Cloud Solution Architect Jobs

Essential Duties

• Evaluate Cloud platform services
• Provide architecture and consulting services to solution teams
• Participate and advance automation efforts across the Enterprise
• Contribute code to enhance development and operational pipelines
• Responsible for creating, maintaining, and adoption of technology standards
• Lead Cloud based SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS solution architecture efforts
• Establish functional and non-functional requirements and test cases and plans
• Contribute to the development of shared services and DevOps pipeline where needed
• Participate in advancing architecture discipline across the enterprise
• Analyze legacy systems and provide Target and Transition Architecture in compliance with Enterprise Architecture TAM and reference models
• Conduct product evaluation and provide recommendations
• Work with Compliance and Security teams to integrate their requirements into Architecture practices
• Collaborate with solution teams on design and integration efforts
• Create Reference Architecture and Building Blocks
• Define Target Architecture and Operational Models as needed
• Perform code quality and architecture analysis and provide improvement recommendations

Other Duties

• Design, prototype and deliver cloud-native solutions, leverage platform rich services offering
• Develop target cloud solution architecture patterns and system requirements, analyze existing application and IT deployments, propose requirements and designs, craft an automation approach, drive implementation
• Create a unified strategy for GCP, AWS and Azure cloud transformation governance, automation, security, implementation, and operations

• Participate and drive gathering of technical requirements for deployment through a variety of techniques (e.g., facilitated workshops, work sessions for major initiatives; performs technical analysis with the team and design cloud best practices

• Champion and advocate adoption of best design practices and ensure cloud products are built consistently aligned to the expressed cloud architecture

• Possess:

  • Working knowledge with implementing and managing Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines

  • Working knowledge in container and container management technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, DC/OS)

  • Working knowledge in SQL and NoSQL technologies

  • Working knowledge of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform IaaS and PaaS technologies and solution implementation patterns

• Working knowledge in SQL and NoSQL technologies
• Hands-on experience designing, building, maintaining, and securing cloud microservices, IaaS and PaaS solutions for highly available business critical cloud-based systems
• Experience with API Management and API Gateway and Developer Portal solutions
• Working knowledge in container and container management technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, DC/OS)
• Experience with data management and data integration technologies (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, other)
• Hands-on experience automating configuration management and deploying PaaS solutions in private and public cloud using IaC tools
• Drive cloud security and compliance requirements into the cloud architecture framework, including for the data integration points with on-premise and other cloud systems
• Be the evangelist of cloud architecture and influence technical leaders to adhere to the architectural framework and its principles
• Working knowledge of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform IaaS and PaaS technologies and solution implementation patterns
• Prepare cloud guidance, standards, requirements, design, and ensure that the end product is aligned to the cloud strategy and overall enterprise architecture standards
• Provide reference implementations and sample repositories that can be utilized across the enterprise
• Define and document the cloud reference architecture and drive its implementation across all the cloud components aligning with Enterprise Architecture
• Maintain and advance deep technical skills and knowledge, keeping up to date with market trends and competitive insights, and share within the technical community
• Working knowledge with implementing and managing Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• Present technical concepts and specific solutions to internal audiences of varying technical capabilities in a clear, concise and easily understood manner

Required Qualifications

• Avid technologist, with deep expertise in AWS, GCP, Azure cloud, and/or other public/private/hybrid cloud architecture domains
• Excellent active listening skills that enable you to understand the goals and challenges to craft meaningful solutions
• Proficiency in modern software architecture, scalability, reliability and in RESTful APIs and how they are used in the cloud
• Experience and understanding of large scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments required
• Experience evaluating existing application design and making recommendations for enhancing applications to leverage cloud technology and services
• Working experience with modern development and delivery methodologies such as Agile and CI/CD and ability to apply these processes fit for purpose
• Demonstrated collaboration skills along with the ability to influence without authority
• 7+ years of experience in designing and driving the implementation of large-scale commercial enterprise-class cloud software, using cloud principles and architectural patterns
• Strong aptitude for collaboration and ability to lead and influence a team of leaders, as well as mentor engineers
• Bachelor's Degree required in Computer Science or Engineering, Master's Degree preferred
• Strong foundational infrastructure skills, including architecture principles and design patterns of distributed systems in private and public cloud
• Experience having successfully guided the refactoring of a large monolithic application into multiple, micro-services
• Capable of understanding and solving complex technical concepts

Preferred Qualifications

• Working experience developing solutions with cloud orchestration tools