Sr. Cloud Strategist / Architect
**Details**
+ **Department:** Core Technologies
+ **Schedule:** Full-time, 8 hour day shift, Monday - Friday
+ **Location:** Remote
+ **Salary:** $146,730.00 - $204,532.00 per year
+ Eligible for an annual bonus incentive.
**Benefits**
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer._
**Responsibilities**
**Role Purpose**
The Sr. Cloud Strategist Architect strategizes, designs and implements cloud technology solutions of all complexities that meet business requirements that are fully aligned with enterprise cloud strategy and architecture guidelines. They mentor and provide guidance to Cloud Architects on their designs and implementations.They are responsible for ensuring that the organization's cloud environment is secure, scalable, and cost-effective.
**Functional Responsibilities**
+ Proficient in producing architectures and designs that involve the creation of new design patterns for all levels of technological and business function complexity in the cloud.
+ Provides end to end architecture for a cloud implementation project to ensure the detailed design and development remains consistent with the overall enterprise architecture.
+ Mentors and advises other cloud architects on their designs and implementations.
+ Develops and applies criteria for placement of solutions and applications in the standard cloud platforms.
+ Supports the planning and managing cloud migrations of on-premises systems and applications to the cloud.
+ Leads and advises on cloud strategy initiated quality efforts such as scalability, maintainability; security; extensibility; etc.; ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations to bring successful conclusion and implementation.
+ Identifies issues between the architecture and vendor solution implementation. Identifies solutions and formulate implementation and migration strategies.
+ Provides expertise in cloud transformation, technical knowledge, methodology and framework, data integration and data flows, Enterprise Architecture, and software development, and Infrastructure as Code.
+ Proactively identifies opportunities for optimizing cloud costs and works with the different teams to implement changes to optimize and reduce costs.
+ Stay current with cloud technologies and trends by proactively researching and staying informed about new cloud developments, and determining how they can be used to benefit the organization.
+ Supports resolution of escalated problems; helps identify root causes; identifies customer needs and determines the appropriate approach to ensure resolution.
+ Communication and presentation skills with a high degree of comfort to various levels of technical and business leadership.
+ Defines strategies for various cloud components such as networking, compute, presentation layer and security required to support relevant technical environments.
+ Develops and leads orientation and planning review sessions with the other Information Technology areas for alignment and adoption.
+ Works collaboratively with internal IT teams as well as business and vendor partners to evolve and implement cloud standards.
**Technical Proficiencies**
_Information Systems knowledge_
+ Maintains and applies up to date knowledge of discreet and integrated information systems elements.
+ Solicits the input of appropriate technical experts.
+ Sets up and integrates new and enhanced information systems
+ Identifies means of integrating technical support requirements with enterprise processes and strategies.
+ Identifies technological opportunities to meet client needs.
+ Creates information systems solutions to meet the needs of business partners
_Foundational Architecture Knowledge_
+ Subject matter expert in various components of multiple public cloud platforms such as Google GCP, Microsoft Azure and Oracle OCI.
+ Knowledge of the systems architecture used consistently within or across the organization or enterprise.
+ Helps define and adopt the Cloud architecture standards against which decisions are made regarding design and development of all IT resources and assists across the enterprise.
+ Shows understanding of the concept and usefulness of foundation architecture in the development and deployment of software and hardware; integrates tasks with foundational architecture.
+ Uses relevant tools and techniques in their own work area.
+ Provides guidance on the standards and guidelines to members of the development community.
+ Applies the evaluation criteria used for the selection of cloud platform
+ Ensures the completeness (Fit for purpose) of the architecture in ensuring pertinent requirements of stakeholders is inclusive.
+ Research the design of new cloud components. Assesses benefits and drawbacks of proposed changes.
+ Monitors emerging cloud technology trends and assesses impact for the company.
+ Consults to multiple project teams in diverse environments.
+ Determines and explains the interrelationships of the various cloud technologies and their respective roles with the design.
_System Development Life Cycle Knowledge_
+ Applies knowledge of how technology solutions process through life cycle phases of requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment and decommission.
+ Performs required tasks for one or more phases of the SDLC. Prepares status updates on how work is progressing through a phase.
+ Provides complete and accurate handoffs to others who are responsible for subsequent phases of work.
+ Meets project plan expectations and participates in resolving handoff issues. Coordinates required tasks for one or more phases of the SDLC. Consolidates status updates and resolves handoff issues or other problems.
+ Makes suggestions for shared tools, documentation standards and methodology.
+ Develops shared tools and documentation standards for the Cloud team.
+ Participates in creating recommendations for design and implementation of methodology.
_Systems Thinking_
+ Ability to plan and account for impacts of system development efforts across architecture system components, critical business processes, data and applications.
+ Conceptualizes the impact of changes to cloud platforms, as a result of system acquisition, system merger, or implementation of enterprise wide solutions.
+ Investigates the critical relationships between primary business, technology, and system platforms. Devises approaches that recognize the interdependencies of the key system components.
+ Researches the critical and underlying relationships between primary business, technology, and systems platforms. Devises approaches that integrate system components.
+ Plans improvements that take into account the critical, underlying and less apparent relationships between business, technology and systems platforms.
+ Devises approaches that integrate system components for assigned cloud migration and/or implementation efforts.
+ Conducts risk evaluations and resolves issues regarding significant changes and/or upgrades.
_Innovation_
+ Improves the organizational performance through the application of original thinking to existing and emerging methods, processes, products and services.
+ Employs sound judgment in determining how innovation will be deployed to produce return on investment.
+ Reacts open-mindedly to new perspectives or ideas. Consider different or unusual solutions when appropriate.
+ Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas; Takes the initiative to experiment.
+ Shares new ideas and consistently demonstrates openness to the opinions and views of others.
+ Identifies new and different patterns, trends and opportunities. Generates solutions that build upon, adapt, and go beyond transition and status quo.
+ Seeks to involve other stakeholders in developing solutions to problems.
**Complexity of Work**
+ Within the scope of the job, it requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment while proactively multi-tasking on different assignments.
**Qualifications: Education and Work Experience**
+ 7 - 10 years of experience
+ 5 years of architect, leadership or management experience
+ Healthcare provider industry experience is preferred
+ In depth knowledge of two or more public cloud platforms such as Google GCP, Microsoft Azure and/or Oracle OCI required.
+ Strong communication and presentation skills required
**Requirements**
Education:
+ High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.
**Additional Preferences**
No additional preferences.
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