Cloud Solutions Architect
Enfrasys Consulting Sdn Bhd Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
IT Services and IT Consulting · 51-200 employees
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About the role
Design and govern secure, scalable, resilient cloud and hybrid-cloud solutions, translating customer requirements into architecture designs and documentation. Lead customer solutioning and technical advisory, ensure delivery readiness, resolve design issues, and develop reusable architecture assets while mentoring technical teams.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant discipline and 5–8 years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure solutions, hybrid cloud, security, or technology consulting; advanced Microsoft and industry certifications are preferred. Candidates should have Azure and hybrid-cloud design expertise, experience producing high-level designs and supporting proposals and customer workshops, and strong analytical and communication skills, with willingness to travel.
Full description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Solutions Architect – Cloud Transformation exists to design, govern, and validate cloud transformation solutions that enable customers to modernize infrastructure, strengthen security, improve operational resilience, and accelerate cloud adoption. The role translates business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and supportable cloud architectures while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and delivery capabilities.
1. Cloud Solution Architecture
- Develop architecture solutions across Azure, Infrastructure, Networking, Security, Hybrid Cloud, and BCDR domains.
- Translate business and technical requirements into architecture designs and solution approaches.
- Produce architecture artefacts, including HLDs and supporting design documentation.
- Ensure solutions meet scalability, security, resilience, and supportability requirements.
2. Architecture Governance & Design Assurance
- Review cloud solution designs against approved architecture standards.
- Validate technical assumptions, dependencies, risks, and implementation considerations.
- Govern solution quality throughout the design lifecycle.
- Escalate architecture exceptions and risks requiring governance approval.
3. Opportunity Solutioning & Technical Advisory
- Lead cloud-focused customer workshops, discovery sessions, and technical discussions.
- Develop solution approaches for RFI, RFQ, RFP, and proposal activities.
- Support architecture-led demonstrations and design validation discussions.
- Recommend solution architectures aligned with customer objectives and technical requirements.
4. Delivery Readiness & Solution Transition
- Validate implementation readiness before project initiation.
- Ensure architecture decisions are documented and communicated to delivery teams.
- Support technical handover and architecture clarification activities.
- Resolve design-related implementation issues and architecture gaps.
5. Cloud Architecture Capability Development
- Develop reusable design patterns, architecture templates, and technical assets.
- Mentor Senior Specialists, Specialists, and Engineers on architecture practices.
- Support technical capability development and certification initiatives.
- Contribute to architecture knowledge-sharing activities and technical communities.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree, or Master Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
- Advanced Microsoft and industry recognized certifications preferred
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience in in Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure Solution, Hybrid Cloud, Security, or Technology Consulting.
- Experience designing Azure and hybrid cloud solutions with expertise in server, load balancing, HA/DR, storage architectures and Azure services such as Kubernetes, Dockers, Functions, Azure SQL/MI.
- Experience leading customer architecture workshops and technical engagements.
- Experience supporting RFI, RFQ, RFP, tender and solution proposal activities.
- Experience producing HLDs and architecture design artefacts.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure and changing priorities.
- Willingness to travel for short-term and long-term project assignments, understanding the consulting lifestyle.
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