Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect (Local to IL)

Sonoma Consulting Inc.; Lincolnshire (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing IT consulting firm is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect in Illinois. The ideal candidate will lead the company's strategic technology direction and support project teams in adopting cloud services. The role demands extensive knowledge in cloud architectures, automation, and experience with Azure and AWS. Excellent communication skills and 15+ years of infrastructure experience are preferred. This position is crucial for advising clients on best practices and ensuring the integration of highly secure cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of infrastructure experience preferred.
• Proven writing and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to manage project timelines effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic technology direction regarding cloud architectures.
• Evaluate designs and document results based on technical parameters.
• Coach teams on cloud best practices.
• Support project teams with PaaS and SaaS offerings.

Skills

Cloud service provider capabilities

Automation for moving workloads

Enterprise level storage area networks

Experience with Azure

Experience with AWS

Virtualization technologies (VMWare, Hyper-V)

Infrastructure automation through DevOps scripting

Configuration management (CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet)

Messaging architectures

Data protection architecture

Job description

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect (Local to IL)

Sonoma Consulting is one of the fastest growing national IT Consulting and Executive Search company in the United States, which was founded in 2011 by Mark McGee, the President and CEO. Sonoma Consulting has two business divisions - IT Consulting Services & Executive Search to serve its 150 national clients which range from entrepreneurial start-ups to Global Fortune 500.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead company’s long- term strategic technology direction and education regarding cloud architectures.
• Evaluate designs and architectures and document results/risks based on required technical parameters.
• Keep abreast of a broad range of technologies that may deliver value to our business
• Help organize support models for new applications hosted.
• Coaching Customer and Partner teams on Cloud best practices
• Support project teams in taking advantage of PaaS and SaaS offerings while still meeting information security requirements.

Technical Skills:

• Deep and broad knowledge of cloud service provider capabilities and integration with on premise infrastructure/systems.
• Deep knowledge of automation for moving workloads on and off premise, cloud based file and sync capabilities, cloud content security and protection, cloud based archiving, cloud based application workflow and content management
• Deep and broad knowledge of enterprise level storage area networks, data center storage, replication services & supporting technologies as they relate to cloud services technologies.
• Deep and broad experience/Knowledge of Cloud providers (Private, Hybrid, and Public) specifically including Azure and AWS.
• Deep technical knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMWare, Hyper-V)
• Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris, Unix, Windows)
• Understanding OpenStack deployments and integration
• Knowledge of cloud technology and distributed computing
• Strong technical knowledge of cloud technologies & IT concepts (VMWare, HyperV, Cisco, Microsoft, EMC, AWS, etc)
• Previous experience designing and deploying solutions on Azure and/or AWS
• Infrastructure automation through DevOps scripting (E.g. shell, Python, Ruby, Powershell).
• Configuration management using CloudFormation, Chef & Puppet.
• Client/Server and Multi-tier Architectures
• Communications and Networking Architectures
• Messaging Architectures
• Experience with replication and data protection architecture and solutions
• Experience with SAN & NAS technologies

Qualifications:

Preferred Years of Infrastructure Experience: 15+

• Proven writing and communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to manage project timelines and outcomes for projects with considerable implementation risk
• Strong technical aptitude
• Ability to multitask and prioritize activities
• Strong interpersonal skills