Who We Are

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is a top-ranked global provider of leadership development, training, and solutions servicing a global customer base. From team-builders and problem solvers to creative thinkers and transformational visionaries, our people are the drivers behind our business. At CCL, you'll have an opportunity to contribute to our mission of building better leaders and a better world. You will feel challenged and inspired while collaborating with a global team of thought leaders, practitioners, researchers, and partners. We share a collective passion for contributing to our clients' success, helping our teammates and colleagues grow and making a real difference in the lives of people around the globe.

General Summary

The Cloud Architect is responsible for leading the creation of a technology framework and providing technical leadership in support of CCL's initiatives in cloud computing and automation, with a focus on the design of systems and services that run on cloud platforms. The Cloud Architect reports into the Technology organization, but would be embedded into the Cloud-DevOps effort to provide architectural leadership and best practices. Additionally, the Cloud Architect will be responsible for ensuring that critical applications are designed and optimized for high availability and disaster recovery.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or closely related subject. In addition, 5 or more years' experience in designing complex IT operations in organizations, a research or academic environment is preferred. The position requires strong leadership and team-building skills, and must be able to collaborate effectively with a group of high performing individuals.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture and Design and Development (50%)

• Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability)
• Demonstrate knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for CCL cloud end-to-end architecture, including Azure, AWS, and future providers, networking, provisioning, and management
• Develop a library of deployable and documented cloud design patterns, based on the CCL application portfolio, as a basis for deploying services to the cloud
• Demonstrate leadership ability to back decisions with research and the "why," and articulate several options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation
• Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends, technology, etc.
• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services
• Contribute to DevOps development activities and complex development tasks
• Define optimal design patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications

Consultation (20%)

• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment
• Ensure delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and functional/non-functional requirements
• Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners
• Ensure delivered solutions are realized in time frame committed; work in conjunction with project sponsors to size and manage scope and risk
• Provide support and technical governance, expertise related to cloud architectures, deployment, and operations

Thought Leadership (20%)

• Provide thought leadership in industry and to fellow team members across business and technical project dimensions solving complex business requirements
• Demonstrate forward thinking around where the organization is going and how technology can support these efforts
• Advocate and define cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective, including internal and external platforms, tools, and systems

Mentoring (10%)

• Act as the coach and mentor to team members and technical staff on their assigned project tasks
• Lead the definition and development of cloud reference architecture and management systems
• Conduct product work reviews with team members

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience 5 years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or operations
• Experience with Azure, AWS, and VMWare enterprise implementations
• Knowledge of all components of a technical architecture
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes
• Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies
• Experience working in a research or academic environment preferred

Pay and Benefits

• The salary range for this role is $140,000 - $155,000. Offer will be commensurate with relevant qualifications and professional experience.
• This is a fully remote position open to candidates based in the United States. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.
• 403(b) Savings Plan with employer contribution
• Medical insurance
• Telemedicine
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employee and family assistance program
• Various voluntary options for additional plans or coverage levels