Cloud Architect

Position Summary

As a Cloud Architect at a leading source of scientific information, you will be instrumental in implementing and managing cloud solutions. This role demands a profound understanding of cloud services, especially Amazon Web Services (AWS), with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience being a substantial advantage. Your expertise will be critical in developing and managing our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration and efficient operation across our extensive range of scientific and scholarly publications, national conferences, and other services.

Position Accountabilities

• Minimum 10 years of application development/solution architecture experience.
• Design, implement, and manage cloud solutions in AWS, with GCP experience as an added advantage.
• Take ownership of the provisioning of cloud services and products. Develop and manage infrastructure automation focusing on scalability and security.
• Work closely with software and AI engineer teams to meet project acceptance criteria, document requirements, support continuous integration and delivery, and mentor junior staff members in cloud technologies and best practices.
• Design, develop, and manage dev, test, and production environments, ensuring robust software configuration management throughout the application development lifecycle.
• Extensive understanding of cloud-agnostic architectures using Kubernetes and other solutions.
• Extensive experience in implementing AWS EKS clusters, managing and scaling the clusters with a good knowledge of traffic inflows/outflows via subnet configurations and gateways. Linux experience is a plus.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth deployments and integrations using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and containerization strategies.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters within cloud environments, optimizing for performance and reliability.
• Utilize Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tools to automate and manage cloud infrastructure.
• Work with serverless computing frameworks on AWS to enhance application scalability and efficiency.
• Work on Org Units, IAM roles to define efficient and cost-effective operating models for all publication assets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setting to provide architecture support on AWS.
• Integrate and help manage legacy workflows using ArgoCD, Airflow, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Bamboo pipelines.
• Act as a tech owner of independent software products and liaise with stakeholders.
• Present cloud solutions and architecture to technical and business stakeholders.
• Take ownership of cloud design and infrastructure operation.
• Learn new and latest cloud and AI technologies to advise and architect modern solutions.
• Mentor cloud engineers and build a team for effective cloud operations.
• Assist and manage the roadmap for DevOps implementation in established operations, with expertise in continuous delivery, DevOps solutions, and integrated toolset solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Assist DevSecOps practices, including secret management, privilege management, and integrating tools to enhance baseline security.
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional and Kubernetes certification is a plus.
  
  

Qualifications

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group.
• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject.
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well.
  
  

Motivations

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization.
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks.
  
  

Education

• Bachelor of Science or better in Computer Engineering or related field.
  
  

Experience

• 5 years:
• Strong communication and leadership skills to effectively collaborate with various teams, lead cloud initiatives, and mentor junior staff.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field. Advanced or professional certifications in Cloud are advantageous.
• 5 years:
• Deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience with a broad range of DevOps tools. Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform. Expertise in tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Maven, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Expertise in compute clustering in AWS (GCP is a plus).
• Expertise in cloud serverless computing infrastructure on AWS (GCP is a plus).
• Proficiency in Terraform.
• Proficiency in Python or Java programming languages.
• 10 years:
• 10 years overall hands-on experience in either infrastructure engineering, software engineering, or data engineering including at least 7 years of hands-on experience in architecting and building IT solutions in AWS (GCP is a plus).
• Proven experience in containerization, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD.
• Experience with approaches and tooling for automated build, delivery, and release of software in Cloud.
• Experience in LLM and its applications preferred but not required.
  

Licenses & Certifications

• AWS SysOps Administrator Associate
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional