Cloud Architect

GlassHouse Systems; Toronto; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (medical, vision, &amp

Life insurance

Pension plan

Professional development

Amazing company culture

Job summary

GlassHouse Systems is seeking an IBM Cloud Architect to design and implement IBM Cloud solutions, working with sales and the technical team to plan hybrid cloud deployments.

You will migrate workloads from on-premises to public cloud platforms, design compute/storage/network/security components, and optimize costs while ensuring availability and resiliency across environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field.
• Completion of IBM Cloud Professional Architect and IBM Cloud Advanced Architect certifications
• 10+ years of IT experience with at least 4 years in Data Center/Cloud deployments
• Experience completing a Cloud migration
• Experience in planning and deploying IBM platforms

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical consultation and leadership in IBM Cloud solutions using reference architectures and best practices.
• Gather requirements and design IBM Cloud architectures, including diagrams, models and presentation materials.
• Design compute, storage, network, security, backup/restore, and disaster recovery capabilities with cost optimization in mind.
• Establish monitoring/management of Cloud instances for availability and performance.
• Architect and guide IBM Cloud deployments using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting.
• Enable managed services through configuration management, monitoring, and incident management.
• Utilize native cloud services to meet availability and resiliency requirements.
• Understand and plan migration of on-prem workloads to public cloud environments.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Migration planning

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Information Systems/CS/Math

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

GlassHouse Systems (GHS) is an enterprise systems, and managed services solutions provider that develops, designs and deploys solutions for leading enterprises in Canada and the US. For almost 33 years, GHS has delivered an enterprise level of service and support to clients. Recognized with industry-leading awards each year, GHS translates this differentiation into positive client experiences.

About the Position

As an IBM Cloud Architect working as part of the technical team, you’ll work hand in hand with sales to design, size and assist with implementation of IBM Cloud solutions. You will work together with the broader GHS technical team, planning and delivering Hybrid Cloud solutions, and assist customers in migrating workloads from on-premises to public cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical consultation and leadership in the analysis & design, planning, and implementation of IBM Cloud solutions using reference architectures and best practices.


• Work with the GHS Cloud Sales team to gather customer requirements, create IBM Cloud architectures, detailed Cloud solution designs that include specifications, diagrams, models and presentation material.


• Design compute, storage, network, security, backup/restore, and disaster recovery capabilities that meet requirements and optimize costs.


• Establish and assist in the implementation of monitoring and management of the Cloud instances for availability, performance, and cost optimizations.


• Architect and guide the implementation of IBM Cloud solutions using modern deployment and configuration tools and practices (e.g, Terraform, Ansible, scripting)


• Enable IBM Cloud managed services through configuration management, monitoring, and incident management using automation and integration.


• Utilize native cloud services to meet availability and resiliency requirements


• Establish internal pricing and instance selection model for virtual instances


• Understand and architect migration of on-premise workloads to a public cloud environment

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field.


• Completion of IBM Cloud Professional Architect and IBM Cloud Advanced Architect certifications


• 10+ years of experience in IT with at least 4 years supporting Data Center / Cloud deployments.


• Experience of completing a Cloud migration


• Experience in planning and deploying IBM platforms

Disclaimer

The rate for this position is $160K-200K. The rate is subject to change and may be modified in the future. As part of our hiring process, we use AI tools to support resume screening and candidate evaluation.

What you’ll get

• Competitive salary


• Health benefits (medical, vision, dental)


• Life insurance


• Pension plan


• Professional development


• Amazing company culture

Join a team of professionals led by a diverse set of leaders from across the industry.

GlassHouse Systems commitment

We believe that a diverse team is the key to innovation and growth. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at our company and encourages all candidates to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

GlassHouse Systems will accommodate individuals with disabilities through each stage of the recruitment process. Please advise us of any needs when your interview is booked and we will do our best to meet your needs.

Please note that all candidates have to be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Any offer of employment will be conditional upon a criminal record check.

GlassHouse Systems thanks all candidates for their interest, however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.