Principal Engineer

Qarik Overview

Co-Founded by Google Cloud Engineering leaders and backed by Peak 6 Investments, Qarik (pronounced “KAR-ik,” meaning “rock” in Gaelic) is an IT Solutions company with a focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) strategy and implementation. We’re growing and continue to attract brand-name (F1000) clients.

We strive to work “with” our clients. We embrace agile instead of deliverables and milestones - establish a vision, create a theme-based roadmap, and execute. We work in the trenches with our clients to learn from each other's experiences and capabilities.

Unlike the traditional IT Solutions model, where consultants can remain long beyond project completion, we enter our engagements with the end in mind. Core to our ethos is the ability to solve complex problems and teach clients to do the same.

Overview of the Role

As a Principal Cloud Architect, you will provide thought-leadership on architecting and implementing cloud foundations for large-scale enterprises. Our clients are betting their business on migration to public cloud. They will look to you as a thought leader in the industry to lead them. You will work with people across the organization from requirements analysis through infrastructure and application design and deployment.

If you are passionate about leveraging cloud-native services to provide a competitive advantage instead of "just setting up the plumbing," you will love it here at Qarik.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical direction and execution on client engagements, providing direction, guidance, and supervision across the engineering team.
• Nurture and influence technical and client stakeholder relationships as a trusted partner.
• As a member of core technical leadership of the firm, aid in defining technical strategy, setting our perspective on key technical domains, and executing on delivering value to our clients.
• Invest in our partnership with Google by working with Google Cloud engineers and Google Cloud product managers to help make Google cloud better.

Ideal Attributes

• 10+ years progressive technical experience (e.g., Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, System Administration), including responsibility for cloud architecture (GCP, AWS, Azure). 
• Direct hands-on experience leading the design, delivery and implementation of public cloud infrastructure and solutions.
• Experience in a client-facing role while working for Professional Services/IT Solutions company, including facilitating discussions with senior leadership regarding technical/architectural trade-offs, best practices, and risk mitigation.
• Experience with application lifecycle for containerized workloads running on kubernetes. Build, test and release management best practices throughout infrastructure tooling and automation.
• Cloud Certified Fellow or cloud-related conference speaking engagements are a plus.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Curious, humble, servant leader.
• Strong ethics, and lead by example.
• Highly organized and industrious.

Other Relevant Details

• Desired Locations: open to any location as long as you have a great internet connection and are willing to overlap US east coast mornings.
• Approximately 25% travel in and outside of the US.
• New York City Pay Range Information: $200,000-$300,000, plus may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon individual skills, experience, qualifications, and applicable laws.

Qarik offers a competitive and comprehensive employee compensation and benefits package.

Qarik is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For further information, please contact us at [email protected].