Cloud Architect

Job Description

Position Description 13+ years of IT experience with deep hands-on expertise in designing and delivering large-scale cloud solutions across enterprise environments. Architect, design, and implement end-to-end cloud solutions using IaaS, PaaS, serverless, microservices, and container platforms. Develop enterprise-grade reference architectures, reusable patterns, HLDs and LLDs aligned to business, security, and compliance requirements. Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including rehost, replatform, refactor, and re-architect strategies for applications and databases. Plan and design Cloud Landing Zones, network topologies, IAM structures, governance models, tagging standards, and resource hierarchies. Build hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud strategies integrating on-prem datacenters with AWS/Azure/GCP environments. Collaborate with security teams to implement IAM, RBAC, Zero Trust principles, encryption standards, logging, monitoring, threat detection, and compliance frameworks. Implement cost governance and FinOps practices, enabling optimization of cloud spend, right-sizing, and cost visibility dashboards. Work closely with engineering, DevOps, data, security, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable cloud architectures. Lead architecture reviews, technical design workshops, and solution walkthroughs, acting as a senior technical authority for cloud initiatives. Mentor cloud engineers, DevOps teams, and architects, setting best practices and ensuring consistency across deliveries. Architect and guide implementation of CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab. Drive Kubernetes platform architecture using AKS, EKS, or GKE, including node scaling, cluster governance, add-ons, and workload patterns. Deliver infrastructure as code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation. Define and implement observability frameworks using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or GCP Operations Suite. Perform performance analysis and optimization across compute, storage, databases, APIs, networks, and serverless components. Recommend best practices around resilience, scalability, operational excellence, disaster recovery, and automation. Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to senior stakeholders, business leaders, and technical teams. Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies, architecture frameworks, and industry trends to continuously improve cloud strategy. Your future duties and responsibilities Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role Together, as owners, let?s turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you?ll reach your full potential because? You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That?s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company?s strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You?ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You?ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You?ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our team?one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.