Cloud Architect II – AWS / OpenShift (Remote) in Jacksonville, FL

Cloud Architect II - AWS / OpenShift (Remote) - Black Knight - Jacksonville, FL - work from home job Company: Black Knight Job description: Position: Cloud Architect II - AWS / OpenShift (Remote) Job Description: Job Description LOCATION This job is fully remote eligible within the United States. Local candidates to Jacksonville, FL will have a hybrid schedule with flexibility to work remote up to 2 days per week. SUMMARY The Cloud Architect is responsible for strategizing, designing, creating, and executing on Cloud Native environments (specifically AWS and OpenShift) by providing technical expertise in support of corporate initiatives. Additionally, the Cloud Architect will be responsible for ensuring that critical cloud applications are secure and optimized for reliability, high availability, and disaster recovery. RESPONSIBILITIES • Acts as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for cloud, automation, and end-to-end architecture for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions • Works closely with other teams to develop and promote cloud-native application architectures (microservices, serverless, containers), and application development and operations practices • Maintains overall industry knowledge on latest trends, technology, etc. and demonstrate forward thinking around how technology can support where the organization is going • Collaborates and provides technical guidance to other team members for the design, implementation and support of new cloud platform architecture and automation technologies • Advocates and defines cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective, including internal and external platforms, tools, and systems • Designs, configures, implements, and supports a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment • Assists in the development of technology roadmaps and end-of-life technology plans • Reviews product work, including detailed code, from other team members for approval to deploy; provide technical feedback as needed • Provides technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to service owners • Drives scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design for cloud platform projects • Creates and maintains documentation of architecture solutions, such as whitepapers, reference architectures, implementation diagrams, and relevant systems, procedures, and processes • Provides prescriptive guidance in addressing customer concerns and helping customers make decisions, enabling expansive use of the cloud platform • Performs other duties as assigned MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS • Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience • Requires four (4) to six (6) years overall experience in engineering, cloud and/or architecture • Experience working with Kubernetes based platforms (e.g. OCP, EKS/ECS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry) • Experience with AWS or OpenShift technologies PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Strong hands-on experience scripting/development skills in one of the following: Java, Go, or Python - Highly Preferred • Experience designing, developing, and implementing Cloud Native environment (e.g. AWS or OpenShift) - Highly Preferre • Experience with Container Technologies • Experience with microservice architecture • Exposure to DevOps tools and technologies like ADO, Jenkins, Github, and/or Gitlab • Experience with architecting, implementing, and maintaining highly available mission critical environments • Experience working in an environment with a defined production change control process and mature security controls posture • Demonstrated knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability) • Experience implementing database technologies in cloud environments • Experience working in a financial services or highly regulated environment preferred • Good consultative, communication, team player and analytical skills are a must, as you will be regularly interacting between various teams which are distributed across the US • Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing to business and technology leaders, architects, developers, and team members • Demonstrated history of working within deadlines and ability to work well under pressure • Relevant industry certifications in AWS, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat OpenShift or other cloud platforms (plus) Black Knight carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, specialty, experience, and work location. The base salary (exempt) or hourly rate (non-exempt) is just one component of the total rewards package offered to our employees, including potential bonus or commission eligibility, insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability), matching 401(k) plan and matching employee stock purchase plan EEO Statement: Black Knight is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, and protected veteran or military family status. Our employees’ diversity is our strength, and when we embrace our differences, it makes us better and brighter. Black Knight’s commitment to inclusion is at the core of who we are, and motivates us in how we do business each and every day. Location: Jacksonville, FL Time Type: Full time Expected salary: Location: Jacksonville, FL Job date: Sat, 02 Sep 2023 02:26:23 GMT Apply for the job now! Apply tot his job