Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect (Senior Cloud Platform Architect – Azure | AKS)
Our client A leading Retail SaaS product company is looking for a hands-on Cloud Architect to own and evolve the modern application platform behind their retail SaaS suite. You'll design and build a container-native platform on Azure that is scalable, stable and manageable at SaaS scale. You'll also be the go-to technical authority for platform engineering decisions.
What you'll do
Own the design and evolution of AKS as the primary hosting platform, including the migration path from IaaS to containers
Design cluster topology for SaaS scale: multi-tenancy, node pools, namespaces, HPA/VPA/KEDA auto-scaling
Architect and own CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, using GitOps practices (Flux/ArgoCD)
Drive Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform or Bicep, plus blue-green and canary release patterns
Design hub-spoke VNet topology, private endpoints, DNS and egress optimisation
Define RTO/RPO targets, DR architecture and HA for critical workloads
Build Azure cost models, lead monthly cost reviews and drive tagging governance
Write ADRs and contribute to Well-Architected Framework reviews
Good to have
AWS/GCP architecture exposure (strong advantage)
Defender for Cloud, RBAC, WAF
Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana, APM
Certifications
Required: AZ-104 + AZ-305 (Solutions Architect Expert strongly preferred)
Preferred: CKA/CKAD, AZ-400, AZ-700
Good to have: AZ-500
Significant advantage: AWS SA Associate / GCP Professional Cloud Architect
Who you are
A systems thinker who designs with teams rather than handing designs to them. You document decisions, treat cost as a first-class design constraint and mentor L1/L2 engineers. You also pick the right tool for the job, not just the familiar one.
Qualification & Must-have skills
BE / BTech with 5 – 8 year’s experience level and should be hands on technologist.
Strong experience in AKS design and operations, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes networking, scaling and upgrades
Production-grade Terraform or Bicep
Advanced Azure IaaS/PaaS, architecture patterns and landing zones
CI/CD and GitOps (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, Flux/ArgoCD, Jenkins)
Hub-spoke networking, NSG, DNS, private endpoints
DR/HA: Azure Site Recovery, geo-redundancy, backup design
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