Platform Architect

TechDigital Group; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Cloud Architect to lead the architectural direction for cloud services on the AWS platform. This role involves collaborating closely with developers and product owners to design and deploy innovative solutions that meet emerging cloud requirements. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in architecting highly reliable cloud-based services and a strong background in container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Join a forward-thinking company that values technology leadership and offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of cloud services.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in building Enterprise software products and Cloud Services.
• Strong experience in architecting highly reliable, fault tolerant cloud-based services.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for cloud services deployed in AWS.
• Participate in the design and deployment of a new platform.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

Docker

Kubernetes

C++

Node.js

Java

Agile Development

Site Reliability Practices

Education

B.E/B.Tech in Computer Science

Tools

AWS Cloud

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Cloudwatch

Grafana

New Relic

Sendgrid

ELK/EFK

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Provides technical leadership and architectural direction for all the in-scope cloud services deployed in AWS Cloud Platform.
2. Participate in the design, build and deployment of a new platform including service request, provisioning process, configuration, monitoring definition, backup and recovery strategy, and security.
3. Work closely with developers and product owners to adopt architectural changes adapt to the emerging cloud requirements and technologies.
4. Manage architecture and solution dependencies within the assignment.
5. Articulate platform functional and non-functional requirements to support development services.

Must have Experience:

1. Broad experience in network and/or infrastructure architecture and solutioning, including knowledge of Cloud offerings and virtualization technologies.
2. Strong experience in architecting, designing, developing highly reliable, fault tolerant and performant cloud-based services.
3. Strong experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kubernetes CRDs, Kubernetes RBAC.
4. Strong knowledge of cloud monitoring and alerting tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, Cloudwatch, Grafana, New Relic, Sendgrid.
5. Strong experience on the application diagnosability with tools like ELK/EFK.
6. Strong experience with infrastructure and platform sizing, infrastructure cost reduction.
7. Exposure to DR strategies followed while building highly available applications.
8. Strong experience in working on projects distributed across multiple geographies.

Skills and Experience:

1. B.E/B.Tech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
2. At least 10 years of experience in building Enterprise software products and Cloud Services.
3. Prior experience in developing and architecting cloud services across diverse technology stack on C++/Node.js/Java preferably Multi-tenant SaaS/PaaS Services using microservices architecture on any of the cloud environments AWS/Azure/Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
4. Must be familiar with containers technologies like Docker Containers, Kubernetes and ideally have developed on any of the full stack technology stack. Exposure to JQuery, AngularJS, KnockoutJS, Bootstraps would be great to have.
5. Proven ability to develop and ship high quality software products in Agile development environments.
6. Must have used and developed Site Reliability Practices using popular Cloud Monitoring and logging framework.
7. Should have high emotional quotient, self-driven and shows technology leadership in complex and ambiguous situations.
8. Good to have experience in a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure, OCI).