Cloud Solutions Architect

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Garmin Benefits

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. seeks a Cloud Solutions Architect to lead cloud architecture across the Garmin U.S. headquarters in the Kansas City area. You will guide standards, enable cloud adoption, and collaborate with software engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

You will partner with the Cloud Platform Engineering team, shape internal cloud services, and mentor engineers across levels. This is a full-time, on-site role requiring strong leadership and communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in CS/IT/MIS or related field with 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or C# and software development experience.
• Experience with microservices, Git, automated testing, and cloud architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement and lead multi-system software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect cloud solutions and drive standards across Garmin across teams.
• Lead major development programs and mentor engineers in cloud design.
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform Engineering to evolve internal cloud services.
• Identify opportunities to improve stability, performance, and maintainability.

Skills

Java

Python

C#

Microservices

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, or related field

Tools

Git

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Cassandra

MySQL

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Cloud Solutions Architect at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area.

This is a brand-new group driving application architecture standards, reliability, and cloud enablement across Garmin.

Our mission: partner with software engineering teams across the company to guide their technology transformations, accelerate cloud adoption, and define standards and best practices that raise the bar for how Garmin builds software. We influence all types of development teams - from customer-facing applications and internal tools to manufacturing engineering systems - all sharing a common goal: delivering reliability and scalability for their business domain.

As part of this team, you’ll collaborate globally with developers on both consulting and hands‑on engagements, offering the right balance of technical depth and practical guidance. You’ll also work closely with the Cloud Platform Engineering team to shape the evolution of our internal cloud services, ensuring they meet the needs of our diverse engineering community.

If you’re passionate about enabling teams, shaping standards, and helping developers succeed in the cloud, we’d love to have you on the journey.

Essential Functions

• Contributes, supports and enforces adherence to architecture roadmaps and development standards
• Exercises significant degree of leadership to projects and programs which contribute directly to organizational objectives
• Leads major development projects consisting of multiple components or sub projects which require sophisticated project planning
• Identifies and implements opportunities for system improvement around stability, performance, and maintainability
• Maintains, improves, and extends existing multi-system software and works collaboratively with Analysts/users to design software systems and develop/implement unit and system testing processes
• Assists with new technology selection and/or processor selection on new projects with broadly defined requirements
• Evaluates new technologies, features, and functions and provides input on broader technology solutions outside of core discipline
• Attends or participates in applicable professional organizations to bring outside knowledge to Garmin
• Serves as a mentor to less experienced IT Software Engineers (Software Engineers 1, 2, & Senior)
• Demonstrates broad understanding of Garmin’s business model including Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales & Marketing
• Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity and Serves as a leader of change
• Participates in project definition activities including feature analysis and system tradeoff

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related field AND a minimum of 9 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated proficiency in writing software in developmental languages (Java, Python, or C#)
• Demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of technology solutionsMust demonstrate proficiency and possess the experience necessary to design, enhance and develop single and multi-system applications
• Demonstrated experience with micro-services distributed environments and version control systems (ex. GIT)
• Demonstrated proficiency/experience with automated testing tools and testing procedures
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skill

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience in Consulting services to engineers
• Demonstrated proficiency/experience with resiliency techniques such as load balancers, circuit breakers, caching, etc.
• Demonstrated proficient knowledge of secure coding practices
• Proficiency in Java Spring Framework
• Experience with Kubernetes, Public Cloud solution (Azure/AWS), RabbitMQ, Kafka, Cassandra, MySQL
• Experience with Manufacturing Engineering Systems and/or ERP.
• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Previous experience working in a global team environment using Agile Scrum framework

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

• This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits