Description
Senior Cloud Architect
Department: Zanaris
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Canada Remote
Description
ALL APPLICANTS MUST LIVE IN CANADA
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cloud Architect that has extensive knowledge and experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions on AWS and Microsoft Azure. You will oversee architecture and deployment in cloud environments, including public, private, and hybrid cloud. You will drive enterprise organizational alignment to ensure successful cloud adoption, security, governance, monitoring, and risk management is adhered to.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cloud Architect that has extensive knowledge and experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions on AWS and Microsoft Azure. You will oversee architecture and deployment in cloud environments, including public, private, and hybrid cloud. You will drive enterprise organizational alignment to ensure successful cloud adoption, security, governance, monitoring, and risk management is adhered to.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of cloud solutions on AWS or Azure, ensuring scalability, reliability and performance.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define architecture standards, and develop cloud strategies
- Architect cloud environments that adhere to security, compliance, and governance policies.
- Design highly available and fault-tolerant systems, including disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
- Implement automation for provisioning, deployment, and orchestration of cloud resources.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
- Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies, tools, and trends, and evaluate their potential impact on key architectural patterns.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native structures, microservices, containers, and serverless computing.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 6 Years of experience as a Cloud Architect or similar role, with a proven track record.
- Expertise in AWS and Azure cloud services, not limited to compute, storage, networking, database, and security
- Proficiency in cloud automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, Cloudformation, ARM, or Bicep
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD Pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code principles.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect
Attitude Necessary to Succeed
- If I don't know it now, I will remain engaged until I do.
- If I make a mistake, and I will, I will own it and will not seek to blame the situation.
- I seek to improve constantly my knowledge, my relationship, and confidence my customers have in me, through my positive attitude, communication style, and commitment to deliver value.
- I expect to be challenged.