

Terraform (IaC)

AWS

Jenkins

Git

EMR

Docker

Vault

IAM/KMS

Job description

Your Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Architect to lead enterprise-scale cloud initiatives. This role involves designing secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions on AWS, driving cloud adoption strategies, and mentoring technical teams. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS services, automation, and governance, along with leadership experience in large transformation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Define cloud architecture strategy aligned with business objectives and compliance requirements.
• Lead end-to-end design and implementation of AWS-based solutions for complex workloads.
• Drive migration, modernization, and optimization initiatives for applications and data platforms.
• Establish cloud governance, security frameworks, and best practices using IAM, KMS, and Vault.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for multi-environment deployments.
• Architect big data solutions leveraging EMR clusters and EMR Serverless.
• Optimize cloud costs through advanced strategies (rightsizing, reserved instances, tagging policies).
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git for automated deployments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor teams, and collaborate with stakeholders on cloud roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption for containerization (Docker) and serverless architectures.

Your Profile

• 9+ years (with at least 6+ years in cloud architecture and AWS)
• AWS (EC2, S3, EMR, IAM, KMS, VPC, Lambda)
• EMR (Cluster and Serverless)
• Terraform (IaC)
• Jenkins, Git (CI/CD)
• Security and compliance (IAM, KMS)
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to define cloud adoption frameworks and governance models.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers.