Title: Sr Manager-Cloud & Infra Engg
Area(s) of responsibility
We are seeking a senior Presales Solution Architect with ~15+ years of experience to lead end-to-end solutioning for Cloud and Data Center / Hybrid Infrastructure opportunities. The role requires strong consultative skills to understand customer requirements, design secure and scalable solutions, create proposals and associated commercials, and present/defend the solution in customer interactions. The candidate should have hands-on ability to use AWS/Azure pricing/configuration tools, and practical expertise in IaC, DevOps, and cloud operations.
Minimum requirements (Education Qualification, Work Experience and skills):
Educational qualifications, Experience
- BTech / BE in CS, IT or equivalent
- 15+ years of overall experience in Cloud and Data center services solutioning and delivery
- Out of the above, atleast 8+ years of experience as Solution Architect for Cloud and Infrastructure services responding to RFPs / RFIs / Proactive pursuits for global customers
Technical expertise / experience
- Strong experience in building both Transformation and Managed services solutions for Cloud and Data center services
- AWS/Azure architecture patterns: landing zones, networking (VPC/VNet), IAM, security baselines, HA/DR, backup, connectivity (VPN/ExpressRoute/Direct Connect), governance.
- Cloud migration patterns: rehost/replatform/refactor; cloud-native modernization; shared responsibility model
- Data center fundamentals: compute, virtualization, storage, backup, networking, directory services, OS platforms; private cloud concepts
- AWS/Azure pricing & sizing capability (configurators/calculators), including compute/storage/network, reserved instances/savings plans, licensing considerations.
- Create proposal content: solution approach, architecture, operating model, governance, transition plan, assumptions/exclusions.
- Infrastructure-as-Code understanding and solutioning (Terraform/ARM/Bicep/CloudFormation)
- Cloud security fundamentals: IAM, encryption, network security, logging, secure landing zones.
- Should have relevant certifications in Cloud and DC technologies