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Job Description:

A Senior Cloud Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions. This role bridges business needs and technical execution, guiding cloud strategy, architecture standards, and best practices across the organization.

Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain automated infrastructure and deployment workflows using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and related technologies.

Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to identify automation opportunities and standardize infrastructure-as-code practices across environments

Requirements:

Required technical skills

5–10 years of hands‑on experience with infrastructure and platform automation, including strong skills in Ansible (playbooks, roles, collections) and Terraform (modules, state management, workspaces).

Solid experience with at least one major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and its core services (compute, networking, storage, IAM) automated via IaC.

Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash) to glue tools together, build custom modules, and automate operational tasks.

Strong understanding of Linux administration, networking fundamentals, and security best practices in automated environments (secrets management, least privilege, compliance as code).

Communication and soft skills (IMPORTANT)

Ability to explain complex automation concepts and trade‑offs clearly to both engineers and non‑technical stakeholders, adapting language to the audience.

Proven experience working in cross‑functional teams, facilitating workshops or refinement sessions to capture requirements and align on automation priorities.

Strong documentation habits: writing clear runbooks, architecture diagrams, and standards so others can understand, operate, and extendautomated systems.

Collaborative mindset, openness to feedback, and willingness to mentor junior engineers on automation practices and tooling.

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