This role is located in Houston, TX. You must currently live in Houston, or be open to relocate in order to be considered---
Local growing firm is looking for a Cloud centric Engineer to join there TEAM and build! This person will be responsible for creating this Cloud strategy to manage, maintain, and grow our Cloud services footprint. This role requires good understanding of cloud computing (Public, Private, Hybrid) data centers, and virtual infrastructure.
What experiences do we desire?
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other related scientific/technical discipline high preferred
- IT architecture certification e.g., TOGAF is a plus.
- ITIL V3/V4 certified for IT Service Management is a plus.
- PMP/PMI project management certification is a plus.
- Cloud security certification like CCSP is a plus.
- 7+ years in information technology with a minimum of 3-5 years in an IT architectural role.
- 5-7 years in the application/solution development experience in a professional environment.
- 3-5 years of experience in designing and maintaining Cloud Services technologies such as Azure, AWS, etc. AZURE is REQUIRED
- Experience required in designing, assessing, implementing, and maintaining Cloud Services (e.g., Software as a Service or Platform as a Service, etc.), maintain Cloud Infrastructure Services, and managing and monitoring performance of Cloud Service Providers.
- Experience defining Cloud Information Architecture (IA) and Governance.
- Experience with Active Directory (on-premises and in MS Azure).
- Experience and understanding IT Service Management concepts (ITIL), processes and procedures.
- Applies broad knowledge of IT operations principles, business drivers, and related areas to impact results. Understands the key players in the business and communicates appropriately with them.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate technology terms into business terms required.
- Communications (written and verbal) and presentation delivery skills required.
- Demonstrated systems performance monitoring and problem resolution skills.
- Track record developing and implementing systems infrastructure design best practices and operational policies following industry standard security principles required.
- Project Management experience and skills.
- Ability to adjust schedule to meet business needs.
Major Accountabilities
- Responsible for developing and maintaining a Cloud Services architecture and providing input on decisions to be taken on new virtual cloud equipment and upgrades.
- Developing and tracking budgets for new and existing Cloud Infrastructure.
- Develop and monitor metrics to improve Cloud environment availability and performance.
- Drive incident resolution from participation in incident troubleshooting sessions through delivery and closure of post-mortems of cloud services related incidents.
- Develop standards for Cloud Services.
- Support and maintain a scalable backup solution for the virtualized and standalone Cloud environments.
- Create and execute test plans to validate Cloud infrastructure and technical systems performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement leading to an optimized environment.
- Develop and execute Cloud security standards and policies to ensure maximum security from internal as well as from outside sources.
- Provide ongoing support of the disaster recovery plan with a focus on building a secure, highly available Cloud environment, ensuring successful system restoration of data to meet defined objectives.
- Fosters cross-functional and cross business teamwork; builds and promotes morale; works efficiently and effectively on teams to meet customer needs; supports meeting all team commitments; commitment to delivery, including both high-profile tasks and sometimes the mundane.
- Regularly communicate work progress, concerns, and questions.
- Work with finance and 3rd party vendors to validate monthly consumption reports.
- Work with multiple IT and business groups to manage demand and allocation of Cloud Service and Document Management resources.
- Manage 3rd party vendor operational escalations.
- Communicate and collaborate with partners in the business and 3rd-party providers to ensure customer satisfaction through transparency and issue resolution.
