Cloud Architect

Role: Cloud Solutions Architect Location: Downer Grove, IL - Hybrid 3 days Onsite/Week Duration: Long term Responsibilities & Accountabilities: Participate in architecture and design discussions that produce requirements. Interpret requirements and code in a manner that encourages reuse and maintainability. Understand underlying technologies to build optimized, efficient code. Collaborate in an agile-based environment and provide good daily feedback on team stand-up calls. Work effectively in a complex technical environment and adopt new technologies. Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaptation process. Define new and/or continuously improve reference architectures. Understand key cloud computing security measures and the ability to apply them in architecture designs. Logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications Have excellent communication skills to work as a member of a team. Ability to think strategically and relate architectural decisions/recommendations to business needs. Deep understanding of cloud solution architecture in one or more major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI). In-depth experience with some or all these cloud concepts: Infrastructure as a Service, Serverless Architecture, Container Architecture, Platform as a Service, Storage, Infrastructure as Code, and Identity and Access Management. Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or willing to obtain in the first year. Preferred Qualifications Experience suggesting/recommending competitive and innovative technical options, obtaining client buy-in, and delivering on commitments. Comfortable communicating complex, technical topics in an actionable manner to senior leadership. Experience with Agile methods, automation, and tools. Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment tools and processes. Excellent client-facing written and oral communications. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills. Experience 5 years as an engineer or architect working with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP. Bachelor's degree or 10 years relevant job experience and a Master's degree.