Architect- Cloud Solution Architect

Overview

The Cloud Solution Architect will be responsible for the end-to-end integrated solution design and architecture for cloud-native applications and applications transitioning from on-premises to PepsiCo’s public cloud. This position is part of PepsiCo’s Cloud and SAP Infra Engineering organization—a multidisciplinary team responsible for setting infrastructure standards, designing solution patterns, providing automated deployment of services, and architecting secure, robust, and innovative solutions aligned with PepsiCo’s standards. The candidate will collaborate with the Enterprise Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, and Capability Teams to develop cloud solutions. As a member of the Cloud Solution Architecture team, the Cloud Solution Architect will design, validate, and approve cloud architectures based on PepsiCo’s approved networking and security patterns while supporting key operational aspects such as availability, reliability, performance, monitoring, and integration of on-premises and public cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture guidance, interacting with business users and migration teams to plan, develop, improve, and maintain complex data tier technology standards.
• Participate in cloud solution architecture review boards to review, govern, and approve solutions, ensuring compliance with platform standards defined by the cloud engineering and Enterprise Solution Architecture teams.
• Design, validate, and implement complex architectures, coordinating across areas such as application development, identity and access management, networking, data management, and security.
• Develop and maintain cloud solution architecture patterns and standards, incorporating security principles and best practices.
• Perform application portfolio analysis to identify candidate applications and workloads for cloud migration and lead application modernization efforts during this transition.
• Act as a consultant to understand application topologies, recommending advanced cloud data tier and integration platforms/services.
• Drive technical design and execution for migrating on-premises infrastructure, server workloads, data, and applications to cloud IaaS and PaaS architectures.
• Drive innovation by staying current with emerging cloud technologies and fostering infrastructure automation using IAC, CI/CD pipelines, and automated configuration management.
• Work closely with the Cloud Engineering team and collaborate with application and business teams to provide optimal environments for applications and deliver business functionality.
• Communicate and socialize architectural decisions with senior leaders and stakeholders, discussing problems and recommending solutions and improvements.
• Deliver technical architecture design and reviews using PepsiCo-approved infrastructure and security patterns.
• Design efficient, secure, adaptable, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions across data, networking, and application domains.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 8+ years of experience in IT architecture.
• 2+ years of experience with public cloud architecture, cloud strategy, networking, security, migration patterns, and tools.
  
  

Mandatory Technical Skills:

• Well-versed in interpreting business requirements and translating those into technology architecture decisions.
• Knowledge of cloud design patterns, cloud operations, and cloud cost models with experience implementing best practices or suggested improvements.
• Experience in re-architecting/refactoring applications for cloud platforms.
• Experience with various enterprise applications and IT services, as well as software development, compliance and security, and IT operations disciplines.
• Experience in cloud application development solutions (e.g., IaaS, Serverless, API Management), container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), continuous integration technologies (e.g. Azure DevOps), web application server technologies, cloud application design, software architecture and practices (Agile, SCRUM), and technical aptitude to learn and adjust to new technologies and cloud trends required.