Sr Cloud Architect
Nutrien
- Saskatoon, SK
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the creation of a technology framework and providing technical leadership in support of Nutrien's initiatives in cloud computing with a focus on the design of services that run on both on-premises as well as cloud platforms
- Work closely with software developers and system/database engineers to understand requirements and participate in design discussions
- Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability)
- Demonstrate knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes
- Develop a library of deployable and documented cloud design patterns, based on the Nutrien's application portfolio, as a basis for deploying services to the cloud
- Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends, technology, etc.
- Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services
- Contribute to DevOps development activities and complex development tasks
- Define optimal database design (Structured and un-structured) patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications
- Conduct performance, scalability, and reliability tests of business tools, third party and cloud applications
- Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment
- Provide support and technical governance, expertise related to cloud architectures, deployment, and operations
- Demonstrate forward thinking around where the organization is going and how cloud technology can support these efforts
- Advocate and define cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective, including internal and external platforms, tools, and systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other closely related subject
- 8-10+ years of experience with a background in technical architecture, application development, middleware, database management or operations
- Server admin skills for Windows/Linux
- Required 3+ years of software/application development experience OR Solution Architecture and Operations
- Experience with AWS, Azure and other Cloud Platforms.
- CICD - Terraform, Circle CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Jira, GitHub, Ansible, AWS Systems Manager, etc.
- Experience with the monitoring and analytics of CloudHealth, Azure Monitor, Service NOW
- Security - Azure AD, MS MFA, Prisma, Splunk
- Scripting & Languages - Python, Bash, Java
- Extensive hands-on experience and thorough understanding of AWS & Azure architecture, development, deployment, and test automation consuming cloud native services
- Experience and thorough understanding of Agile/Scrum development, DevSecOps, CI/CD process and tools
- Dedication to continuous improvement and optimization of Cloud offerings
- Innovative and ability to think outside the box for creative problem solving
- AWS-Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Preferred
- AWS-Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Preferred
- Microsoft-Certified Azure Fundamentals Preferred