Cloud Solutions Architect

*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role*

*Position is bonus eligible*

Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect. Candidate will provide subject matter expertise for infrastructure architecture for Cloud native applications. Implement best practices for designing such infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to other team members for the design, implementation, and support of infrastructure and cloud architecture and automation technologies.
• Act as a subject matter expert o the organization for cloud, automation, and end-to-end architecture for cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Maintain overall industry knowledge on the latest trends and technology and demonstrate forward thinking around how technology can support the organizational direction.
• Design, configure, implement, and support a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code.
• Enable DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka, and container management systems.
• Participate in cloud computing environment buildouts, software installation, maintenance, and support.
• Provide technical guidance to junior team members.
• Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to cloud native applications
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Deep technical knowledge and experience working with complex IT environments including applications, Middleware, storage, networks, information security and operations.
• Hands on experience with agile, devops and CI/CD.
• Systems administration and change management practices
• Message-oriented technologies such as Kafka
• Internet/Web based technologies
• ITLT Best Practices
• Scripting and coding
• Network technologies
• CI/CD tools such as Artifactory, Jenkins, and GIT
• Cloud native applications, including Terraform experience
• Technologies used to support microservices
• Encryption technologies (SSL/TLS, PKI Infrastructure management)
• Security controls as applied to software technologies
• Bachelor's degree in a related area
• 7-10 years of related experience
• Minimum 7 years experience working in a distributed multi-platform environment.
• Minimum 3 supporting enterprise monitoring technologies
• Cloud Certification is a plus