Principal Cloud Solutions Architect

Carbon60; Toronto; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud consultancy firm is seeking a Principal Architect to leverage deep expertise in cloud technology. The successful candidate will guide client engagements, manage technical teams, and foster innovative solutions for various challenges in technology adoption. Enjoy a flexible, supportive work environment with competitive benefits, including retirement matching and comprehensive health support.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Retirement Savings Matching Program (RRSP)

Access to the latest tech

Partnership with Perkopolis Discounts

Flexible work hours & location

Paid parental leave options

500 in Health Care Spending Account annually

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in delivering cloud services.
• Experience presenting to CxO and VP level executives.
• Strong people management and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide clients to maximize value from cloud technology investments.
• Provide oversight to project teams to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for multiple clients.

Skills

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

AWS

Cloud Architecture

System Architecture

NoSQL

Kafka

Cassandra

Job description

At OpsGuru were a peoplefirst customerobsessed company motivated by our passion for empowering organizations of all sizes to embrace the power of Cloud technology through impactful reliable and scalable consultancy services.

Our team is made up of technical experts creatives salespeople and many more. We work together to drive our mission forward and raise the bar for our customers daily bringing their vision to life. We strive to be a workplace of inspired minds by fostering an environment that encourages innovative thinking where everyone can grow and contribute to achieving their goals.

Our longterm vision is to continue being an innovative and inspiring company that our customers and employees admire and we invite you to join us!

About the role :

Principal Architects are expected to provide deep business and technical expertise across all of our focus areas in the cloud.

They are thought leaders and can respectfully guide and challenge clients to ensure they receive the highest level of value from their technology investments.

While this role is largely focused on technical and consultingbased delivery directly with customers the Principal Architect may also be required to act as a people manager for a team of 5 direct reports of Architects and Engineers. This would include tasks such as having regular onetoone meetings having professional development and goalsetting conversations and acting as part of a communication and feedback system with your direct team.

Additionally you would help to escalate administrative or projectrelated issues brought to your attention and provide recommendations towards performance reviews and promotions for your team.

What youll be doing :

Report directly to OpsGuru Leadership.

Confidently discuss every stage of the technology adoption cycle all the way from the CEO to the developer across multiple technical domains.

Assigned to several accounts and are expected to work with their clients to become a trusted technical advisor.

Thought leadership.

Guide and challenge clients in a respectful manner to ensure they receive the highest level of value from their technology investments.

Provide oversight to project teams to ensure technical outcomes align to solving customer business problems within project budgets and timelines

Work with Engagement Managers to help manage project scope and work with project teams and customers to help manage project expectations and delivery quality

Participate in the sales process typically in a presales or equivalent capacity

Work alongside our Account Executives and Presales Architects to scope and provide support on creating statements of works for our clients as well as being heavily involved in account management.

Technical and Consulting

7 years of experience delivering professional services or providing product management for one or more workloads on major cloud providers (Amazon Web Services Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure). Preferably delivering one or more of the following :

Insights from Data (Big Data Machine Learning etc.)

Cloud Adoption in enterprise and small to mediumscale environments

Infrastructure as Code adoption (Terraform CloudFormation etc.)

Cost reductions

10 years of experience in a relevant information technology environment

A history of delivering presentations to a wideranging audience including CxO and VP level executives

A history of managing multiple complex projects with a wide variety of stakeholders simultaneously

Sales experience preferably in a presales function

Confidently model costs and explain the total cost of ownership model of various methods of hosting infrastructure

A history of holding a budget and can model project costs and provide resourcing plans

A history of handling customer requests and escalations

People Management :

Ability to adapt your communication style to individual team members

Be an ambassador for the company by being able to explain our business mission and values to customers

Able to provide candid and constructive feedback to team members

Have a bias to take ownership of challenges facing your team and see them through to conclusion

An instinct to ask why to get a deeper understanding of problems

Ability to establish trust with your team and invest in building professional relationships

Able to have gap analysis conversations and help team members define effective goals

Ability to inspire and motivate others without needing to micromanage

Strong emotional intelligence and listening skills

Experience leading technical teams

Whats in it for you :

• Competitive compensation package
• Retirement Savings Matching Program (RRSP)
• Access to the latest tech
• Partnership with Perkopolis Discounts

Flexibility & Time Off

• Remote first work environment
• Flexible work hours & location
• Paid parental leave options
• GreenShield Counselling Mental Health
• 500 in Health Care Spending Account annually

Growth & Development

At OpsGuru we encourage employees to bring their whole authentic selves to work. By sharing and embracing unique backgrounds experiences and perspectives we learn from each other innovate and create a dynamic environment where we can be and achieve our best.

Were dedicated to ensuring each member feels a sense of belonging safety and respect. At OpsGuru your unique voice is heard and embraced and you meaningfully contribute to decisionmaking and the organizations growth.

OpsGuru is committed to an equitable employee experience opportunity and support. If you require accommodations or support during the recruitment process please email us at .

We thank all applicants for their interest in this exciting opportunity. Only candidates that meet the qualifications will be contacted for an interview.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Kubernetes,S3,Google Cloud Platform,Cassandra,System Architecture,Redshift,AWS,Cloud Architecture,NoSQL,UML,Kafka,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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