What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Cloud Architect position at TriCom Technical Services?
Responsibilities
- Enterprise Architecture & Strategy:
- Define enterprise cloud strategy, reference architectures, and design patterns aligned with business modernization roadmaps;
- Lead enterprise architecture discipline across domains in conjunction with business and IT Leadership;
- Identify and analyze emerging technology trends relevant to the organization;
- Lead strategy development for assigned domains and detect critical deficiencies, legacy systems, and technical debt;
- Develop, maintain, and evolve architecture context (current, transition, and future state) across domains;
- Build consensus across technical and business stakeholders on cloud adoption and architectural direction;
- Clarify and document integration between on-prem and cloud systems with a focus on security, compliance, and governance.
- Cloud Solutions & Design:
- Architect and design cloud solutions (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) that meet business requirements, compliance, and cost optimization goals;
- Partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into enterprise and cloud infrastructure solutions;
- Lead evaluation and selection of cloud and technology product standards;
- Design infrastructure-as-code frameworks and reusable components;
- Establish governance frameworks, technology standards, and architectural principles.
- Platform Engineering & Operations:
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies;
- Develop and oversee automation frameworks and configuration management practices;
- Establish infrastructure monitoring, observability, and operational standards;
- Ensure architecture and automation satisfy regulatory compliance and security controls;
- Participate in operational escalation and on-call support as needed;
- Coach, mentor, and collaborate with technical subject matter experts and architecture peers;
- Mentor application and infrastructure teams on cloud capabilities and DevOps best practices;
- Communicate architectural vision and technical decisions to executive, technical, and business audiences;
- Develop technology roadmaps and maintain reusable architecture documentation and patterns;
- Serve as internal cloud and architecture subject matter expert.
- 10 years of IT experience with progressive responsibility.
- 5 years enterprise or solutions architecture experience, preferably in leadership role.
- 5 years designing and implementing highly available, scalable cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- 3 years architecting and deploying cloud services for enterprise environments.
- 2 years establishing observability and operational excellence solutions (metrics, logging, tracing).
- 2 years with IT controls, compliance frameworks, and security standards.
- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams and influencing senior-level stakeholders.
- Expert-level infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
- Strong cloud platform knowledge with cost optimization expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Advanced understanding of cloud security, identity, and compliance (IAM, encryption, VPC).
- Experience with the following:
- Automation scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, BASH);
- Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS);
- CI/CD pipeline design and DevOps workflows (Terraform);
- Configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet);
- Network fundamentals (VPC design, routing, load balancing, DNS);
- Software development methodologies and QA standards;
- Industry standards and architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ITIL).
- Ability not only to architect, but to build.
- Financial systems integration/implementation experience.
- Any of the following certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or equivalent enterprise cloud certification (Azure, GCP, TOGAF).