Role : Cloud Solutions Architect
Location : Downer Grove, IL - Hybrid 3 days Onsite / Week
Duration : Long term
Responsibilities & Accountabilities :
- Participate in architecture and design discussions that produce requirements.
- Interpret requirements and code in a manner that encourages reuse and maintainability.
- Understand underlying technologies to build optimized, efficient code.
- Collaborate in an agile-based environment and provide good daily feedback on team stand-up calls.
- Work effectively in a complex technical environment and adopt new technologies.
- Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaptation process.
- Define new and / or continuously improve reference architectures.
- Understand key cloud computing security measures and the ability to apply them in architecture designs.
- Logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Qualifications : Basic Qualifications
Have excellent communication skills to work as a member of a team.Ability to think strategically and relate architectural decisions / recommendations to business needs.Deep understanding of cloud solution architecture in one or more major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI).In-depth experience with some or all these cloud concepts : Infrastructure as a Service, Serverless Architecture, Container Architecture, Platform as a Service, Storage, Infrastructure as Code, and Identity and Access Management.Certified : Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or willing to obtain in the first year.Preferred Qualifications
Experience suggesting / recommending competitive and innovative technical options, obtaining client buy-in, and delivering on commitments.Comfortable communicating complex, technical topics in an actionable manner to senior leadership.Experience with Agile methods, automation, and tools. Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment tools and processes.Excellent client-facing written and oral communications.Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills.Experience
5+ years as an engineer or architect working with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP.Bachelor's degree or 10+ years relevant job experience and a Master's degree.