Sr Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Sr Cloud Infrastructure Architect
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Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Architect We offer a competitive benefits package!
The Company: GIA is the worlds foremost authority in gemology. GIA is a global organization with headquarters located in Carlsbad CA. GIA in Carlsbad boasts a 17acre ocean view campus that accommodates approximately 800 of its 3400 total employees worldwide. It offers many competitive health and commuter benefits that promote the wellbeing of its employees as well as that of the environment.
The Location: This position is located in Carlsbad California at our corporate headquarters reporting fully onsite due to the nature of the job.
What to expect:
- We offer competitive medical dental vision and matching 401K plans
- Paid vacation sick and holidays tuition assistance
The Environment:
- Onsite cafe affordable custom breakfast and lunch meals and Starbucks drinks!
- Economic friendly services electric vehicle charging stations onsite
- Ergonomic assessments offered onsite and virtually
JOB OVERVIEW
Responsible for planning strategy optimization and design of multicloud infrastructure and services. Defines cloud architecture based on security standards and best practices analyzes technologies and translates business requirements into cloud designs. As a member of the Enterprise Architecture responsible for defining the Enterprise Cloud Standards and the modernization roadmap. Collaborate with other IT and Business Function teams to ensure alignment of the business requirements and integration of cloud solutions. Leads cloud migration from onpremises infrastructure ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the process of integrating outcomes of the strategic planning process to identify enterprise business drivers; translate these to common business information and technology architecture requirements.
- Analyzes system requirements and ensures that systems will be securely integrated with current applications.
- Oversee and report out on ongoing analysis of industry technology and market trends to determine potential impacts on the enterprise.
- Analyze current business and IT environment to detect critical deficiencies.
- Develop and maintain the enterprise cloud and infrastructure roadmap aligning with business objectives to drive scalability security and operational efficiency.
- Define and enforce cloud architecture standards best practices and governance frameworks to ensure consistency compliance and optimal performance across cloud environments.
- Provide leadership for crossorganizational teams in the analysis and development of implementation plans based on prioritized requirements.
- Contribute to the architecture design development and end to end deployment of high performance cloud environments.
- Responsible for a large array of tasks from designing next generation cloud services to leading a technical team in building/automating services for customers.
- Design and implement cloudnative architecture following WellArchitected Framework principles while optimizing resource allocation for cost efficiency
- Lead the design of the cloud based identity management solution and migration of the onpremise Active Directory and SSO functionality to Azure Entra ID
- Design and implement scalable secure cloud architectures that integrate with DevOps practices and support continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and DevOps tools making recommendations to drive automation and streamline operations.
- Build optimize and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure rapid reliable and automated software deployments across multiple environments.
- Collaborate closely with Product development Infosec and other teams to integrate cloud infrastructure with CI/CD processes ensuring that best practices are followed and that environments remain consistent.
- Mentor and lead the Cloud and DevOps engineers on best practices fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
- Develop a monitoring and observability roadmap with focus on tool rationalization and with advanced digital insights and AI Ops support.
- Other duties as assigned
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge Skills & Abilities)
- Expertise in designing and implementing scalable secure and highperforming cloud architecture on AWS Azure and Oracle Cloud ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Experience in multicloud strategies hybrid cloud deployments and workload optimization across AWS Azure and Oracle Cloud.
- Proficiency in Terraform AWS CloudFormation Azure Bicep and Oracle Resource Manager for automated cloud infrastructure provisioning and management.
- Strong knowledge of IAM Azure Entra ID AWS IAM Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) encryption and compliance frameworks (SOC 2 HIPAA NIST CIS etc. to secure cloud environments.
- Expertise in Docker Kubernetes (EKS AKS OKE) and microservicesbased architectures.
- Strong knowledge of Azure Monitor AWS CloudWatch Oracle Cloud Monitoring Prometheus Grafana Datadog Splunk and ELK Stack for realtime visibility and operational efficiency.
- Experience in cloud cost optimization strategies including AWS Cost Explorer Azure Cost Management Oracle Cloud Cost Analysis and RI/Savings Plans.
- Strong experience with complex networks perimeter security management and routing.
- Ability to document and diagram technical systems and architectures.
- Experience with relational databases such as Oracle MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Ability to maintain and foster sensitivity and respect for a culturally diverse work environment.
- Ability to display supportive behavior and communicate positively regarding department goals and objectives.
- Ability to deal effectively with a variety of personalities to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to fulfill assigned commitments in a timely manner within established budgets while achieving quality results.
- Excellent grammar written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and resolve conflict when necessary.
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and/or internationally if needed.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience. Masters degree preferred.
- 810 years experience in cloud systems architecture design and/or support in a medium to large environment.
- Extensive experience in leading DevOps initiatives creating CI/CD pipelines automating infrastructure provisioning and application deployment
- Strong background in cloud security compliance and identity management including Azure Entra ID AWS IAM and Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Certified Architect Professional
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
Pay Range: $156k $188k
Disclaimer: This job description indicates in general terms the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of employees in this classification and it may be changed by management at any time. Other duties may also apply. Nothing in this job description changes the atwill employment relationship existing between the Company and its employees.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
