Software Architect jobs in New York, NY

Purpose of the role

Specializes in telecommunications solutioning consulting engagements requiring identification, development and customization of application/system architecture or process designs for integration of very large complex technology solutions and integrating architecture. Engagements may involve proprietary solutions or integration of third-party products.

 Key responsibilities

• Cloud Architect with Expert knowledge of networking and infrastructure provisioning in cloud, consisting of networks, security, compute, storage and databases.
• Responsible for deploying and maintaining Kubernetes ,Cloud Infrastructure provisioning & management Cloud Infrastructure health
• Design cloud, networking and infrastructure solutions for clients
• Implementation of solutions, including cloud and data center migrations (applications and/or infrastructure)
• Support client Cloud offices and Infrastructure teams with standard methodologies and approaches
• Support clients with cloud and hybrid operations evolution, including DevOps
• Guide/mentor technical delivery teams and collaborating across the entire delivery organization to ensure client success
• Interacting with clients from all levels
• Participating in multiple assignments at the same time
• Conduct technical audits of existing architectures (Infrastructure, Performance, Developing data security as a function of design, as well as Scalability and more)
• Support and resolve customer production issues

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

• Successfully graduated from a Computer Science/Information Technology program
• Certified AWS, Google and/or Oracle Architect
• Experience with GKE, data and analytics, Looker, Anthos, Vertex AI/ML, developer tools, cloud migration, and DevOps tools/processes in GCP is preferred
• Demonstrated experience in hands on Cloud projects
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent oral, written and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment with limited supervision
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and security principles
• Understand Cloud best practices around architecture, security and storage to meet various customer needs
• Experienced in cloud native deployment.
• Various cloud providers such as AWS, GCP and private clouds.
• In depth understanding of Kubernetes services and their flavors in each provider, such as EKS, GKE, Openshift.
• Cloud storage solutions.
• Cloud LoadBalancers.
• Ability to communicate non-functional requirements, such as performance, high availability and geo-redundancy requirements.

Technical Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
• 5 years of experience in cloud architecture & engineering
• 5 years of experience in Telecom
• Certifications: AWS & GCP/GKE
• Networking experience
• DevOps Automation (e.g. infrastructure as code such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Configuration Management (e.g. Git)
• Containerization Tool (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps Pipelines)
• Version Control (e.g. Git, Git Hub, Azure DevOps)
• Monitoring Tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana dashboard)
• Monitor and troubleshoot Cloud performance and availability.

Competencies:

• Forward thinker - Willing to question the status quo. Unafraid to challenge convention, looking for innovative solutions and outcomes that move the needle.
• Ideator - Ability to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.
• Boldness - Creates alternative ways to proceed; quickly able to spot the relevant patterns and issues of any given scenario.
• Results driven - Independent desire to make a big impact, prioritizing projects based on how much influence they will have on their organization or people around them.
• Adaptability - Embraces the pivot, problem-solver, doing what needs to be done.
• Achiever -Taking satisfaction from being busy and productive, possessing a great deal of stamina and working hard.
• Collaborator - Works hard with others to achieve a goal.
• Focused - Takes a direction, follows through and makes the corrections necessary to stay on track, prioritizing before acting.
• Forward Thinker - Willing to question the status quo. Unafraid to challenge convention, looking for innovative solutions and outcomes that move the needle.
• Integrity - Committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty, taking psychological ownership of what they say they will do.
• Process-oriented - Equality and treatment of all people the same with stable routines and clear rules and procedures that everyone can follow.
• Values Driven - Having unchanging core values that defines one's purpose.

Key Behaviors:

• Creative in developing solutions.
• Able to recognize differences and align risk-taking propensity with precise job demands that can make sense.