Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect

We are seeking a Cloud Architect to provide expert-level guidance on cloud design decisions, standards, and operational practices. This role is responsible for the overall architecture of hybrid cloud platforms and their components. The ideal candidate will maintain a thought leadership role in cloud technology, staying current on the offerings of various cloud service providers and driving discussions in the architecture review board.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain overall product design documentation and architectural oversight for hybrid cloud platforms.
• Provide expert guidance on cloud design decisions, standards, and operational practices.
• Serve as an active member of the Cloud Center of Excellence to define and govern best practices.
• Plan and implement the selection of new cloud services and tools to enable the cloud roadmap.
• Develop platform architecture artifacts and influence architectural decisions within the review board.
• Maintain blueprints and reference implementations of cloud products.
• Partner with Information Security teams to engineer secure application patterns.
• Work with teams on complex applications to provide guidance on cloud platforms, escalating risks as needed.
• Communicate challenges to drive discussions across engineering, operations, developers, and leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in delivering large-scale distributed enterprise platforms with a focus on performance, scale, security, and reliability.
• Experience in DevOps and GitOps models using technologies such as Terraform.
• Experience with on-premises private cloud and public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
• Deep knowledge of web protocols, Linux and/or Windows operating systems, and public cloud APIs.
• Experience with native CSP orchestration stacks (e.g., Azure ARM templates, AWS CloudFormation).
• Experience in container-native technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Experience in cloud-native logging, monitoring, and operations tools like Splunk and Prometheus.
• Experience with container-related technologies and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools and programming languages like Ansible, Java, or Python.
• Expertise in one or more of the following: Cloud IAM, Cloud network and security design, Cloud IaaS design, native cloud services, or cloud-native Kubernetes services.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, CloudFormation, or Salt.
• Experience in Agile development practices and test-driven development.
• Demonstrated organizational, leadership, communication, and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hadoop
• Kafka
• KDB
• MongoDB
• Mulesoft ESB
• Python
• Cloud Architecture

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.