Cloud Architect

Futurewave Systems; Valley Forge (PA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing and professional services provider is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support projects implementing Platform as a Service (PaaS). The role requires strong communication skills at both executive and solution architect levels and the ability to develop cloud infrastructure platforms. Candidates must be willing to work on-site in Valley Forge and have a background in process and IT automation. This position is critical for designing and managing cloud environments for our clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in implementing Platform as a Service (PaaS) projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively at both executive and solution architect levels.
• Willingness to work on site in Valley Forge.

Responsibilities

• Design target cloud infrastructure platform including compute, storage, and management software.
• Develop monitoring metrics for cloud environment.
• Identify and evaluate tools for management of cloud environment.

Skills

PAAS implementation

Communication at executive level

Process and IT Automation

Cloud environment management

Tools

VMware

AWS

Azure

OpenStack

Job description

Founded in 2006, Futurewave Systems is a minority owned boutique,STAFFING & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVIDERheadquartered in Atlanta, GA. We are aGLOBAL NETWORKof proven industry professionals demonstrating the fastest fulfillment rate of high tech professionals for Fortune 500 Companies.

Job Description

Sr Infrastructure engineer type who has worked projects implementing PAAS. Application Platform as a Service (aPaaS), or simply Platform as a Service (PaaS), is a cloud computing service model, along with Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). It provides end users with the hardware, operating systems, storage or network capacity they need over the cloud to be able to run existing applications or develop new ones. The job is to support a data center in CT.

Process and IT Automation Expert VMware, vCloud, Xen, KVM, OpenStack, Orchestrator, vCAC, Cloud, application analysis, infrastructure, Amazon EC2, AWS, Azure, SCCM, SDN, IaaS, PaaS

• Design target cloud infrastructure platform including: compute, storage, network, and management/orchestration software.
• Develop monitoring metrics for cloud environment
• Identify and evaluate tools for management of cloud environment
• Develop process for determining "cloud readiness" of applications

Qualifications

Manage customer interface and coordinate with project management.

• Must have effective Communication at both the executive level and SA level
• The ability to pull cogent materials together (powerpoint format)
• Must be willing to be on site in Valley Forge