Senior Cloud Architect (Remote US)

Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Solutions Architect and securing cloud solutions (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS).

Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems engineering or another IT-related program.

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in identifying security issues, risks, and developing risk mitigation plans to meet audit requirements, with a good understanding of cloud security threats.

Deep experience with hyperscalers (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, etc), interconnect/colo players.

Solid experience with application architectures and effective understanding on how to move and/or refactor in the cloud.

Experience communicating complex technical product and service architectures and their market potential at both the C-suite level and the deep technical expert level.

Deep understanding of cloud best practices and formal certification in one of the big 3 cloud technologies (Azure Security Certification).

Extensive experience in securing operating systems, firewalls, networks, systems, databases and application architectures.

Knowledge of regulatory frameworks along with their best practices and their impact on design considerations (HIPAA, ISO, HITRUST, etc).

Experience with antivirus, IDS/IPS, WAFs, NSG, Express route, Application Firewalls.

Proficient in networking and security.

Advanced expertise of common cloud services (Databases, Containers, Compute, Storage, Serverless etc.).

Experience in performance management of database engines (MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch).

Experience working with Identity protocols (PIM, OAuth/OpenID).

Experience working with Threat modeling.

Experience with data centers architecture with a strong knowledge of components such as, routing (protocols – ISIS, OSPF, BGP, PIM, MPLS, SND/Openflow) switching (technologies – TRILL, LACP, STP) , firewall, IPS, Server & server virtualizations (VMware, KVM, storage (Fiber Channel, ISCSI, NFS), Internet connectivity and IT business drivers.

Should be highly responsive and have a customer-first mindset.

Highly self-motivated and detail oriented with ability to prioritize and track multiple projects in parallel.

Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment.

Act as trusted advisor, with exceptional technical vision, knowledge and judgment in the multi-cloud, hybrid-IT space.

Creative problem solving and innovation skills.

Capability to lead and mentor others.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Strong interpersonal networking abilities within immediate organization and with external customers.