Cloud Architect

Sr. Cloud Architecture

7 to 15 Years

Remote

immediate

Flexible Timing

Senior Cloud Architecture Engineer

Responsibilities

●Design, build and maintain internal PaaS systems in the cloud, and implement the set-up of geographically redundant and highly available systems

●Work in tandem with other internal engineering teams to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company.

●Providing support for complex issues to other engineering teams using our internal PaaS systems.

●Participate in an on-call schedule to provide emergency incident support

●Administer cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines

●Design, build and maintain utility tools and libraries to support services managed by other engineering teams

●Design reliable, interoperable components to support the client's applications with web application architecture

●Design and implement metrics and monitoring systems for full stack visibility and incident response

●Design, maintain and improve cloud deployment tools to keep CI/CD systems operating smoothly

●Educate other engineering teams on the operation of client's cloud systems as well as best practices for reliability and performance in their applications

●Mentor and train teammates on client’s cloud systems

●Research industry trends and make recommendations to department head as needed to help the company excel

●Other job-related duties as assigned

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

● Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering preferred

4 years of professional experience developing web-based applications, Ruby on Rails preferred

Certification as an AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Security Certification, and/or other cloud-related certification preferred

●Extensive experience with SOA applications and cloud-based services, preferably AWS

●Extensive experience working with Linux/UNIX and Docker containerized environments

Kubernetes and Kafka

●Extensive experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Chef, Ansible, Terraform and preferably Cloud Formation

API, REST and RPC

●Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks

SQL and NoSQ

●Extensive experience with open-source technology, software development and system engineering

●Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to proactively solve issues

●Experience with open-source technology, software development and system engineering

●Excellent communication and organizational skills,

●Proven ability to complete tasks and meet deadlines

●Ability to be flexible with working in tandem with a team of engineers or alone, as required