Job Description:

The Cloud Architect will report to the Head of Enterprise Architecture, collaborating with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Domain Architects, Security, Operations, and Infrastructure resources. This individual must exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience facilitating cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with enterprise and domain architects to develop cloud solutions and an Enterprise Cloud Strategy, including hosting of custom, COTS, and 3rd party applications
• Develop and lead a cloud center of excellence, including security, infrastructure, and domain architects
• Identify and recommend candidates for migration of on premise applications to cloud
• Establish a common Governance model for cloud offerings, including experience authoring policies
• Document and Establish Cloud infrastructure standards, policies, and procedures
• Develop an enterprise cloud strategy that optimizes for cost and functionality
• Develop an enterprise cloud disaster recovery strategy
• Evaluates vendor offerings to determine best fit for business needs
• Vendor Manager for Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, etc)
• Periodically evaluate Application Portfolio to identify opportunities for cloud migration
• Ensure continuous monitoring of risks and maintain a proactive Cloud Security posture
• Promote best practice alignment among IT departments and Product teams
• Build and promote cloud expertise across IT to promote adoption
• Create proof of concepts and build solutions in collaboration with teams
• Consider and develop solutions aligning with expectations regarding high availability, security, and scalability

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of strong experience in Cloud Solution design, installation, and configuration and 7 years in IT
• Experience with change management. This individual will often act as a “cloud champion” within the organization in order to promote the cloud strategy, influence others and effectively change mindsets across the organization.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture principles and methodologies
• Deep experience in Azure or AWS (Certifications preferred) including hands on knowledge
• Knowledge across cloud infrastructure components (server, storage, network, data and applications) to deliver full stack cloud infrastructure architectures and designs
• Knowledge of secure network architecture and application development methodologies (PCI DSS, etc)
• Knowledge of common application approaches and technologies (e.g. SOA, micro services, containers and message queuing)
• Comfortable with Agile and Waterfall processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong cognitive ability especially with respect to understanding, documenting and describing complex technical subjects
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related degree/experience

BENEFITS:

• 401(k)
• Dental Insurance
• Flexible Schedule
• Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Vision Insurance

PMC (Production Modeling Corporation) is a leading provider of quality, engineering, manufacturing, information technology, operations productivity, metrology, terrestrial scanning, and building information modeling solutions. PMC has been delivering solutions to clients for over 40 years and has established ourselves as an organization and company culture that embraces and encourages professional growth and development for our employees. If you are a great person looking to take your career to the next level, please give us a call.

Location: Multiple

Please contact Tom Dushaj for immediate consideration:

Tom Dushaj

313-441-4460 x. 1138

tdushaj@pmcorp.com

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