Cloud Architect

Company: Insight Global
Location: Cleveland
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Title: Cloud Architect Location: REMOTE, local to Cleveland, OH preferred Duraton: 6-month contract to permanent Pay: 135k - 160k DAY TO DAY: The Senior Cloud Architect is responsible for architecting global solutions that streamline access and use of cloud resources while consolidating IT infrastructure, automating workloads, and pursuing next-generation innovation. The individual in this role remains hands-on and leads by example. The Cloud Architect will have a firm grasp of data center infrastructure systems, Microsoft Azure and the implementation of large-scale projects to the cloud. Responsible for collaborating with IT Leadership, Enterprise IT Architects and IT engineering peers, and key business partners in developing the principles and guidelines for the future-state Cloud IT architecture in alignment with the strategic goals of the company. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Produce architecture designs and solutions for building and maintaining cost-efficient, scalable, and secure cloud environments for a global organization.
• Enable application teams to deliver business outcomes with speed, knowing the foundation will be resilient and secure.
• Provide leadership on infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques, including mass application/system movements into the cloud, e.g., implementation of Azure within global enterprise environments.
• Provides expertise of architecture best practices and integrates broad working knowledge to provide maturity and risk assessments for key technologies and capabilities.
• Establish cloud computing templates and implementation guidance for applications that leverage IaaS and PaaS solutions to meet business use cases.
• Factors in security, data management and internal processes, designing and advocating for methods that align to scaling across multi-region and global cloud architecture.
• Designs with operations in mind. Looks for ways to automate tasks and improve operations. Position Description Job Description Page 2 of 3 02/14/23
• Demonstrates ability to coach team members around best practices for delivering high performant and scalable solutions.
• Assists application designers with the development of application architectures that follow our enterprise guidelines and effectively address functional application requirements.
• Educates others within the IT organization on industry trends and on relevant new/emerging technologies.
• Interacts with technology vendors and industry groups to understand the global business environment and apply this knowledge to help guide our application development activities.
• Supports/mentors skill development in team. QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in Data Center infrastructure systems (AD, Networking, SAN)
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in enterprise architecture
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in cloud architecture including designing, implementing, and managing workloads in AWS, Azure or other cloud-based platforms.
  • Technical expertise in Windows O/S, VMWare, Microsoft Azure, SaaS, Hyper-V, PowerShell PREFERRED:
    • Azure or AWS Certification
    • Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience

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