About Cloud Kinetics
Cloud Kinetics is a cloud and data transformation and managed services partner with deep and extensive AI, hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, application and data expertise. Through cloud-powered innovation and with AI and data at the core, we enable our customers to reimagine their technology, scale rapidly, build productively and win in the marketplace.
With global operations and offices across Asia and United States, Cloud Kinetics is a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investment fund.
We are a top-tier partner of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure and have strategic partnerships with all cloud and digital ecosystem leaders.
Senior Solutions Architect (AWS)
Location: HCMC/ Hanoi Office
Working model: Remote
Responsibilities & Duties
Solution Architecture & Presales- Work closely with customers to understand business and technical requirements, challenges, and modernization goals.
- Lead solution workshops, discovery sessions, architecture discussions, and technical presentations.
- Design end-to-end cloud architectures across infrastructure, applications, security, networking, and data platforms.
- Support presales activities including solution proposals, effort estimation, architecture diagrams, and technical responses.
- Provide technical advisory on cloud migration, modernization, DevOps, security, and hybrid/multi-cloud strategies.
- Present architecture recommendations and solution approaches to customer stakeholders and leadership teams.
Cloud & Infrastructure Design- Design scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions on AWS and/or Azure.
- Architect solutions covering:
- Networking (VPC/VNet, routing, connectivity, security)
- Compute (VMs, containers, Kubernetes, serverless)
- Storage & backup
- Identity & access management
- Observability & monitoring
- Disaster recovery & business continuity
- Design cloud governance, landing zones, security frameworks, and operational best practices.
- Define Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation strategies using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
Delivery & Technical Leadership- Work closely with delivery teams to ensure implementation aligns with approved architecture and best practices.
- Provide technical leadership during migration, modernization, and implementation projects.
- Review low-level designs, implementation plans, and deployment strategies.
- Support troubleshooting, optimization, and technical escalation activities where required.
- Mentor junior cloud engineers and solution architects.
Data & AI Enablement- Collaborate with Data & AI teams to support modern data platform and AI/ML solution architecture initiatives.
- Support architecture discussions involving:
- Data Lake / Data Warehouse modernization
- AI/ML integration
- Cloud-native analytics services
- GenAI platform adoption
Stakeholder Management & Governance- Communicate effectively with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and regional leadership.
- Ensure architecture decisions align with customer business objectives, security standards, and compliance requirements.
- Contribute to internal best practices, reusable architecture patterns, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related disciplines.
- Minimum 7–10 years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Architecture, or Solution Architecture roles.
- Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise cloud solutions on AWS and/or Azure.
- Experience leading cloud migration and modernization programs for enterprise customers.
- Strong knowledge of:
- Cloud networking
- Security & IAM
- Containers & Kubernetes
- Serverless architectures
- Backup & DR strategies
- Cloud governance & compliance
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as:
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Bicep / ARM Templates
- Familiar with DevOps and CI/CD practices using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Experience working in customer-facing consulting, system integration, or managed services environments.
- Strong communication and presentation skills in English.
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience supporting presales and proposal activities is highly preferred.
