Job Description
Job Description Cloud Architect (Database Platforms)
Career Band: C2
Role/Title: Cloud Architect Database Platforms (Principal / Enterprise Architect)
Role Cluster: Principal Cloud & Data Platform Architect
Experience: 1620+ years
Location: ( Offshore)
Role Overview
The Cloud Architect (DB) is the enterpriselevel owner of database architecture and strategy across multicloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
This role defines organizationwide guardrails, reference architectures, and governance models for relational, NoSQL, and cloudnative database platforms, ensuring scalability, resilience, security, automation, DevOps alignment, and operational excellence across the data estate.
Key Responsibilities
1) Enterprise MultiCloud Database Strategy
- Define enterprise strategy for database platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Own cloudnative vs selfmanaged DB decision frameworks.
- Govern workload placement, data residency, and platform selection across clouds.
2) MultiDB Architecture & Modernization Governance
- Define standards for relational, NoSQL, distributed, and cloudnative databases.
- Govern modernization strategies:
- Legacy DB modernization
- Cloudnative DB adoption
- Database consolidation and rationalization
- Balance portability, performance, and cloudnative advantages.
3) Automation & Database Platform Engineering
- Own enterprise standards for database provisioning and lifecycle automation.
- Define IaCbased DB provisioning patterns and governance.
- Govern automation for backup, DR, patching, upgrades, and environment cloning.
4) DevOps & DBOps Operating Model
- Define DBOps / Data DevOps standards:
- Schema versioning
- CI/CD integration
- Automated testing and rollback
- Ensure tight integration between application pipelines and database changes.
- Promote shiftleft quality and reliability practices.
5) Operations, Observability & Reliability Governance
- Define enterprise operational readiness standards for database platforms:
- Monitoring, alerting, and performance baselines
- Capacity planning and SLA/SLO definitions
- Integrate DB platforms with enterprise observability and AIOps frameworks.
- Drive reliability improvements aligned with SRE principles.
6) Security, Compliance & Data Protection
- Own enterprise database security architecture, including:
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- IAM and access controls
- Auditing and activity monitoring
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and data protection requirements.
- Partner with security teams on risk management and threat modeling.
7) Architecture Governance & Stakeholder Advisory
- Chair database architecture review boards and approve exceptions.
- Advise CXOs, enterprise architects, and platform leaders on DB strategy.
- Mentor C1 architects and build enterprise DB architecture capability.
Outcome / Deliverables
- Enterprise multicloud database reference architectures
- Standardized DB modernization and consolidation strategy
- Automated database platform engineering standards
- Secure, resilient DBOps operating model
- Enterpriselevel observability and reliability governance
Mandatory Technical Skills
- MultiCloud: AWS, Azure, GCP (database platforms)
- Databases: Relational, NoSQL, distributed, cloudnative
- Automation & IaC: DB provisioning, lifecycle automation
- DevOps: DBOps, CI/CD integration, automation
- Operations: Monitoring, DR, performance, capacity planning
- Security: Encryption, IAM, auditing, compliance
Preferred Certifications
- Cloud Architect certifications (AWS / Azure / GCP Professional)
- Cloud Database certifications (AWS Database Specialty, Azure DPseries, GCP Data)
- DevOps / IaC certifications (Terraform Associate)
Behavioral Expectations
- Final design authority and enterprise ownership mindset
- Executivelevel communication and influence
- Strong governance and risk management capability
- Practicelevel capability building and mentoring
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Technical Architect
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Wipro
Location(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills:
cloud Architect
Automation
Database Platforms
IaC certifications
IaC
lifecycle automation
CI CD
Security
scalability
Resilience
DevOps
NoSQL
Terraform
Enterprise Architect
gcp
aws
azure