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Cloud Architect in Austin, TX Job at Surya Systems in Austin

Surya Systems, Austin, TX, US, 78716

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Title : Cloud Solution Architect
Location : Austin, TX Hybrid
Duration : 12 + Months

Job Type : C

Description :

Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes. Investigates problem areas. Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.

The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of One Software Engineer hereafter referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification of Cloud Data Architect and the specifications outlined in this document for Client - Social Services Applications team. The Cloud Data Architect will provide strategic guidance in the development process, make technical decisions regarding solutions and explain how they will impact the organization.

As part of Client IT Applications Social Services Applications initiatives, the Cloud Data Architect will be responsible for:

Develop Database migration Cloud strategy

Integrate on-premises Databases with Cloud Databases

Perform database installation, upgrades, capacity planning, data migration, and performance monitoring across multiple database server architectures/systems

Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions to minimize database downtime for planned/unplanned outages

Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on Database Cloud Security

Implement Oracle migration to PostgreSQL in HA deployments

Ensure Client best practices and methodologies are applied to the design, deployment, and operations in the cloud.

Define and develop blueprints and roadmaps for building solutions in the cloud (preferably AWS)

Ensure compliance with enterprise security configuration standards

Work closely with other teams to ensure solutions are engineered and deployed meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.

Provide cloud operational guidance both internal and external operation teams

Investigate and provide feedback on new AWS services and solutions.

Performing continuous research on emerging technologies to stay updated with the best alternatives, investigate and provide feedback on new services and solutions offered by the CSP

Providing technical oversight, review, and quality control throughout the life cycle of the implementations

Engaging with Cloud service provider around solving technical problems in the Cloud ecosystem

Support DevOps functions to best utilize cloud resources with software configuration management and continuous integration tools.

The Cloud Solution Architect will perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is preferred.

Certification:

Cloud Solutions Architect Certification

Cloud Infrastructure Certifications

Skills :

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

8

Required

Hands on experience in designing, executing, and supporting IT cloud solutions.

8

Required

Experience with database installation, upgrades, capacity planning, data migration, and performance monitoring across multiple database server architectures/systems

8

Required

Experience in Database migration to Cloud

8

Required

Experience migrating Oracle to PostgreSQL in HA deployments.

8

Required

Experience migrating Oracle RAC/Exadata infrastructure to a public cloud environment

8

Required

Hands on experience with managing compute components (CPU, Memory, Hard Disk) through virtualization in AWS Cloud

8

Required

Experience with database performance tuning benchmark techniques, database sharding, table partitioning, horizontal/vertical scaling, user load, identification/measuring bottlenecks, system optimization

8

Required

Experience with data storage systems

6

Preferred

Hands-on experience as a platform engineer for Cloud platform

6

Preferred

Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodology

6

Preferred

Hands-on development experience for mobile and tablet platforms

6

Preferred

Hands-on experience with Agile Development Methodologies (preferably Scrum)

6

Preferred

Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of cloud technology, including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).