Cloud Architect- Border States, US

 Cloud Architect- Border States, US


Job Summary

Accountable for defining and delivering our enterprise cloud governance model. Leads the definition of the desired target state and creates the associated roadmaps and consults internal IT staff on infrastructure and cloud related initiatives.  Works with the latest technologies through vendor relationships and proof of concepts, solving large complex problems, and defining new technology enabled opportunities. Works closely with Engineering, Security, Development, and Enterprise Application owners to ensure the design, implementation, and integration of technologies within each team are aligned to meet industry standards, help achieve our strategic goals, and bring these teams together to ensure development and adoption of technologies integrate and work seamlessly.
Responsibilities

Essential Functions

    Serves as lead of our Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) and is responsible for defining and delivering our enterprise cloud governance model.
    Recommends Information Technology and cloud solutions and/or strategies by using technical breadth across multiple areas.
    Manages strategic alliances among partners, key business stakeholders, and IT teams to promote adoption and interoperability of applications and infrastructure solutions in a cloud environment.  
    Identifies new product features and feature gaps, provides guidance on existing product issues, and collaborates with Engineering, Development, and Security teams in solution creation to influence the growth of the cloud adoption.
    Serves as a technical leader undertaking complex initiatives requiring specialized technical knowledge.
    Partners across business and technology disciplines to present and deliver the needed architectures focusing on a cloud first mentality.
    Leads discussions with key stakeholders to design a hybrid cloud disaster recovery (DR) strategy and guides internal and external resources through deployment and testing processes.
    Participates as part of our enterprise DR leadership team to ensure business outcomes are met through proper infrastructure design and testing methodologies.
    Works with strategic vendors and partners to review and influence product roadmaps, strategies, execute PoC’s, and identify gaps and solutions.
    Responsible for generating and maintaining IT standards and procedures.

Non-essential Functions

    Participates in industry-related conferences and events.
    Provides technical and professional leadership via coaching moments to fellow employee-owners.
    Remains informed of industry trends, technology products, best practices, strategies, and services.
    Assists in negotiating vendor agreements.  
    Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.

Qualifications

    Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent and related work experience.
    5+ years of experience in cloud specific IT functions.
    Technical expert in cloud and on-prem computing, storage and networking architecture.
    Deep understanding of various services and solutions - DRaaS, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS including all cloud models (public, private, hybrid, multi).
    Deep level architecture knowledge of the leading public cloud providers.
    Demonstrated ability to lift and shift existing applications to public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
    Expert level understanding of on-premise/edge infrastructure design (storage, compute, network).
    Expert level understanding of current vendor technology offerings in the hybrid cloud space.
     

Skills and Abilities

    Excellent customer service skills include being competent, accurate, responsive and engaged.
    A passion for keeping internal customers productive and solving problems, not just addressing symptoms.
    Self-driven and willing to take initiative.
    Ability to execute the vision relentlessly.



Apply here:
https://careers.borderstates.com/job/Fargo-Cloud-Architect-ND-58104/796781700/?feedId=352300&utm_source=Indeed&utm_campaign=BSE_Indeed

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