About the Job:
The job holder is responsible for leading the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performance application and data solutions. Balancing stability with innovation, this role involves defining and enforcing enterprise architecture frameworks that ensure modularity, reusability, and compliance with governance and security standards. Key responsibilities include evaluating technology stacks, managing architectural risks, supporting digital transformation, and providing oversight for critical projects. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and mentoring architects is essential to build future-ready, resilient, and business-critical systems that support a round-the-clock operational environment.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Infrastructure Architecture:
- Define target-state infrastructure architecture across data centers, networks, compute, storage, and end-user platforms.
- Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives including data center optimization, virtualization, and platform rationalization.
- Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity architectures are designed and governed.
- Establish infrastructure standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
- Design and govern cloud architectures across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Define and implement cloud landing zones, including account/subscription structure, network segmentation, IAM models, logging, and shared services.
- Architect hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity using various technologies.
- Guide cloud migration strategies ensuring security, resilience, and cost optimization.
- Drive FinOps practices and cloud cost governance.
- Establish cloud resiliency patterns including multi-AZ, multi-region, backup, and DR strategies.
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Cyber Security Architecture (Next-Generation Platforms):
- Define end-to-end cyber security architecture across on-premise and cloud environments.
- Architect Zero Trust security models covering identity, device, network, and application layers.
- Design and govern next-generation security platforms.
- Define security controls for cloud services including encryption at rest and in transit, key management, secrets management, and secure APIs.
- Partner with SOC teams on integration, threat detection, and incident response architecture.
- Act as the architectural authority for infrastructure, cloud, and cyber security decisions.
- Provide architectural oversight and guidance for critical IT projects, ensuring adherence to defined frameworks and best practices.
Language Requirements: Not specified.
