Cloud Architect
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support the creation and maintenance of critical Application Environments – Primarily Windows platforms with some Linux work
Support and maintain existing Deployment systems and CI environments (Puppet, Jenkins, SonarCube, Nexus, NuGet)
Participate and provide support in Deployment Planning meetings as required (UAT, STAGE, PROD)
Application Deployment On-Call for scheduled maintenance windows outside of business hours
Provide Tier 3 Incident Support for Applications as required to assist internal Support Teams
Collaborate with developers to properly automate software build, test and deploy
Maintain SRE’s technical deployment documentation repository
Manage assigned project activities to achieve stated project goals, objectives, and schedules.
Manage Azure-based applications and services
Maintain Infrastructure-As-Code (Terraform) for various projects
EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION:
BS in Computer Science or equivalent with minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience in automation, application deployment, and/or systems administration or 4+ years relevant experience in lieu of degree.
Experience with infrastructure automation, infrastructure as code, automated application deployment.
Significant proven experience working in Windows environments (primarily Windows Server 2008 and 2016) and Linux environments (OEL 6, CentOS 7)
Experience working with Microsoft Azure (and various resources: Web App, Function App, Azure SQL, etc.)
Experience with Terraform
Experience with Azure Resource Manager and AzureCLI
Experience with TCP/IP concepts
Experience with programming and scripting languages: Bash and Powershell
Excellent written and verbal skills (Documentation is paramount)
Comfortable and capable communicator and trainer
Experience with Puppet
Experience with Jenkins/Hudson
Experience with version control tools such as Git
Ability to identify and understand complex problems/issues and develop effective solutions.
Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines.
Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate with teams both remote and local.
BONUS EXPERIENCE:
Azure certification
Docker, Mesos, and/or Kubernetes experience
Confluence and Jira experience
Service-Now Experience
ITIL Certification and/or experience
Experience with E-Commerce projects, specifically online payment engines and/or credit card transactions
PCI Compliance
Agile/Scrum Methodologies
Experience with Cloud Technologies (Open stack, AWS, etc.)
Experience with Bamboo, Travis CI, etc.
Experience with automation/configuration management tools: Chef, Ansible, or Salt, 1+ year.
Experience with additional programming ad scripting languages (Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl, or others)
RDBMS systems (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, etc.)