Cloud Application Architect

Cloud Application ArchitectLocation: Durham, NC, Boston, MA, Merrimack, NH, Westlake, TXDuration: Long Term ContractSite Reliability Engineering Domain experienceUnderstanding of Cloud Computing and DevOps conceptsKubernetes skills and knowledgeRequirement:Wide spectrum knowledge of SRE architecture and frameworks across industry and major cloud vendors.Authority in infrastructure topology resiliency patterns and observability, and SRE practices.Proven understanding of Cloud Computing and DevOps concepts including CI/CD pipelines, chaos and performance testing in practice.Experience in the creation of Automated Deployment Pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Artifactory)Experience leading systems using infrastructure as code tools (IAM, ARM, CloudFormation, Terraform, Chef)Solid understanding across cloud infrastructure components (server, storage, network, data, and applications) to deliver end-to-end Cloud Infrastructure architectures and designsHands-on Kubernetes skills and knowledge.AWS experience, and certification is a plusExcellent presentation, documentation, communication and influencing skills for working with less-technical business partners as well as technologists in IT leadership and implementation teams.Passion for knowing the latest on technology trends to shift direction and get results.Passionate about technology and delivering solutions in integrated data environments.Detailed understanding of Data Exploration, Visual Analytics concepts and tools such as Tableau.Hands on experience Amazon web services is desired.Undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field ideally combined with an advanced technical degree.Strong solution architecture, engineering and design skills.Passion and curiosity, work with others to foster ideas and produce creative solutions to difficult problems while making sensible choices balancing design and delivery.A strong influencer who can integrate optimally into the culture. Combine facilitation skills with a results' orientation to deliver excellence and execution.Organizational savvy and maturity, work optimally across different organizational units and business groups.Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead cross-team collaboration and partnerships across a variety of internal and external constituencies.