Hybrid role.
Manager notes: (strong knowledge of AWS, Terraform, and modern deployment strategies), experience with enterprise-level, large impact projects and additional project management skills would be of benefit.
As the AVP, Infrastructure Architect, Cloud you will support the Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) teams in architecting serverless and cloud-native solutions in AWS cloud and hybrid cloud/on-prem solutions. You possess technical expertise and engineering skills that regard you as a subject matter expert and thought leader with the ability to drive change within the organization aligning platforms to best practices and industry standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or technical institute degree/certificate or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years of relevant experience
- 5+ years AWS cloud-native and serverless solutions architecture
- 2+ years On-prem solutions architecture
- Infrastructure as Code / Automation: Terraform, Ansible
- Networking
- Storage
- Virtual Machines: VMware
- Operating systems: Linux, Windows
- Databases: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server
- SSL Certificates
Responsibilities
- Architect low-level infrastructure solutions to support LPL current/new platform development
- Design re-usable reference architecture patterns to support application development and solutions architecture
- Operationalize platforms for operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost optimization, and resiliency through the well-architected framework
- Collaborate with engineering teams on implementing solutions through infrastructure as code adhering to automation strategy
- Collaborate with customers and project teams to gather business requirements and develop technical requirements
- Perform high-level systems analysis, evaluation, design, integration, and facilitate implementation of current and future LPL platforms
- Identify risks in the environment that threaten stability, resiliency, performance, and security followed by defining solutions to address the risks and working cross-functionally to get the solution prioritized and delivered
- Promote, practice, and deliver infrastructure solutions to align LPL architecture principles and industry best practices and standards, e.g. twelve-factor, microservices, security-first architecture, automate-first architecture, and API-first architecture
- Provide cost estimations on designed solutions
- Participate in scrum team ceremonies, e.g. backlog management, sprint updates, retrospectives
- Participate in application roadmap planning with stakeholders, application development teams, solutions architects, and engineering groups
Preferences
- Cloud migration experience
- Software development: Python, .NET
Core Competencies
- Continuous learner especially in emerging areas of technology, modern work practices and digital transformation
- Demonstrate competency in innovative, strategic thinking, and leadership with strong abilities in relationship management
- Experience working and leading in matrixed, fast paced environments
- Extensive experience working in large technology ecosystems with emphasis on integrating multiple high scale, high volume, always-on mission-critical systems