[Hiring] Cloud Architect @Red Cup IT

Role Description

We are looking for a Cloud Architect who is responsible for overseeing a company's cloud computing strategy. This includes cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring. They ensure that the cloud environment is scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective.

• Strategy and Design
  • Architecture Design: Designing multi-tier cloud architectures that utilize IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS providers (like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
  • Cloud Selection: Evaluating which cloud providers or hybrid-cloud configurations best suit the organization's specific needs.
  • Scalability Planning: Ensuring the infrastructure can grow (or shrink) automatically based on demand to optimize performance.
• Governance and Security
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM): Designing "Least Privilege" models to ensure only the right people have access to sensitive data.
  • Compliance: Ensuring the cloud setup meets industry standards like GDPR, HIPAA, or SOC2.
  • Security Frameworks: Implementing encryption at rest and in transit, firewalls, and DDoS protection.
• Cost Optimization (FinOps)
  • Cost Modeling: Estimating monthly spend before a project launches.
  • Resource Rightsizing: Identifying underutilized resources and shutting them down or downsizing them.
  • Reserved Instances: Planning long-term capacity purchases to save money compared to "on-demand" pricing.
• Leadership and Collaboration
  • Bridging Business and Tech: Translating a CEO's goal (e.g., "We need to launch in Europe") into a technical requirement (e.g., "We need a multi-region deployment with data residency compliance").
  • Mentorship: Guiding Cloud Engineers and Developers on best practices for "Cloud Native" development.

Qualifications

• Technical Proficiency
• Professional Soft Skills

Requirements

• Networking: VPCs, DNS, Load Balancing, CDN
• Programming: Python, Go, or Java for automation
• IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Data: SQL, NoSQL, and Data Lake architecture

Benefits

• Communication: Explaining "The Cloud" to non-techies
• Decision Making: Choosing between cost and performance
• Adaptability: Keeping up with weekly cloud updates
• Problem Solving: Troubleshooting systemic outages