Cloud Development - Architect

Job Description:
We are looking for a passionate, experienced hands-on cloud architect and key technical team member to the group. This role is for you, if you have:
- Architected large Cloud migration or deployment solutions
- Deep understanding of one of the public cloud providers: AWS, Azure or GCP
- Designed, developed and deployed applications to cloud
- Collaborated effectively with product managers, dev leads and developers
- Familiarity with most and expert at a few of modern architectural concepts like Event driven, Domain driven design, Microservices, Batch, NoSQL & Resiliency
Team:
The Cloud Development and Enablement (CDE) team at Bank of America is responsible for building industry leading cloud development platforms for on-prem, hybrid and multi clouds. The team is also responsible for building scalable, flexible and modern application and infrastructure pipelines, cloud application architectures and enabling cloud journey through migration and modernization practices.
You will be part of a cloud focused team leading ongoing transformation of existing application as well as architecting applications towards cloud (both internal and external). You will be a trusted partner with LOB architects, developers as well as our partners from Platforms, security, operations and enterprise architecture.
Responsibilities:
As a Sr Cloud Architect:
• Be able to provide technical direction and lead a group of architects or cloud engineers in building solutions and applications for the cloud
• Evangelize development of reusable assets to accelerate cloud adoption
• Lead the selection of a migration approach to migrate workloads to cloud or architecting a Greenfield development and/or production platform for new applications
• Provide guidance on engineering methodologies, CICD pipelines and cloud best practices
• Provide hands on expertise on architecting Cloud native applications
• Be responsible for designing and standardizing technical architecture for cloud migration
.Define the structure of a system, its interfaces, and the principles that guide its organization, software design and implementation.
• Develop standardized transformation tools & accelerators, Future Roadmap, Point of View/ Though leadership, Maturity Models, Assessments, Reference Architecture, Technology Evaluation Criteria/ Comparison framework
• Perform Pilots for migration of workloads on IAAS/ PAAS
• Conceptualize and build Business Cases Templates that provide ROI/ TCO
• Identify, communicate and mitigate risks, assumptions, issues and decisions in the journey of modernization
• Compare various architecture options based on feasibility and impact & propose actionable plans
• Work with vendors to identify solutions for business problems
As a hands-on contributor:
• Create Infrastructure solutions using Linux/Unix/Windows & recommended Storage architectures
• Own a module, solution or an entire solution
• Be willing to code using programming language like Java or .NET, Infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or YAML, JSON.
• Advise and assist Line of Business Tech teams in migrating workloads on Cloud
• Write technical blogs, participate in internal forums
• Develop awareness on emerging technologies, their potential application for service offerings and product development
Required Skills:
• 3+ years of relevant cloud experience
• 5+ years of relevant application or solution development experience
• Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit and various security controls
• Working Knowledge of Azure/AWS Active Directory, Application Gateway Automation, AD Domain Services, Container Services, DevOps, Backup Batch, CDN, DNS, Express Route, Key Vault, Load Balancer, Log Analytics, Multi Factor Authentication, Remote Apps, Scheduler, Site Recovery Manager, Virtual Machine Scale Sets on Azure
• Knowledge of Azure PAAS and functions
• Experience in Coding, Application Development and Scripting
• Experience in Terraform/ ARM
• Experience in Container technologies like Open Shift / Kubernetes/ Docker
• Expertise in Azure or AWS cloud with an Architect certification in either Azure or AWS
• Good Team Player
Desired Skills:
• Expertise with multiple IaC tools like Cloud Formation, ARM templates
• Experience in monitoring frameworks for Cloud systems
• Experience with Policy as Code tools and enforcement in pipeline
• Experience with CI/CD open source and vendor frameworks
• Experience with support models and configuration management systems like Ansible
• Experience in the financial industry is a plus
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or similar
General Description:
Responsible for defining an architectural vision and solution architecture which aligns with the enterprise architecture strategy, technology and platform choices. Describes the solution intent and the associated operating environment, determines the primary systems/subsystems and their interfaces, defining non-functional requirements and architectural runway to support new epics/features. Ensures the solution is fit for purpose and use by working with stakeholders, vendors/service providers, and evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions. Works across business and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision and evolves it to an emerging backlog. Consults the business to clearly understand the business problems and technology to understand the technology challenges of the solution and finds creative solutions through practical experiments and POCs. Leads rapid shaping of a high level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements; ensures architecture is flexible and modular and designed to adapt easily. Utilizes the defined best practices, templates and documentation to create architectural designs; suggests improvements to best practices and templates through practical knowledge. Works with Product Manager/Owner to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway to enable business epics/features. Clarifies the architecture for the development teams to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments. Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (e.g. security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability). Educates team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies and best practices to create innovative solutions. Individual contributor.
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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