Cloud Solution Architect

Orange; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology firm in Singapore is seeking an experienced Cloud Solution Architect to drive client transformation through cloud technologies. This role demands strong technical expertise and consultative skills to design and implement scalable solutions, ensuring they meet both technical and business requirements. The ideal candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of cloud solutions and excellent communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with diverse teams and clients. Join us to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Professional development opportunities

Health and well-being programs

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of implementation/consulting experience with cloud solutions.
• 3-4 years of design and implementation experience with enterprise architecture.
• 2-3 years of Public Cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with presales teams to develop proposals.
• Lead preparation of responses to proposals and RFIs.

Skills

Cloud solutions knowledge

Technical consulting skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional

Azure Certified Solution Architect – Expert

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

DevOps tools

Job description

Orange Business is here!

About us

Join us at Orange Business!

We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.

Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

About the role

The Cloud Solution Architect is a key player in enabling the successful transformation of customers IT infrastructure through cloud technologies. This role is focused on working closely with the Professional Services (PS) team to design and deliver comprehensive Public Cloud transformation solutions. The Cloud Architect helps guide the overall strategy for implementing cloud-based services, ensuring that the solutions meet both technical and business requirements for customer. Additionally, they assist in providing valuable product and service insights, including commercial overviews, to facilitate the delivery of the Digital & Cloud Experts solution offerings.

A successful Cloud Solution Architect must have a strong combination of technical expertise and consultative skills. Cloud Solution Architect should possess deep knowledge of cloud solutions and related technologies, which allows them to create tailored, cutting-edge solutions that address customer challenges. This role also requires the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and concise manner to customer, whether through face-to-face meetings, conference calls, or other remote collaboration platforms.

The Cloud Solution Architect plays an integral role in shaping the solutions offered to customers, particularly in pre-sales and proposal stages. Cloud Architect works hand-in-hand with the pre-sales and solutions teams to develop detailed solution designs and technical descriptions for RFI (Request for Information) and RFP (Request for Proposal) responses. In this capacity, he/she assists in drafting Level of Effort, ensuring that the proposed solutions are both technically and commercially viable. By providing these essential inputs, the Cloud Architect plays a crucial role in helping to close deals, ensuring that the proposed solutions align with customer objectives and budget expectations.

This position requires a high level of collaboration, both within the company and with clients, to ensure the smooth delivery of projects. A successful candidate will demonstrate a strong understanding of cloud technologies (such as AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud), excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to navigate complex customer needs, ultimately driving the successful adoption and implementation of cloud solutions.

About you

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions that meet business requirements, performance goals, and security standards, ensuring alignment with both current and future client needs while optimizing the use of cloud resources.
• Collaborate closely with the Asia Pacific presales teams to qualify opportunities, deliver impactful cloud demonstrations, and provide cloud consulting expertise. Support the development of proposals and solution positioning to create strong market differentiation.
• Lead the preparation of responses to proposals, RFQs, RFPs, and RFIs, ensuring that all technical requirements are met and the proposed solutions align with business objectives. Develop high-quality technical documentation such as High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), technical proposals, and Bills of Materials (BoMs).

• Estimate and prepare accurate cost estimates for cloud infrastructure, network, and security solutions, ensuring budget alignment and financial viability. Identify, assess, and address integration, scalability, and drift issues to ensure smooth and seamless cloud transitions.
• Conduct solution demos and pilots, working with the onshore solution team to validate solution approaches and capabilities with customers. Participate in cross-functional architecture discussions, guiding the transformation of applications, middleware, databases, and infrastructure to the cloud.
• Develop comprehensive modernization roadmaps, taking into account both customer needs and technology trends. Architect solutions to support business goals, ensuring the technical feasibility of new projects and successful deployments.
• Demonstrate expertise in DevOps technologies and processes, such as App Services, containers, serverless computing, microservices, and cloud-native applications. Leverage these technologies to optimize cloud transformation efforts and drive efficiency in cloud environments.
• Work collaboratively with nearshore and offshore teams to stay updated on the latest cloud advancements and trends. Share knowledge on Managed Cloud operating models and help refine the value proposition by integrating these insights into solution designs.
• Lead and participate in Proof of Concept (POC) engagements with customers, demonstrating the practical application and success of proposed cloud solutions. Work with customers to validate solutions in real-world scenarios, leveraging successful POCs to build confidence and close deals.
• Regularly engage with key stakeholders, including business leaders and technical teams, to align cloud strategies with overall business objectives. Maintain strong relationships and provide ongoing technical guidance and support throughout the customer journey.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of cloud strategies and solutions, incorporating industry best practices, new technologies, and customer feedback. Innovate by exploring new cloud architectures, services, and platforms that offer enhanced value to customers.
• Participate in ongoing training to maintain expertise in emerging areas such as cloud security, serverless architectures, microservices, and governance frameworks. Stay current with the latest cloud technologies to enhance solution delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and support during the implementation phase, ensuring smooth execution of cloud transformations. Work closely with implementation teams to address technical challenges and ensure solutions are delivered according to design specifications and client expectations.
• Collaborate with project management teams to ensure cloud solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and with minimal risk. Provide technical oversight throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to scope, milestones, and deadlines.
• Act as a mentor and technical resource for junior consultants and other team members. Share best practices, lessons learned, and insights from project experiences to strengthen the overall capabilities of the cloud team.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customer throughout their cloud journey, assisting with post-implementation support, optimizations, and upgrades. Offer strategic insights to help customer to maximize their cloud investments and stay ahead of industry trends.

