Cloud Architect

Experience

10+ years.

Mandatory skill

• Cloud Engineering-AWS/Azure

Job Purpose

• Experion Technologies is looking for a Cloud Architect, he/she should have the following skill descriptions.

Technical Skills

• Excellent exposure to AWS/Azure/GCP ecosystem and services, solid understanding and experience
  settingup and managing AWS infrastructure and services(EC2, S3, RDS VPC, IAM, Security groups, VPN
  etc.)
• Proficiency in networking and network security e.g. SSL/TLS certificates, VPN IPSec tunnels
• Knowledgeable of web/application servers and load balancers such as Amazon ELB, Tomcat, Nginx,
  Apache Http Server etc.
• Extensive experience with designing and managing AWS/Azure security using IAM,
• Should have Java/.net application development background.
• Solid understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery best practices, and
  experience in setting up a CI/CD to speed up software development and deployment process, using
  Jenkins, GitHub , plugins etc.
• Solid experience with build and scm tools – Maven, Gradle, Ant, Git, Jira, Sonaqube
• Sound knowledge on containerization concepts, Docker and Kubernetes and good working
  knowledge on various Kubernetes environments (standalone clusters and managed Kubernetes
  services like EKS, AKS).
• Good knowledge of Monitoring/Observability tools and processes inclusive CloudWatch, ELK stack,
  CloudTrail, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus. Infra monitoring using Nagios, Zabbix, New Relic
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM as infrastructure-as-code.
• Exposure to microservice architecture, experience with API gateway, Active Directory, Blue/Green
  deployments, Canary deployments is desirable.
• Experience with the serverless approaches using AWS Lambda/ Azure Functions is a plus.
• Prior migration experience with on-prem to AWS/Azure is definitely a plus.
• Exposure to Serverless deployment framework and SAM is a plus.
• Understanding of Agile principles and experience participating in scrums and agile processes
• Solid git experience – essential, Bitbucket – a plus
• Scripting Skills – Groovy, Bash, Python

Duties and responsibilities

• Cloud platform Design & Architecture
• Migration of infrastructure/applications to hybrid cloud environments.
• Prepare and present potential technical solutions and advise customers, businesses, and product
  owners on the technical and business value of proposals, including appropriate trade-offs.
• Designs and implements cloud solutions/infrastructure for an organization/application, collaborating
  with customer stake holders and application architects, ensuring the smooth functioning of cloud
  systems with minimal downtime.
• Evaluation of cloud providers, Cloud applications, Hardware, and Software.
• Involve in Pre-sales/Development activities and provide cloud solutions to the customer.
• Architecting the solutions using cloud infrastructure and services for application/product development.
• Support Development team to leverage various cloud services/integration services to provide better
  value to the customer.
• Responsible for designing comprehensive security architecture that aligns with the organization’s
  business objectives, risk tolerance, and regulatory requirements.
• Developing architectural solution considering the organization’s existing IT infrastructure, systems,
  and applications to address security gaps and weaknesses.
• Establish best practices for cloud adoption, and work with IT teams to monitor cloud privacy and
  address technical issues.
• Manage code repositories and create branching strategies to improve software development
  efficiency.
• Good understanding on platform engineering and help team design/build efficient development
  systems.
• Systems automation, orchestration, deployment, and implementation
• Write infrastructure as code using, Terraform, CloudFormation or similar.
• Technical direction in the design and implementation of continuous integration
  and continuous delivery /deployment (CI /CD) processes in the form of a pipeline
  for the delivery of software across the enterprise.
• A commitment to best practices on operational processes for DevOps
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and
  operations.
• Work in close coordination with the Engineering team to adhere to ISMS Policies and procedures.
• Designing and implementing cloud security strategies and policies that meet an organization’s specific
  needs. Troubleshoot, identify, and fix problems in the DevSecOps domain.
• Ensuring the security of cloud-based data and applications against unauthorized access, theft, and
  other threats.
• Conducting regular security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and develop plans to
  address them

Qualifications/Experience

• Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or the equivalent combination of education technical
  certifications and work experience.