What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Architect position at TPI Global Solutions?
Solution Architect
12 Months Contract
Atlanta, GA (Onsite)
Responsibilities
12 Months Contract
Atlanta, GA (Onsite)
Responsibilities
- Responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing our technology infrastructure to ensure scalability, reliability, and efficiency across our systems.
- Design and implement scalable, resilient, and highly available infrastructure solutions using cloud technologies and best practices leveraging Terraform/Github actions.
- Develop comprehensive technical strategies that align with business objectives and drive operational excellence overall and in specific to High Availability/Disaster recovery Cloud systems.
- Create architectural blueprints and detailed technical specifications for complex systems and applications.
- Develop expertise in event-driven architectures and related technologies (e.g., Apache Kafka/Eventhub, Redis, Mongo Atlas, IoTHub).
- Establish and promote DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
- Implement continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflows to streamline software development and deployment processes.
- Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.
- Create self-healing systems and automate routine operational tasks to reduce manual intervention.
- Identify opportunities for automation and develop strategies to implement them across the infrastructure.
- Optimize existing systems and processes to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance performance.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using tools like Terraform (Preferred), Ansible, or ARM.
- Work closely with development teams, operations, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business needs.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members.
- Act as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex concepts into understandable terms.
- Assess and mitigate technical risks associated with infrastructure and application architectures.
- Ensure that security best practices are integrated into all aspects of the infrastructure and application design.
- BS/MS in computer science or any other engineering field.
- 10 years of experience in the DevOps, Site Reliability and Platform Engineering.
- At least 3 years of Architect level experience.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platform - Azure and their associated services.
- Expertise in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Understanding of Event-driven architecture and database technologies (Mongo Atlas, Azure SQL, PostgresDB)
- Proficient in IaaC tools such as - Terraform and GitHub Actions.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages - Python/.Net/Java.
- Strong understanding of networking concepts, load balancing, and security practices.
