Cloud Architect (7+)

insight | 173 days ago | Gurugram

Location: Delhi NCR /Bangalore /Hyderabad / Chennai/ Pune/Mumbai/ Kolkata / Trivandrum (Hybrid Mode)

Insight at a Glance

14,000+ engaged teammates globally with operations in 25 countries across the globe.
Received 35+ industry and partner awards in the past year
$9.2 billion in revenue
#20 on Fortune’s World's Best Workplaces™ list
#14 on Forbes World's Best Employers in IT – 2023
#23 on Forbes Best Employers for Women in IT- 2023
$1.4M+ total charitable contributions in 2023 by Insight globally

Now is the time to bring your expertise to Insight. We are not just a tech company; we are a people-first company. We believe that by unlocking the power of people and technology, we can accelerate transformation and achieve extraordinary results. As a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator with deep expertise in cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, and intelligent edge, we guide organisations through complex digital decisions

About the role

Be eager to learn and stay up to date on new and emerging cloud technologies
Work as part of Insight and client teams, following Agile/Scrum approaches and ceremonies
Communicate effectively and professionally with teammates, client personnel, and client stakeholders
As a Cloud Architect
Design, plan and implement public cloud solutions – Azure, AWS, and/or Google
Lead and deliver projects that encompass systems architecture, proof-of-concept and deployment services
Lead clients through Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected engagements
Provide expertise to clients regarding enterprise networking, infrastructure, security and compliance topics both in the cloud and on-prem
Provide expertise to clients regarding hybrid connectivity and multi-cloud
Drive Cloud economics workshops and cost optimization techniques.
Design highly complex event driven architectures.
As an Automation Architect:
Administer software development platforms end-to-end (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub), with responsibilities including:
Managing user access and permissions with a focus on security best practices.
Creating and maintaining teams, projects, repositories, and credentials, ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
Conducting thorough reviews of pull requests, enforcing code quality standards, and ensuring integration testing is part of the review process.
Setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines, integrating development tools, and optimizing workflows.
Implementing and managing branching strategies to facilitate efficient development processes.
Collaborating effectively with development teams and other stakeholders to support development needs.
Write and update Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to deploy cloud solutions, leveraging reusable modules to minimize redundant code
Develop and maintain scripts to automate a variety of processes, with responsibilities including:
Writing and optimizing scripts in languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash, tailored to specific automation needs (e.g., infrastructure provisioning, deployment automation, system monitoring).
Utilizing tools like Terraform, Ansible, AZ CLI, or cloud-native scripting solutions for more complex orchestration tasks.
Ensuring scripts integrate seamlessly with existing systems and tools, enhancing the overall efficiency and reliability of operations.
Adhering to best practices in scripting, including code modularity, readability, effective error handling, and version control.
Documenting scripts thoroughly to ensure maintainability and ease of understanding for team collaboration.
Write best-practice, multi-stage CI/CD pipelines to execute code quality & security scans, build application code, execute tests, and deploy applications to target environments
Write excellent documentation, whether README.md files, code comments, architecture documents, knowledge base docs, or Wikis
Provide subject-matter expertise and be a trusted advisor to clients, advising on best-fit technologies and best practices
Demonstrate thought leadership by speaking on technology trends internally within the practice and/or externally in customer presentations.
Help grow Insight’s knowledge base and IP around Cloud Enablement and DevOps