Lead Consultant – Cloud specialist role

Responsibilities

• Monitor cloud environments (Azure & AWS) using tools like CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog, Dynatrace, or similar.
• Lead the end-to-end design, implementation, and optimization of cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP platforms.
• Engage with stakeholders to assess current cloud infrastructure, define cloud adoption strategies, and architect secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, or other IaC tools.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Lead migration of on-prem workloads to the cloud using lift-and-shift or cloud-native approaches.
• Enforce cloud governance, compliance, and security controls including IAM, encryption, network security, logging, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Application teams to support modern deployment and release practices.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior cloud engineers and consultants.
• Troubleshoot complex issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventative solutions.
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture documents, standards, runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
• Stay current with emerging cloud technologies, trends, and certifications.