Cox Communications
Senior Lead Cloud Architect - AWS (RapidScale)
Cox Communications, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27601
Company
Cox Communications, Inc.
Job Family Group
Engineering / Product Development
Job Profile
Sr Lead Cloud Architect
Management Level
Sr Manager - Non People Leader
Flexible Work Option
Can work remotely anywhere in the specified country
Travel %
Yes, 15% of the time
Work Shift
Day
Compensation Compensation includes a base salary of $142,100.00 - $236,800.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Job Description
At
RapidScale , exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. As a growing leader in secure, reliable managed cloud solutions, we help SMBs and enterprises alike simplify IT and unleash innovation. With a broad portfolio spanning AWS, Azure and Google to a full set of Private Cloud and Cybersecurity solutions, RapidScale helps companies turn technology into their biggest competitive advantage. As part of the Cox family of companies, we offer best-in-class benefits, a commitment to work-life balance, and an award-winning workplace experience
You will collaborate with a skilled professional services team to assist customers in migrating to and utilizing AWS throughout their entire cloud adoption journey. This includes assessments, design, proof-of-concepts, documentation, planning, execution, and optimization. In this role, you will primarily focus on project delivery with direct customer engagement.
What You'll Do:
Migration Assessment and Planning: Evaluate application portfolios and strategize migrations to AWS, delivering comprehensive written assessments that include: Total Cost of Ownership models Application migration strategies (6 R's) High-level project plans and work breakdown structures High-level infrastructure designs and diagrams AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews
Implementation:
Play a hands-on role in implementation teams: Define and maintain the overall technical vision for projects, addressing both customer and internal team needs. Create and maintain detailed diagrams and configuration documentation. Educate customers on AWS services and cloud best practices.
Collaboration and Improvement:
Collaborate with colleagues to enhance the cloud Solutions Architecture practice: Assist pre-sales teams with project scoping and estimations. Contribute to the development of processes, templates, and project resources.
Who You Are:
You're passionate about technology and the plethora of options the public cloud offers. You enjoy helping customers solve existing problems while identifying and remediating new problems. You also have the following:
Minimum experience:
A BA/BS Degree with 8 years of relevant overall experience, or a MS degree with 6 years of relevant overall experience, or a Ph.D and 3 years of experience, or 12 years of overall relevant experience without a college degree 8+ years of diverse solutions architecture experience, and a minimum of 3 years of relevant public cloud experience AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification Hands-on experience with both lift-and-shift and greenfield AWS migrations. Intermediate level experience with one or more Infrastructure-as-Code implementations (CloudFormation, Terraform) Familiarity with Identity and Access models in on-prem (Active Directory) and public cloud (AWS IAM Identity Center Entra ID, SAML SSO) Familiarity with basic containerization technologies (Docker, ECS, Fargate) Intermediate to Expert level experience with IP Networking, DirectConnect, Transit Gateway, VPN technologies, etc. Preferred Experience:
AWS Certifications - DevOps Pro, Advanced Networking, ML, Security, Database Specialty PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST compliance as related to Cloud Infrastructure Intermediate to Expert level familiarity with containerization technologies (EKS, AWS Bottlerocket) Common Infrastructure as Code and DevOps patterns such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Immutable deployments, and CI/CD Pipelines. Familiarity with Azure and/or GCP Industry knowledge in any of the following verticals is highly desired: Healthcare/HealthTech Financial Services/FinTech SaaS E-Commerce
Benefits
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.
About Us
Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that's true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we're creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
Application Deadline:
Job Family Group
Engineering / Product Development
Job Profile
Sr Lead Cloud Architect
Management Level
Sr Manager - Non People Leader
Flexible Work Option
Can work remotely anywhere in the specified country
Travel %
Yes, 15% of the time
Work Shift
Day
Compensation Compensation includes a base salary of $142,100.00 - $236,800.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Job Description
At
RapidScale , exceptional technology is powered by exceptional people. As a growing leader in secure, reliable managed cloud solutions, we help SMBs and enterprises alike simplify IT and unleash innovation. With a broad portfolio spanning AWS, Azure and Google to a full set of Private Cloud and Cybersecurity solutions, RapidScale helps companies turn technology into their biggest competitive advantage. As part of the Cox family of companies, we offer best-in-class benefits, a commitment to work-life balance, and an award-winning workplace experience
You will collaborate with a skilled professional services team to assist customers in migrating to and utilizing AWS throughout their entire cloud adoption journey. This includes assessments, design, proof-of-concepts, documentation, planning, execution, and optimization. In this role, you will primarily focus on project delivery with direct customer engagement.
What You'll Do:
Migration Assessment and Planning: Evaluate application portfolios and strategize migrations to AWS, delivering comprehensive written assessments that include: Total Cost of Ownership models Application migration strategies (6 R's) High-level project plans and work breakdown structures High-level infrastructure designs and diagrams AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews
Implementation:
Play a hands-on role in implementation teams: Define and maintain the overall technical vision for projects, addressing both customer and internal team needs. Create and maintain detailed diagrams and configuration documentation. Educate customers on AWS services and cloud best practices.
Collaboration and Improvement:
Collaborate with colleagues to enhance the cloud Solutions Architecture practice: Assist pre-sales teams with project scoping and estimations. Contribute to the development of processes, templates, and project resources.
Who You Are:
You're passionate about technology and the plethora of options the public cloud offers. You enjoy helping customers solve existing problems while identifying and remediating new problems. You also have the following:
Minimum experience:
A BA/BS Degree with 8 years of relevant overall experience, or a MS degree with 6 years of relevant overall experience, or a Ph.D and 3 years of experience, or 12 years of overall relevant experience without a college degree 8+ years of diverse solutions architecture experience, and a minimum of 3 years of relevant public cloud experience AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification Hands-on experience with both lift-and-shift and greenfield AWS migrations. Intermediate level experience with one or more Infrastructure-as-Code implementations (CloudFormation, Terraform) Familiarity with Identity and Access models in on-prem (Active Directory) and public cloud (AWS IAM Identity Center Entra ID, SAML SSO) Familiarity with basic containerization technologies (Docker, ECS, Fargate) Intermediate to Expert level experience with IP Networking, DirectConnect, Transit Gateway, VPN technologies, etc. Preferred Experience:
AWS Certifications - DevOps Pro, Advanced Networking, ML, Security, Database Specialty PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST compliance as related to Cloud Infrastructure Intermediate to Expert level familiarity with containerization technologies (EKS, AWS Bottlerocket) Common Infrastructure as Code and DevOps patterns such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Immutable deployments, and CI/CD Pipelines. Familiarity with Azure and/or GCP Industry knowledge in any of the following verticals is highly desired: Healthcare/HealthTech Financial Services/FinTech SaaS E-Commerce
Benefits
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.
About Us
Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that's true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we're creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
Application Deadline: