Cloud Architect

Glosys Corp; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the IT marketplace is seeking a skilled professional with a strong infrastructure background focused on cloud technologies. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in developing cloud management platforms, mitigating risks, and ensuring the security of hybrid cloud architectures. An understanding of modern containerization, microservices, and cloud orchestration is essential for this role. The position offers an opportunity to leverage cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Proficient in cloud technologies with extensive experience in AWS and OpenStack.
• Strong scripting skills, especially in Python, are essential.
• Experience in cloud architecture design, with an emphasis on security and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Develop infrastructure evolution roadmaps and design cloud management platforms.
• Mitigate cyber risks and promote cloud capabilities across teams.
• Integrate with external partners via RESTful APIs.

Skills

Cloud Technologies

Microservices Architecture

Containers

Scripting (Python)

Networking

Virtualization

Strategic Thinking

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Ansible

Git

HAProxy

Job description

GLOSYS strives to develop sustainable relationships based on mutual trust, responsiveness, and accountability. While expanding our infrastructure and resources, we remain nimble in customer service and relationship management. We believe our ability to "deliver big" and "act small" is one of our greatest assets.

Clients choose GLOSYS for our experience, stability, competencies, and focus on the IT marketplace. They recognize that we produce results based on our proven track record.

Job Description

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Possess a strong infrastructure background, including cloud technologies, within an IT-centric environment.
• Develop infrastructure evolution roadmaps.
• Identify and assess technology trends; recommend solutions in Cloud and Virtualization.
• Design and develop integrated private and public cloud management platforms.
• Collaborate with IT security to embed information security and risk management within hybrid cloud architectures; mitigate cyber risks and emerging threats.
• Promote cloud and virtualization capabilities across business units and teams.
• Experience with containers (e.g., Docker), orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (e.g., OpenStack, AWS, GCE) is required.
• Experience with microservices architecture and automated deployment is required; experience with decomposing applications into microservices is a plus.
• Strong understanding of SaaS operational aspects.
• Knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture and RESTful interfaces is a plus.
• Ability to design architecture across various responsibilities, including presentation, business logic, and integration.
• Experience with open standards-based architecture (e.g., Docker, Chef, Puppet).
• Designing highly available, elastic cloud infrastructures.
• Experience integrating with external partners via RESTful APIs is a plus.

Technology stack includes: AWS, Docker, Containers, Python, Apache, Nginx, HAProxy, ElasticSearch, Git, Contrail, Vagrant, Kubernetes, Etcd, OpenStack, KVM, Ansible, Load balancers, JavaScript.

Additional Skills:

• Proficiency in scripting, especially Python.
• Networking, virtualization, and storage expertise.
• Strategic thinking for new service development.
• Focus on cloud services, especially AWS, OpenStack, Azure.
• Experience with private cloud solutions like VMware and OpenStack.
• Previous video background and familiarity with standards and protocols is a plus, especially in LA area.
• Experience in cloud architecture design and enhancement, not just development.

Additional Information

If your experience matches this requirement, please reply to [e-mail].