Principal AWS Cloud Architect
Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
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Job Summary
Make an impact with NTT DATA
Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion its a place where you can grow belong and thrive.
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Cloud Architect (AWS) to partner with enterprise sales consulting and delivery teams in designing and positioning scalable secure resilient and cost-optimized cloud solutions for clients across South Africa and the Middle East & Africa. This role serves as the senior technical authority for AWS architecture engagements providing strategic guidance solution leadership and architectural governance across the full cloud lifecycle.
The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders translating business objectives into enterprise-grade cloud architectures while supporting pre-sales activities solution design migration strategies modernization initiatives and cloud transformation programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture design and technical governance of enterprise-scale AWS solutions.
- Partner with sales and client stakeholders to develop compelling cloud strategies solution architectures and transformation roadmaps.
- Design highly available resilient secure and scalable cloud platforms using AWS best practices and Well-Architected Framework principles.
- Define target-state architectures covering networking security identity observability automation disaster recovery and operational excellence.
- Develop and promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK.
- Provide architectural leadership for cloud migration application modernization containerization and serverless initiatives.
- Collaborate with engineering DevOps security and application teams to implement CI/CD and platform automation strategies.
- Drive cloud security compliance governance and FinOps best practices.
- Perform architecture reviews and provide technical oversight throughout solution delivery.
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients presenting technical solutions to executive business and technical audiences.
- Mentor architects and engineers while contributing to cloud capability development and thought leadership.
- Stay current with emerging AWS services industry trends and cloud-native technologies.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related discipline.
- 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure cloud architecture or platform engineering with at least 5 years focused on AWS.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (required or strongly preferred). Additional AWS Specialty certifications are advantageous.
- Deep expertise across AWS services including VPC Transit Gateway EC2 ECS EKS Lambda S3 RDS DynamoDB IAM Organizations CloudWatch Route 53 and AWS Backup.
- Strong experience designing enterprise networking identity security and governance architectures within AWS.
- Hands-on expertise with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform AWS CloudFormation and/or AWS CDK.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and platform engineering practices including Git CI/CD pipelines Docker Kubernetes and automation frameworks.
- Experience implementing cloud security controls compliance frameworks and operational monitoring solutions.
- Excellent communication stakeholder management solution presentation and documentation skills.
Preferred Experience
- Experience leading large-scale cloud migration and modernization programs.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform in hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
- Experience with serverless architectures event-driven systems and cloud-native application patterns.
- Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog Prometheus Grafana ELK/OpenSearch or Splunk.
- Background in software development or scripting using Python Bash PowerShell or similar languages.
- Experience with cloud financial management (FinOps) cost optimization and cloud governance frameworks.
- Experience supporting pre-sales solution consulting RFP responses and executive-level client engagements.
- Experience supporting complex sales pursuits RFP/RFI responses solution workshops and executive-level client presentations
Workplace type:
Hybrid WorkingAbout NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the worlds leading AI and digital infrastructure providers with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI cloud security connectivity data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.
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NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age race colour gender sexual orientation religion nationality disability pregnancy marital status veteran status or any other protected category. Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.
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