Onsite Cloud Solutions Architect — Utah (GCP Focus)

Coventek Inc; Taylorsville (UT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Coventek Inc. is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to design, secure, and optimize cloud solutions with a primary focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The role involves migrations from legacy systems, technical leadership for DevOps and development teams, and creating comprehensive architectural documentation. Key duties include designing cloud-native architectures, ensuring security/compliance, and optimizing performance and cost.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years IT experience, 3+ years in cloud architecture/leadership.
• Certifications in GCP, AWS, or Azure are preferred.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and DB migrations.
• Familiarity with NIST, CIS, ISO/IEC 27001 security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design cloud solutions with primary focus on GCP; consider AWS/Azure as needed.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership on cloud best practices and distributed architecture.
• Create and maintain architectural diagrams, integration processes, and specs.
• Ensure security, compliance, performance, reliability, and cost optimization.
• Develop and maintain cloud DB systems, BigQuery data pipelines, and APIs for migrations.
• Evaluate new cloud technologies, including containers, Kubernetes/GKE, and BI analytics.
• Review cloud environments regularly to identify improvements and cost save opportunities.
• Support disaster recovery planning and high availability strategies.
• Stay current on emerging cloud trends to inform strategy.

Skills

GCP expertise

Distributed systems

Terraform

OpenTofu

Ansible

Cloud security

Kubernetes/GKE

Networking (VPC)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Ansible

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

Coventek Inc. is seeking a Cloud Solutions Architect to design, secure, and optimize cloud solutions with a primary focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The role involves migrations from legacy systems, technical leadership for DevOps and development teams, and creating comprehensive architectural documentation. Key duties include designing cloud-native architectures, ensuring security/compliance, and optimizing performance and cost.