Cloud Solutions Architect
The Cloud Architect is responsible for creating the Cloud Architecture Strategy and actively managing and maintaining our Cloud Services footprint. The objective is to maintain a stable and secure cloud infrastructure through oversight and engagement with IT Customers, IT groups and 3rd party Cloud Service Providers.
Education Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other related scientific/technical discipline required. Master's Degree preferred.
- IT architecture certification e.g., TOGAF is a plus.
- Cloud solutions architect certification is a plus.
Experience Requirements
- Fluent in English, oral and written is required.
- 7+ years in information technology with a minimum of 3+ years in an IT architectural role.
- 5+ years in the application/solution development experience in a professional environment.
- 3+ years of experience in designing and maintaining Cloud Services technologies such as Azure, AWS, etc.
- Experience required in designing, assessing, implementing, and maintaining Cloud Services (e.g., Software as a Service or Platform as a Service, etc.), maintain Cloud Infrastructure Services, and managing and monitoring performance of Cloud Service Providers.
- Experience defining Cloud Information Architecture (IA) and Governance.
- Experience with Active Directory (on-premises and in MS Azure).
- Experience and understanding IT Service Management concepts (ITIL), processes and procedures.
- Applies broad knowledge of IT operations principles, business drivers, and related areas to impact results. Understands the key players in the business and communicates appropriately with them.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate technology terms into business terms required.
- Communications (written and verbal) and presentation delivery skills required.
- Demonstrated systems performance monitoring and problem resolution skills.
- Track record developing and implementing systems infrastructure design best practices and operational policies following industry standard security principles required.
- Project Management experience and skills.
- Ability to adjust schedule to meet business needs.
Major Accountabilities
- Responsible for developing and maintaining a Cloud Services architecture and providing input on decisions to be taken on new virtual cloud equipment and upgrades.
- Developing and tracking budgets for new and existing Cloud Infrastructure.
- Manage and report availability of Cloud Services across the entire Cloud Server Ecosystem to meet required SLA's.
- Develop and monitor metrics to improve Cloud environment availability and performance.
- Drive incident resolution from participation in incident troubleshooting sessions through delivery and closure of post-mortems of cloud services related incidents.
- Develop standards for Cloud Services.
- Support and maintain a scalable backup solution for the virtualized and standalone Cloud environments.
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