Principal Cloud Architect - AWS

Role : Principal Cloud Architect

We are seeking a Principal Architect to join our client-facing delivery teams and lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale, cloud-native solutions. In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to define architecture strategy and drive high-impact AWS implementations.

You will play a key role in solution architecture, technical leadership, and strategic consulting, while contributing to reusable frameworks, best practices, and innovation across our cloud ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities : Solution Architecture & Strategy :

• Design and architect scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions on AWS.

• Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical architectures and roadmaps.

• Lead discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and solution design discussions.

• Define long-term cloud strategy and modernization approaches.

Technical Leadership & Delivery :

• Act as a technical advisor and thought leader across multiple engagements.

• Provide architectural direction across design, build, and delivery phases.

• Guide teams through complex technical challenges and ensure delivery excellence.

• Ensure adherence to best practices across scalability, performance, and security.

Cloud & Platform Engineering :

• Architect solutions leveraging AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, CloudFront.

• Design and implement serverless and distributed architectures.

• Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK).

• Enable DevOps practices including CI/CD, automation, and containerization.

Stakeholder Engagement & Pre-Sales :

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business goals and define solution approaches.

• Support pre-sales through architecture design, estimation, and proposal inputs.

• Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Identify risks and provide strategic recommendations for mitigation.

Mentorship & Practice Development :

• Mentor architects and engineers, driving technical excellence across teams.

• Contribute to standards, reusable assets, and reference architectures.

• Support internal capability building and knowledge sharing initiatives.

• Represent the organization through strong technical leadership and delivery quality.