Cloud Architect

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

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About CloudOps

CloudOps is a cloud consulting, managed services, and software company focused on open source, cloud native platforms, networking, and DevOps. Our purpose is to ensure our customers own their destiny in the cloud; helping them leverage the flexibility of the cloud while maintaining the right to change technologies and components, enabling freedom of navigation in the "cloudverse" to achieve current goals and adapt to new business requirements over time.

What You Can Expect

At CloudOps, we solve leading-edge technology challenges. We navigate the cloud ecosystem together with our customers, where the landscape, tools, and clouds will have you continuously growing and evolving your career. You'll get hands-on with the tech, enjoy the freedom to learn, and seize the opportunity to do fulfilling work. You'll work alongside an encouraging and dynamic team that takes its mission seriously and has fun along the way.

Who We Are Looking For

Are you a motivated Cloud Architect passionate about helping companies of various sizes adopt cloud and cloud-native technologies? You'll fit right in. As part of the Consulting and Professional Services Team, you will review customers’ current infrastructure and application platform architecture and assist in migration to cloud or application platform modernization. You will use modern cloud infrastructure design patterns and introduce cloud-native development technologies and processes when appropriate. Building and maintaining relationships with customers and providing technical guidance to infrastructure architects, application developers, and operators is essential. This is a full-time, remote position open to candidates in Canada.

What You Will Do

1. Design and implement systems using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
2. Design Monitoring and Alerting systems using tools like Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Datadog, PagerDuty.
3. Design CI/CD pipelines using tools such as ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitLab.
4. Collaborate with Solution Architects during pre-sales to establish technical outcomes and effort estimates.
5. Work with Project Managers and Solution Architects to break down requirements into User Stories and Sub-tasks.
6. Review technical implementations to ensure quality and provide feedback.
7. Support development and operations teams to bring projects into production across Web, App, Network, Server, Storage, and Security domains.
8. Document architecture and solution design of cloud platforms, practices, connectivity, and deployment patterns.
9. Develop expertise in Azure, Google, and AWS cloud platforms, Cloud-Native technologies, and DevOps tools.
10. Deliver presentations and demonstrations focused on Cloud-Native technologies.
11. Participate in community and market activities, including trade shows.

What You Will Need

1. 5+ years of customer-facing experience as a Technology Consultant/Architect.
2. 3 years of coding experience with cloud technologies in AWS and Azure, including infrastructure as code and automation.
3. A strong background in automation and related experience.
4. Understanding of DevOps concepts and tools like Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, and Agile methodologies.
5. Experience with Unix/Linux platforms.
6. Awareness of IT Operations trends and best practices.
7. Solid understanding of systems monitoring, alerting, and analytics.
8. Experience automating code deployment across multiple cloud providers and virtualization platforms.
9. Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and orchestration platforms like ECS, GKE, AKS, OpenShift.
10. Knowledge of advanced cloud services beyond basic IaaS.
11. Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools like Terraform.
12. Proven architecture and implementation experience building production infrastructure with code.
13. Knowledge of ITIL and Agile development lifecycles.
14. Understanding of networking and software-defined networking in cloud environments.

What We Can Offer You

• The opportunity to contribute to meaningful, cutting-edge, cloud-native projects.
• A trusting, curious, and supportive team that fosters career growth.
• Competitive compensation, including stock options and comprehensive benefits.
• Ongoing learning, training, and certifications.
• Participation in open source and partner communities.
• Work-life balance with flexible scheduling.
• A remote-first culture with a collaborative environment, including weekly happy hours.
• Over 15 years of industry leadership in cloud computing.

What To Expect Once You Apply

1. A 30-minute intro call with our recruitment team to discuss the role, team, and process.
2. A 30-minute deep dive call with the hiring manager to discuss the role, team, and answer questions.
3. A final 1-hour technical interview with team members.
4. Candidates will undergo a security screening, including a criminal record check, with results acceptable to CloudOps.