[Hiring] Cloud Engineering Architect @Sutter Health

Role Description

The Cloud Engineering Architect's primary responsibilities are centered around deploying, maintaining, and reviewing enterprise network architecture, particularly focusing on Azure Cloud infrastructure and its core services such as:

• Databricks
• ACR
• APIM
• Kubernetes
• SQL
• Storage
• CI/CD deployment via code (IaC) such as Bicep, Terraform, and ARM Templates

This role requires proficiency in both Azure Networking Architecture and native Azure Core Services behind corporate firewalls in a zero-trust environment. The role demands a blend of technical proficiency across various network technologies and core Azure Resources, a proactive and self-driven approach to work, and the ability to collaborate effectively within a team and across teams. It offers significant opportunities for career development and the chance to contribute to the evolution of enterprise network architecture and cloud infrastructure.

• Advises strategic direction while providing leadership for the design, engineering, and implementation for consolidating and standardizing infrastructure and applications throughout Sutter Health and its affiliates.
• Interprets architecture requirements, design, product evaluations, selection, and integration of new technology to support Sutter Health needs.
• Develops enterprise infrastructure, data management, and application technology strategies, standards, and solution architecture.
• Performs requirements analysis, design, product evaluations, selection, and integration of new technology supporting the needs of Sutter Health.
• Recognized as an expert at Sutter Health within their job family.
• Leads information services (IS) systems projects through collaboration, coordination, and implementation across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's: Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma).
• 12 years of recent experience.
• Mastery of GitHub Enterprise or Azure DevOps for version control and Terraform or Bicep for infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate deployment and management of cloud resources.
• Experience in Azure architecture, engineering, implementation, and support.
• Expert level skills in the implementation and troubleshooting of the following key areas of the Azure Platform:
  • Azure Networking (virtual networks, routing behaviors, private link service, private endpoints, DNS)
  • Azure Kubernetes
  • Azure Databricks
• Working level knowledge and experience with the following:
  • GitHub Actions
  • Azure Pipelines
  • PowerShell/Bash
  • Bicep
  • ARM Templates

Requirements

• Advanced knowledge in formulating state-of-the-art enterprise strategic architecture framework plans.
• Advanced knowledge in the engineering, implementation, operation, maintenance, and support of a wide range of server and storage platforms.
• Expert knowledge of visualization technologies.
• Set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities and prioritize assignments to complete work in a timely manner.
• Analyze information, problems, situations, practices, or procedures in order to identify patterns, tendencies, and relationships resulting in the formulation of logical and objective conclusions.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with audiences across all areas and levels within Sutter Health as well as external organizations.
• Verbal and writing skills to effectively communicate with diverse groups such as: executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Skilled in developing documentation at a technical and user level.
• Requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job family and broad knowledge of other job families within the service line.
• Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends process or service improvements.
• Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for the project execution.
• Solves unique problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project, or services; works within general service line policies and industry guidelines.
• Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections, and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.