Sr. Cloud Architect/Cloud Architect

Senior Cloud Architect / Cloud Architect

About the Role

As a Cloud Architect, you'll be instrumental in designing, planning, and implementing robust public cloud solutions. You'll also drive automation initiatives and contribute to our knowledge base.

As a Cloud Architect:

• Design, plan, and implement public cloud solutions

  primarily across

  Azure

  , and secondarily

  AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform

  .

• Lead and deliver projects

  encompassing systems architecture, proof-of-concept, and deployment services.
• Guide clients through

  Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)

  and

  Well-Architected Framework (WAF)

  engagements.
• Provide expert advice to clients on

  enterprise networking, infrastructure, security, and compliance topics

  in both cloud and on-premise environments.
• Offer expertise to clients regarding

  hybrid connectivity and multi-cloud strategies

  .
• Drive

  Cloud economics workshops and cost optimization techniques

  .
• Design

  highly complex event-driven architectures

  .

As an Automation Architect:

• Administer software development platforms end-to-end

  (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub), focusing on user access, permissions, security best practices, and creating/maintaining teams, projects, repositories, and credentials.
• Conduct thorough

  reviews of pull requests

  , enforcing code quality and ensuring integration testing is part of the review process.
• Set up and manage

  CI/CD pipelines

  , integrate development tools, and optimize workflows.
• Implement and manage

  branching strategies

  to facilitate efficient development processes.
• Collaborate effectively with development teams and other stakeholders to support development needs.
• Write and update

  Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  to deploy cloud solutions, leveraging reusable modules to minimize redundant code.
• Develop and maintain scripts to automate a variety of processes, including writing and optimizing scripts in languages such as

  PowerShell, Python, or Bash

  , utilizing tools like

  Terraform, Ansible, AZ CLI

  , or cloud-native scripting solutions.
• Write best-practice, multi-stage

  CI/CD pipelines

  to execute code quality & security scans, build application code, execute tests, and deploy applications to target environments.
• Write

  excellent documentation

  , including README.md files, code comments, architecture documents, knowledge base docs, and Wikis.
• Provide subject-matter expertise and be a trusted advisor to clients, advising on best-fit technologies and best practices.
• Demonstrate

  thought leadership

  by speaking on technology trends internally and/or externally.
• Help grow Insight's knowledge base and IP around

  Cloud Enablement and DevOps

  .

What We're Looking For

Background and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field preferred.

• Certifications in relevant technologies or cloud providers

  are highly valued, or demonstration of ongoing learning.

• 7+ years of experience

  in consulting services or similar roles focused on project-based work and/or solution development.

Technical Skills

• Expert understanding of cloud infrastructure, primarily Azure

  , secondarily AWS and/or GCP.

• Expert with Cloud Adoption Frameworks and Well-Architected Frameworks

  , with solid experience delivering CAF and WAF engagements.
• Experience with

  on-premise to cloud migrations

  .
• Experience designing and deploying cloud architectures that include disaster recovery sites, as well as designing, implementing, and executing failovers and failbacks.
• In-depth experience in

  automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Configuration-as-Code (CaC)

  , and management of cloud-hosted resources.
• Experience working in a

  DevOps and Agile culture

  .
• Experience with DevOps and IaC tools such as

  Hashicorp Terraform, Azure Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins

  is preferred.
• Experience in

  DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing

  is preferred.
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous delivery tools such as

  Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, and/or GitLab CI/CD

  .
• Strong scripting skills in

  PowerShell, Bash, Python, Go, and/or Ruby

  .
• Experience with

  configuration management tools

  such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.
• Familiarity with

  containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

  , as well as knowledge in container architectures and deployment.
• Background in application development (.Net, or other development frameworks) is a plus.
• Background in systems engineering, networking, and server infrastructure is helpful.