Cloud Architect (Remote)

As a Cloud Architect you are part of the Cloud Spurs team and help provide consultative, architectural, program and engineering support for our customers' journeys to the cloud. We support and encourage a collaborative approach to Cloud adoption, sharing best practices, helping change the culture of teams and strategic support to ensure success. Our Cloud Architects play a key role in designing and delivering innovative cloud solutions to our customers. We are looking for a Cloud Architect to drive the adoption of SpurForce services and to inspire customers to innovate using public cloud.

What you will be doing

• Focus on one or more strategic customers to ensure successful delivery of engagement

• Driving solution architecture and best practices by:
• Contributing to SpurForce internal framework and tools
• Author blogs, whitepapers and best practices guide
• Mentor other fellow Cloud Architects

• Implement PoC making use of innovative technology by evaluating trending technologies

• Constantly investigating and evaluating industry trends
• This is a client facing position working on client sites for possibly extended periods.

How do you you stand out?

• Experience with architecting, designing, implementing, and supporting greenfield and/or migration projects using public cloud ( AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Deep technical experience in one or more of the following competencies:

• Software design or development (continuous delivery/integration, adoption of DevOps practices)
• Systems Operations / Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Infrastructure Design
• Automation and System Orchestration
• Experience driving discussions with senior personnel regarding best practices, project management and risk mitigation
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.
• You have experience with programming, preferably in Python, but at least, in a modern programming language such as Go, Ruby, Java, C++, Perl or .NET
• Excellent communication and Customer facing skills
• Undergrad or Masters in Engineering, Computer Science or a similar subject

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses

Work Location:

• One location
• Fully Remote

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Visa Sponsorship Potentially Available:

• No: Not providing sponsorship for this job