Wintel Architect

What you’ll do

Role Overview

• As a Senior Wintel / Cloud Architect, you'll drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of hybrid IT infrastructure—spanning on-premises Windows/Linux ecosystems and Azure /AWS cloud platforms. This role focuses on architecture, scalability, security, and integration across on-premises, virtualized, and cloud environments
• Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Infrastructure

• Develop and implement Azure-based Infrastructure solutions including AWS services
• Manage Azure services such as Virtual Machines, VM Scaleset, AGW, LB, App Services, AKS, Docker, Storage, Networking, IAM, Azure Site Recovery.
• Develop and manage disaster recovery strategies and plans for mission-critical applications and infrastructure.
• Design and implement solutions for Windows Server environments, Active Directory, DNS, GPO, RDS, IIS and related services
• Create architecture diagrams, technical documentation and operational guidelines for cloud and on-premise solutions
• Lead, manage and execute end-to-end obsolescence and migration upgrade and projects
• Assess existing infrastructure and applications for cloud readiness. Develop detailed migration roadmaps, timelines, and risk mitigation plans.
• Determine appropriate migration tools and methodologies (lift-and-shift, re-platform, refactor).
• Define and execute a unified IT infrastructure strategy combining on-premises services Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Backup (Veeam, Netbackup), Storage (Netapp, Dell, Pure), Network (SAN switch, Brocade),) with cloud platforms (Azure IaaS/PaaS, AWS)
• Manage, implement and support virtualization platforms VMware ESXi/vCenter, VSAN
• Maintain accurate on-premise and cloud infrastructure, processes, runbooks, and policies.
• Integrate backup and DR architectures seamlessly with infrastructure, security, and application layers.
• Performance and capacity planning across hybrid environments.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Azure cloud, Wintel, and on-premises escalation and support

Security & Compliance

• Implement best practices for identity management, RBAC, and data protection
• Ensure infrastructure meets internal company security standards
• Support vulnerability management and audit readiness

Leadership & Resilience

• Architect and manage backup and disaster recovery plans across environments (on‑prem & cloud).
• Collaborate with vendors, stakeholders, and IT teams; mentor engineers; oversee and ownership of IT projects.

Automation & Integration

• Implement scripting including automation to simplify and optimize infrastructure systems
• Integrate enterprise systems like storage solutions (Netapp, Pure, Dell), storage networking (Dell, Brocade, SAN Switch), backup tools (Veeam, Netbackup), and third-party applications