Sr Technical Consultant - Cloud (Splunk, Monitoring, Observability, Azure, Zabbix, AppDynamics, Automation)

18 Minutes ago • 5-9 Years

Devops

Job Description

The Technical Architect defines and drives infrastructure strategy, architecture, and roadmap, ensuring scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions aligned with business needs. This role involves serving as a technical escalation point, performing deep-dive troubleshooting, leading infrastructure upgrades and migrations, and collaborating with L3 and architecture teams on solution design. Responsibilities also include driving process improvements, enforcing security governance, engaging with vendors, contributing to capacity planning, and providing technical leadership for large-scale projects like cloud migrations and automation initiatives. The architect will also mentor junior teams and align infrastructure with organizational strategy.

Must Have:

5-9 years infrastructure experience, 3-5 years in solution/technical architecture.
Primary expertise in Splunk tooling, observability, Azure.
Strong skills in Splunk, Zabbix, AppDynamics, Solarwinds, Azure Tool, API Automation.
Deep expertise in compute (Windows/Linux), virtualization, networking, storage, cloud, security.
Strong background in solution design, systems integration, enterprise IT strategy.
Proficiency in automation and orchestration (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps).
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
Strong understanding of ITIL processes, governance, and enterprise operations.
Ability to balance innovation with operational stability and cost efficiency.
Flexibility for rotational shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to handle responsibilities independently during off-hours.

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Scope:

Technical Architect is responsible for defining and driving the overall infrastructure strategy, architecture, and roadmap. This role ensures that infrastructure solutions are scalable, secure, cost-effective, and aligned with business needs.
As a senior technical authority, the Technical Architect collaborates with leadership, engineering, and operations teams to design solutions, establish standards, and oversee major transformation initiatives across compute, storage, networking, security, and cloud environments.

Our current technical environment:

Microsoft Azure
VMware Esxi

What you’ll do:

Serve as the technical escalation point for critical incidents and cross-domain issues.
Perform deep-dive troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and long-term fixes for recurring problems.
Lead infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and complex changes across compute, storage, network, and cloud environments.
Work closely with L3 and architecture teams on solution design, providing operational insights and recommendations.
Drive process improvements and establish advanced SOPs, runbooks, and knowledge-sharing documents.
Collaborate with security and compliance teams to enforce governance and risk mitigation.
Engage with vendors for escalations, patch management, and advanced product support.
Contribute to capacity planning, performance benchmarking, and cost optimization efforts.
Provide technical leadership for large-scale projects such as cloud migrations, data center consolidations, and automation initiatives.
Partner with stakeholders (business, application, security, operations) to align infrastructure with organizational strategy.
Conduct technology assessments, PoCs, and vendor evaluations to recommend best-fit solutions.
Mentor and provide technical direction to L1–L2 teams.
Collaborate with enterprise architects and solution architects to ensure infrastructure supports application and business requirements.

What we are looking for:

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Computer Science/Electronics (preferred) or equivalent diploma with 5-9 years of progressive infrastructure experience, with 3–5 years in solution/technical architecture.
Immediate Joiners preferred.
Primary expertise in Splunk tooling, observability, Azure.
Strong skillset in one or more of below; Splunk, Zabbix, AppDynamics, Solarwinds, Azure Tool, Integrations API Automation, Splunk admin.
Deep expertise across multiple domains: compute (Windows/Linux), virtualization, networking, storage/backup, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), and security.
Strong background in solution design, systems integration, and enterprise IT strategy.
Proficiency in automation and orchestration (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps practices).
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
Strong understanding of ITIL processes, governance, and enterprise operations.
Ability to balance innovation with operational stability and cost efficiency.
This role involves rotational shifts, including night shifts, to provide 24/7 application support.
Flexibility to work weekends and public holidays as per shift schedule.
Ability to handle responsibilities independently during off-hours.

Our Values

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Who are we?

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