About the role

The Cloud Center of Excellence (COE) at Gartner IT builds capabilities to automate and streamline IT infrastructure processes and DevOps tasks while improving self-service using public cloud platforms and open-source technologies. As a Principal Architect and People Manager, you will serve as an expert contributor in cloud architecture and automation while leading and mentoring a team of cloud engineers and architects. You will drive cloud-native, designed-for-failure architectures, foster collaboration and innovation, and ensure timely delivery with clear business value. This full-time role is based in Chennai.

What you’ll do

Lead, mentor, and manage a team of cloud engineers and architects, providing guidance, performance feedback, and professional development opportunities
Drive cloud native and designed-for-failure architectures across the enterprise
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team
Set clear goals and expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and facilitate team meetings to ensure alignment with organizational objectives
Develop self-service capabilities so consumers can use the service without requiring manual action
Create and maintain documentation of enterprise infrastructure topology and system configurations
Architect, implement, and oversee security policy, monitoring, guidelines, and compliance for Cloud Services
Optimize cloud platform billing by right-sizing instances and managing reserved instances

What you’ll bring

12+ years of hands-on experience in AWS services architecture and governance
MS or BS degree in computer science or related focus, or equivalent experience
Experience working on AWS required
Experience architecting solutions in a complex, globally distributed infrastructure
Expertise with both Linux and Windows technologies for secure, highly available, mission-critical enterprise-class solutions
Demonstrable experience delivering automation and other optimization techniques to modernize infrastructure
Experience working in a continuous delivery environment
Prior experience managing technical teams, including performance management, coaching, and team development

Nice to have

Preferred experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Desired 10+ years in relevant cloud, automation, and orchestration
Experience managing and implementing cloud architectures in a DevOps/Agile methodology
Experience facilitating incident management and system recovery efforts
Experience with operating system scripting such as Ansible/Packer, programming languages, and agile project management practices
Knowledge of Agile approaches to software development and ability to put key Agile principles into practice
Knowledge of workflows, publishing, analytics, portal, mobile, big data, cloud, and other leading-edge technologies
Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, iterative development environment

Skills

AWS architectureCloud governanceDevOps automationOpen-source technologiesMulti-cloud environmentsLinux and WindowsAgile methodologiesPeople management

Benefits

World-class benefits
Highly competitive compensation
Disproportionate rewards for top performers
Opportunities to grow professionally and flourish personally

Education

MS or BS degree in computer science or related focus, or equivalent experience