Senior Google Cloud Architect
NTT DATA, Inc.
Date: 5 hours ago
City: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Contract type: Full time
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 – it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.
Your day at NTT DATA
As a Senior Cloud Technical Architect at NTT DATA, you'll utilize your advanced expertise to design and potentially implement sophisticated cloud-based solutions that fulfil our clients' technical and business requirements. In this role, you'll support our sales teams by providing deep knowledge of cloud computing technologies, ensuring that our solutions are designed, deployed, and operated to meet client needs effectively.
You will collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and convert them into scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Your day-to-day Responsibilities will involve acting as a trusted technical advisor to our clients, designing and architecting cloud systems that ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and reliability.
Your role will include providing pre-sales technical support, assessing existing systems, and developing migration strategies for transitioning on-premises applications to the cloud. You'll design integration solutions to enable seamless DATA flow between cloud and on-premises environments, and you'll define and implement security best practices and compliance standards for cloud systems.
You'll work closely with development teams to ensure adherence to cloud architecture standards, develop technical design documents, and participate in scope-of-work determinations, product pricing, and RFP/RFI responses. Your expertise will drive client proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives and ensure the successful transition of proposed solutions to our delivery team.
To thrive in this role, you need to have:
Hybrid Working
About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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 – it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.
Your day at NTT DATA
As a Senior Cloud Technical Architect at NTT DATA, you'll utilize your advanced expertise to design and potentially implement sophisticated cloud-based solutions that fulfil our clients' technical and business requirements. In this role, you'll support our sales teams by providing deep knowledge of cloud computing technologies, ensuring that our solutions are designed, deployed, and operated to meet client needs effectively.
You will collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and convert them into scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Your day-to-day Responsibilities will involve acting as a trusted technical advisor to our clients, designing and architecting cloud systems that ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and reliability.
Your role will include providing pre-sales technical support, assessing existing systems, and developing migration strategies for transitioning on-premises applications to the cloud. You'll design integration solutions to enable seamless DATA flow between cloud and on-premises environments, and you'll define and implement security best practices and compliance standards for cloud systems.
You'll work closely with development teams to ensure adherence to cloud architecture standards, develop technical design documents, and participate in scope-of-work determinations, product pricing, and RFP/RFI responses. Your expertise will drive client proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives and ensure the successful transition of proposed solutions to our delivery team.
To thrive in this role, you need to have:
- Deep knowledge of cloud architecture patterns, including microservices, serverless computing, and hybrid cloud deployments.
- Proficiency in cloud infrastructure technologies like virtual machines, storage solutions, networking, and load balancing.
- Deep knowledge of cloud security principles, including IAM, encryption, and compliance frameworks.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and frameworks such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure resource Manager.
- Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including their specific services.
- Advanced knowledge of cloud networking concepts, VPNs, VPC peering, and hybrid connectivity options.
- Proficiency in cloud storage solutions such as Amazon S3 or Azure Blob Storage.
- Deep knowledge of different DATAbase options, both relational (e.g., Amazon rdS) and NoSQL (e.g., dynamodB).
- Advanced client engagement skills and strong technical consulting abilities.
- A bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
Hybrid Working
About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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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