PwC India
Website:
pwc.in
Job details:
About the Role
We are seeking a technically deep Director – Senior AWS Cloud Architect for our AWS Cloud & Infrastructure Transformation practice. Person should be a seasoned professional with 15+ years of experience driving large-scale cloud transformation engagements across enterprise clients. Should have played a role of a trusted advisor to CXOs, lead multi-disciplinary delivery teams and leading go-to-market initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
-Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Design and own end-to-end AWS cloud architectures for enterprise-grade, highly available, and secure environments spanning compute, storage, networking, databases, serverless, containers, AI/ML, analytics, and more.
- Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives including replatforming, re-architecting, and migration of complex legacy workloads to AWS.
- Define and govern cloud architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and best practices across engagements.
- Provide technical oversight on OS-level configurations, network topology design (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, WAF, CloudFront), and hybrid/multi-cloud connectivity.
-Cloud Migration & Modernization
- Lead and oversee large-scale cloud migration programs (lift-and-shift, replatforming, refactoring) using frameworks such as AWS MAP (Migration Acceleration Program).
- Drive application and infrastructure modernization using containerization (EKS, ECS), serverless (Lambda, Fargate), and microservices architectures.
- Own migration wave planning, dependency mapping, cutover strategies, and hypercare support.
-DevOps & Platform Engineering
- Architect and oversee implementation of enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using AWS-native and third-party toolchains (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
- Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and CDK.
- Champion DevSecOps practices including automated security scanning, policy-as-code, and compliance guardrails.
-FinOps & Cloud Economics
- Expertise in FinOps strategy and governance across client engagements — cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and accountability.
- Conduct and present cloud TCO and ROI analyses, savings plans, reserved instance strategies, right-sizing, and waste elimination frameworks.
- Partner with client finance and procurement teams to build cloud financial models and ongoing cost management frameworks.
-Estimations & Proposal Development
- Own technical estimation frameworks for cloud transformation programs — effort models, resourcing.
- Lead and contribute to RFP/RFI responses, technical proposals, SOWs, and client-facing presentations for pre-sales pursuits.
- Collaborate with the sales and alliances team to shape AWS partnership-led opportunities.
-Client & Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary technical point of contact and trusted advisor for C-suite and VP-level client stakeholders.
- Lead executive workshops, cloud strategy roadmap sessions.
- Navigate complex client environments, manage escalations, and ensure alignment between business objectives and technical delivery.
-Team Leadership & People Development
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of cloud architects, engineers, and consultants across multiple concurrent engagements.
- Establish a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning within the team.
- Drive capability building — certifications, knowledge sharing, CoP (Community of Practice) participation, and internal IP development.
- Partner with HR and practice leadership on hiring, performance management, and career development.
- Pre-Sales & Business Development
- Play a hands-on role in pre-sales pursuits — from client discovery and solutioning to proposal defense and contract closure.
- Identify new business opportunities within existing client accounts and contribute to practice revenue targets.
Required Qualifications
Experience:
- 15+ years of overall IT experience with a minimum of 10+ years in AWS cloud architecture and delivery.
- Demonstrated track record of leading large-scale cloud transformation programs from strategy through execution.
- Prior experience in a Big 4, global SI, or top-tier technology consulting environment strongly preferred.
- Deep hands-on expertise across a broad spectrum of AWS services including (but not limited to):
- Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Batch
- Storage: S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Storage Gateway
- Networking: VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, ALB/NLB, CloudFront, WAF
- Databases: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, ElastiCache
- Security: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, Control Tower
- DevOps: CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, CDK, Systems Manager
- Analytics & AI/ML: Glue, Athena, EMR, SageMaker, Kinesis, QuickSight
- Management: CloudWatch, Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, Organizations
Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
Certifications (Required):
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (or equivalent)
Certifications (Preferred / Advantageous):
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty
- FinOps Certified Practitioner (FinOps Foundation)
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