Aibaba - Architect Platform

Role:
Platform Engineering (Senior/Associate)
Experience Level: 4 to 12 Years

Work location:

Remote

Role & Responsibilities:
Design and own the Alibaba Cloud platform architecture aligned to an existing Azure-based reference architecture.
Translate Azure PaaS, Kubernetes, IoT, data, and observability services into Alibaba Cloud equivalents with minimal application change.
Define a cloud-agnostic, portable platform blueprint supporting deployments across Azure, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud.
Architect Kubernetes (ACK), networking, security, identity, data, and observability layers on Alibaba.
Ensure portability of services currently using Azure Kubernetes Service, IoT Hub, Databricks, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
Establish IaC standards (IaC, Helm) that work consistently across clouds.
Collaborate with the GCP implementation team to ensure Alibaba deployments remain aligned with the portable design.
Define security, compliance, governance, and cost management strategies on Alibaba Cloud.
Review implementation designs and guide infrastructure engineers during deployment and
optimization.

Requirements:
8+ years of IT experience in the Infrastructure realm that includes detailed understanding of Cloud
providers(GCP, AWS or Azure - added advantage to multi-Cloud experience) and their best practices,Networking, Compliances(HIPAA, GDPR, NIST), and Cloud services(serverless, server based)
Detailed understanding and proven implementations for Dev Sec Ops  pipelines and culture,
Containerization(Kubernetes, Docker), Service mesh(Envoy, Tanzu etc), Database modelling, and
Operations(logging, monitoring, alerting)
Thorough understanding of low-latency API architectures using either serverless or server based
services

Must Have:
10+ years of infrastructure / platform architecture experience.
Strong expertise in Alibaba Cloud architecture and services.
Proven experience translating Azure architectures and PaaS services to other clouds.
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (ACK) and container-based platforms.
Strong experience with IaC, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
Solid understanding of enterprise cloud networking (VPCs, routing, private connectivity, load
balancers).
Experience implementing observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana).
Ability to produce clear architecture artifacts and guide cross-cloud teams.

Good to Have:

Experience with Azure → Alibaba Cloud migrations or parallel deployments.
Knowledge of Azure IoT Hub, Event Hubs, Databricks, and their Alibaba counterparts.
Exposure to IoT, streaming, and large-scale data platforms.
Alibaba Cloud certifications.
Experience designing regulatory-compliant and cost-optimized platforms.