Senior Cloud Director (2312335)

Placement Services USA, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a skilled Cloud Architect responsible for driving cloud transformation initiatives and architecting scalable cloud-native solutions. This fully remote position requires extensive experience in cloud technologies, architecture, and leadership. You'll lead cross-functional teams and create innovative cloud strategies, ensuring operational efficiency across platforms like Google Cloud and Azure. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in DevSecOps and related best practices.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in IT, including 3 years in cloud technologies.
• Leadership experience managing teams and budgets.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud transformation initiatives and define cloud strategies.
• Architect and support API integrations and data pipelines.
• Mentor teams in best practices for cloud architecture.

Skills

Cloud strategy

DevSecOps

API management

Business Intelligence Architecture

Kubernetes

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master's degree accepted in lieu of Bachelor's

Tools

Azure Resource Manager

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

- Responsible for leading cloud transformation initiatives, defining architecture, and delivering scalable, secure cloud-native solutions.
- Build on extensive experience with enterprise systems, business intelligence, and cloud platforms to oversee cross-functional teams, implementing innovative technologies and optimizing infrastructure to meet organizational goals.
- Define and implement cloud strategies, driving innovation and operational efficiency across public cloud platforms.
- Lead the integration of cloud services with on-premises systems to support seamless business operations.
- Architect and support enterprise-level API integrations, data pipelines, and analytics platforms for stakeholders, enabling advanced business intelligence and decision-making.
- Enable cloud infrastructure for software and application development, including DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Develop and enforce governance frameworks for secure, compliant solutions, aligning with both cloud and on-premises environments.
- Establish and manage Centers of Excellence for DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, and enterprise integration.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable solutions, incorporating legacy systems and modern cloud technologies.
- Drive cost optimization initiatives for cloud services, enterprise systems, and IT infrastructure.
- Mentor and guide teams in adopting best practices for agile development, security, and architecture.
- Partner with vendors and stakeholders to align solutions with strategic goals, ensuring scalability and business continuity.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud and hybrid performance and reliability.
- 100% remote position.
10 years of experience in IT including 3 years’ experience in cloud technologies and architecture, and 3 years’ experience in a leadership role that manages teams, budgets and cross-functional projects, and demonstrated experience in:
- Cloud strategy, migration, and optimization across platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Azure.
- Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments. DevSecOps and API management.
- Business Intelligence Architecture
- Cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes or containerization.
- DevOps practices
- CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Azure Resource Manager, or Terraform, or Ansible.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
A Master's degree plus 8 years of experience would be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s plus 10 years of experience.
Please send us your resume via email at candidates (at) placementservicesusa (dot) com with reference #2312335. Do not copy and paste your resume in the body email. Please attach it as a Word or PDF document. Thank you.

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