Sr. AWS Cloud Architect

US - CareerBuilder

The Senior AWS Cloud Architect will be part of the Cloud infrastructure team and assist the application development teams in planning, designing, developing and re-engineering applications that can fully leverage the cloud. The architect will work on complex application and infrastructure landscapes and be expected to provide expertise to teams with little cloud experience. Oversee operations and recommend best practices for cloud infrastructure and align with the CareerBuilder Hybrid Cloud Strategy. The architect will also be responsible for defining cloud standards and best practices that the teams should follow.

Our Cloud Infrastructure team is obsessed about bringing strong success for the application development teams. The team collaborates across the entire CareerBuilder organization to bring the right solution to our customers and drive innovation.

Major Responsibilities/Activities:

• Responsible for the managing the cloud operations team.
• Play a lead role in influencing the department and team cloud strategy.
• Lead the cloud operations team supporting a cloud platform responsible for cloud native workloads and infrastructure.
• Work as a technical leader helping customers architect scalable, highly available application solutions that leverage cloud services.
• Perform the role of Cloud Solutions Architect.
• Participate in Enterprise Architecture definition and roadmap.
• Determine the best technologies and software to fit a solution and define standard patterns for cloud enablement
• Lead cloud team growth by crafting creative solutions, developing thought leadership in the DevOps community, and leading teams.
• Make decisions on complex issues regarding technical approach for cloud related topics.
• Work with both infrastructure and application development teams and oversee Cloud operations and availability as per service level agreements.
• Lead technical teams through deployments of complex infrastructure and applications utilizing custom code and services involving several teams and business stakeholders.
• Design, plan, and implement cloud architecture and cloud native infrastructure solution based on CareerBuilder security standards.
• Develop specifications and standards for cloud related services and platforms to ensure consistence and integration across products and services in the organization.
• Design infrastructure automation and operational services and capabilities including networking, cloud services, data services, etc.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions utilizing technologies like Terraform and CloudFormation for fully code driven environments.
• Design and build self service solutions for development teams to empower team autonomy.
• Ensure effective business recovery procedures are in place and tested.
• Work closely with both executive management and business and IT stakeholders to design solutions that meet business requirements and result in innovation business solutions.
• Work in collaboration with global, regional and local network teams.
• Educate IT colleagues and teams on cloud technologies through workshops and blog posts.
• Work with other CareerBuilder Hybrid Cloud teams in other regions and develop future strategies for Cloud. Ensure chosen hybrid architecture supports current production volumes and is scalable for future growth.
• Perform proof of concepts and evaluate new Cloud technologies and services.

Job Requirements:

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant field.

• Must have 8 + years (total) of experience in the following:
• Technical specialist in Customer-facing roles.
• IT operations support

• Must have 4 + years (total) of experience in the following:
• IT Infrastructure
• Cloud native workloads and Providers such as AWS
• Cloud architecture design and implementation
• Hands on experience supporting enterprise class IT infrastructure and applications

• Must have 3+ years (total) of experience in the following:
• Application programming/scripting
• Leading teams of at least 1 engineers or more
• Infrastructure as Code development with tools such as Terraform, Cloudformation
• CICD Toolchain management with tools such as Jenkins, Github, Artifactory, etc.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
• Extensive experience architecting, designing and building applications using cloud services.
• Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability.
• Experience with continuous integration tools and continuous delivery pipeline (e.g. Jenkins)
• Experience with configuration management platforms (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible)
• Strong scripting skills (e.g. Powershell, Python, Bash, Ruby, Perl, etc.)
• Strong practical application development experience on Linux and Windows-based systems.
• Experience in IT security standards.
• Practical knowledge and experience with Agile and SAFE principles and processes.
• Ability to prioritize projects and deliverables
• Ability to work collaboratively as well as independently to support deadlines
• Demonstrate ability to use problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues
• Demonstrate ability to write and present effective materials, including presentations, status reporting, technical diagrams and flowcharts
• Ability to collaborate with a team working across multiple locations
• Demonstrated growth mindset, enthusiastic about learning new technologies quickly and applying the gained knowledge to address business problems.
• Strong ability to communicate with stakeholders on a business level and translate their needs into a technical solution.

Essential Functions:

• Communicating with the public
• Creating written communication
• Frequent computer use

Benefits-We’re All About You!

When you're focused on the goal, not the path – you can be more flexible, and that translates into more productive and satisfied employees. From flexible hours to volunteering during work hours to diverse education opportunities, CareerBuilder is committed to helping employees strike a balance.

Here are just some benefits we offer:

• Training that positions you to hit the ground running with ongoing learning and development courses; we never stop investing in our people.
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Programs
• Education Reimbursement Program allowing up to $5k per year towards completion of a Bachelor’s and non-MBA graduate degree, and up to $10K per year towards completion of an MBA
• Global Wellness initiatives to promote financial, mental and physical health and well-being
• 401(k) Program with a two year vesting schedule, discretionary match, and an opportunity to make Pretax and Roth contributions

CareerBuilder, LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, marital or veteran status.

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