Experience Required

• 8-10 years of /implementation/consulting experience with a proven track record in Cloud solutions including VMWare vSphere, Data Centre concepts, knowledge of Enterprise Storage (NetApp, EMC) and Server Technologies (HP, Dell,)

• Minimum 3-4 years of design and implementation experience with enterprise architecture and distributed applications with demonstrable experience of large-scale cloud Deployments within the last 1 year for production workload

• 2-3 years of Public Cloud Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform with a sound understanding of public cloud pricing model (AWS, Azure, GCP) and its impact on solution architecture

• Experience in designing or implementing on-premise to public cloud transformation roadmap for customers including lift & shift, re-hosting, re-factoring and re-platforming of applications
• Ability to orchestrate, lead, and influence virtual teams, ensuring successful implementation of customer projects.
• Strong understanding of Cloud Architecture in both IaaS and PaaS environments including serverless technologies, functions, containers, Kubernetes.Experience in migrating to or architecting micro-services cloud solutions and/or containers or has building such green field “cloud native” applications

• Reasonable understanding of Enterprise Integration and Messaging Patterns, SOA ESB, EAI, ETL environments and Governance practices.

• Reasonable Knowledge of DevOps methods and CI/CD automation practices
• Experience in writing proposals and scopes, responding to tenders/RFQ/RFP/RFI
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders

Soft skills

• Demonstrate strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills by leveraging the latest trends in technologies such as cloud, Gen AI, and data analytics.
• Handle ambiguity and be able to move forward with imperfect information and get things done in a rapidly changing environment
• Must be comfortable working in an environment where ideas are challenged.
• Should possess excellent project management skills to push projects over the finish line with sound planning and persistent execution
• Astute in aligning effort & resources to achieve desired results

Technical Competencies

Required

Preferred

Public Cloud IaaS Components

Amazon EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, VPC, Route 53 or equivalent services in Azure or GCP.

Automated deployment (Infra as a Code)

deploying automated AWS, GCP & Azure infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation and Azure Resource Manager or similar automation tools

Public Cloud PaaS Components

Containerization platforms and server-less computing like Docker, EKS, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, Azure Functions or similar

Programming/scripting:(Desired)

Java, ASP.Net, Perl, Python, Ruby, Shell scripting, etc

API Gateway

AWS API gateway, functions, SMS, SQS, Azure service fabric or similar

DevOps / CICD implementation:Knowledge

Jenkins, GoCD, GitLab, AWS Cloud development kit, CodeDeploy, CodeBuild, CodeCommit or similar tools

Cloud Assessment & Migration tools

AWS Migration service, Azure migration tool, Microfocus, Turbonomic, VMware or similar tools

Enterprise Architecture Components

Java Stack (JEE), Rich UI and Front-End technologies), Middleware technologies (WebSphere, Weblogic, JBOSS, Tibco, Solace etc), Databases, Data Warehouses

Key Contacts/Relationships

• Digital & Cloud Experts team
• Global Pre-Sales team

Level of Education

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree or equal by experience
• Industry recognised certification:
• AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional,and/or,
• Azure Certified Solution Architect – Expert,and/or
• Google Certified Professional

Equal Employment Opportunity

Orange Business is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a diverse workforce and do not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, religion/belief, national origin, marital status, disability or veteran status.

Company Mission

Orange Business manages and integrates the complexity of international communications, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that drive their business. Our extensive experience and knowledge in global communication solutions, together with our understanding of multinational business and local support in 166 countries and territories, ensure that our customers receive a consistent, global solution wherever they do business.

You bring passion, energy, taste for exploration and adaptability. You seek the opportunity to expand your knowledge and develop new skills.

What we offer

• Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world. • Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working). • Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities. • Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange. • Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events. • Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.

Only your skills matter

Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neuroatypia, disability, veteran status or appearance, we encourage diversity within our teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation. Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer: don't hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.