Cloud Architect - Ranger Technical Resources : Job Details

Cloud DevOps Engineer/Architect

Position Summary:

Our partner, a leading technology company dedicated to simplifying parking operations with powerful and user-friendly solutions, is currently looking for a Cloud DevOps Architect to join their team. In this role, you will architect, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and robust infrastructure in a cloud-first environment. You will be responsible for overseeing and refining CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure processes with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, and applying best practices in cloud security. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, contribute to continuous integration and deployment processes, and ensure architecture scalability while driving innovation in a rapidly evolving environment.

Experience and Education:

• Bachelor or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related technical field/experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or related roles, with a focus on cloud technologies.
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline creation, maintenance, and automated testing practices.
• Experience working within an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment.

Skills and Strengths:

• DevOps
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud Infrastructure (DNS, Networking, VPC, EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudFront, CloudFormation, RDS, CloudTrail, EKS, etc.)
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Istio
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Terraform
• Ansible, Chef or Puppet
• Monitoring and Logging (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, ELK Stack)
• Azure Single Sign On (SSO)
• Azure Identity and Access Management
• Argo CD
• Version Control (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
• Database Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Architecture
• Cloud Security Best Practices (IAM, network security, encryption)

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Design and architect complex and scalable AWS solutions that align with business objectives, incorporating security, performance, and cost-efficiency best practices.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships by comprehensively understanding business needs and aligning AWS solutions to specific requirements. Provide expert guidance and recommendations.
• Offer expert-level knowledge of AWS services, best practices, and emerging technologies. Ensure the highest level of technical excellence in AWS project execution.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation to facilitate project execution, knowledge sharing, and project continuity.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues and challenges, providing recommendations for improvement and optimization.
• Ensure that AWS solutions adhere to the highest standards of security and compliance, including AWS Well-Architected Framework and relevant industry regulations.
• Participate in technical and non-technical project meetings, development of presentation quality technical documentation, creative conflict and issue resolution, and communication of design criteria and direction across all levels of IT management.
• Stay up to date with the latest AWS developments, emerging cloud technologies, and industry trends.
• Work remotely to improve the release process and automation of the CI/CD process.
• Collaborate with the development team and guide with AWS CI/CD implementations and releases.
• Maintain continuous integration, continuous testing, and continuous deployment along with release management.
• Automate AWS implementation for new cloud computing systems or existing systems migrating to cloud architectures.
• Ongoing monitoring of the organization's digital cloud architecture, checking for performance and compliance
• Ensure system availability, performance, capacity, and monitoring through appropriate responses to incidents, events, and problems.
• Provide knowledge on information system options, risk, and operational impact.
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade cloud software.
• Rebuilds on Dev, Staging, and UAT environments.
• Working within an opensource environment is a plus.