Hosting Architect

Fortrea

IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago

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Key highlights

Minimum 10+ years of hosting, infrastructure, or cloud architecture experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
Remote‑Based work environment
Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed
Emphasis on automation and AI‑driven operations to reduce cost

Role overview

The Hosting Architect will lead Fortrea’s enterprise transition from on premises datacenters to Hyperscaler, delivering a modern, resilient, and automated hosting platform that accelerates application delivery and business innovation. This hands‑on senior architecture role owns the target state Azure and hybrid hosting architecture, governs large scale cloud migration, and modernises operations through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and AI‑driven operations.

Responsibilities

Define and own Fortrea’s target‑state Cloud hosting architecture aligned to business and technology strategy.
Design and govern hybrid architectures during phased migration from on‑premises to Cloud.
Lead workload migration strategies (rehost, re‑platform, refactor, retire) to balance speed, risk, and value.
Act as the architectural authority for hosting and Cloud migration decisions.
Architect Cloud platforms including landing zones, identity, networking, security, HA, and DR.
Establish standardised Cloud reference architectures and blueprints to accelerate application onboarding.
Enable self‑service, repeatable platforms that reduce delivery lead time for application and product teams.
Drive adoption of cloud‑native services to simplify operations and improve scalability and cost efficiency.
Implement an automation‑first operating model across hybrid and Cloud environments.
Build and govern Infrastructure‑as‑Code using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible.
Introduce AIOps and intelligent automation for predictive monitoring, self‑healing, and faster incident resolution.
Reduce environment provisioning time, manual effort, and operational cost through standardisation and automation.
Embed resiliency, observability, and reliability engineering into all hosting designs.
Improve platform availability, reduce incidents, and optimise recovery objectives (RTO/RPO).
Ensure hosting platforms meet security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
Provide architectural leadership across infrastructure, application, security, and compliance teams.
Deliver faster and safer Cloud migration at enterprise scale.
Reduce time‑to‑provision and change lead times for applications.
Improve platform reliability, availability, and recovery performance.
Achieve measurable reduction in hosting OPEX through automation and cloud optimisation.
Deliver hosting platforms that accelerate business capability delivery, not constrain it.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Excellent communication and public speaking skills, with the ability to present complex architectural concepts to senior leadership, technical teams, and non‑technical stakeholders.
10+ years in hosting, infrastructure, or cloud architecture roles.
Proven leadership of large‑scale Cloud migration programs.
Strong foundation in enterprise datacentre technologies and hybrid architectures.
Deep hands‑on experience with Cloud compute, networking, storage, identity, and security.
Experience designing hybrid connectivity and phased migration strategies.
Strong experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code and scripting.
Demonstrated success in reducing operational effort and cost through automation.
Strong communication and stakeholder‑influencing skills.
Comfortable operating in complex, regulated enterprise environments.
Outcome‑driven mindset with a focus on business value and execution speed.

Nice to have

Cloud architecture and/or security certifications preferred.
Exposure to AIOps or intelligent automation platforms.
Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent professional experience in lieu of formal educational requirements.

Benefits

Remote‑Based work as requested by the line manager
Work Timings: 2:00 PM IST to 11:00 PM IST
Occasional drives to site locations with occasional domestic and international travel
EEO & Accommodations request available