Cloud Platform Architecture & Enablement Lead

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Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in 24x7 production operations for a SaaS or cloud service provider
• Deep expertise in cloud technologies, particularly AWS or Azure IaaS and PaaS offerings
• Extensive experience with cloud-native architectures, including container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Deployed and managed Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for various cloud resources, including container platforms
• System programming skills in Go, Python, PowerShell, Bash etc.
• Familiar with CI/CD practices and tools (Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and have implemented pipelines for cloud-native applications
• Can diagnose and troubleshoot applications running in diverse cloud environments
• Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts and implementation
• Understand distributed, event-based messaging architectures (Azure Event Hub, Azure Service Bus, Kafka, etc.) and how they integrate with various cloud services
• Experience with leading infrastructure and application monitoring tools (DataDog, Splunk) and their integration with cloud services, including but not limited to Kubernetes
• Strong interpersonal and team skills - ability to implement processes and influence engineers who are not direct reports
• Can operate in an agile, collaborative, entrepreneurial start-up environment

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain resilient, secure, and efficient cloud-based SaaS application platforms to meet established service levels
• Architect and implement cloud solutions tailored to specific business vertical needs
• Automate build, test, and deployment for distributed, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure
• Implement monitoring and incident response for distributed applications across various cloud services
• Collaborate with developers to bring new features and services into production using cloud-native best practices
• Utilize a combination of open-source and custom software to solve product challenges in cloud environments
• Drive improvement to operational practices and procedures for cloud and container-based systems
• Proactively meet standards for information security and compliance in cloud environments, such as ISO, SOX, SSAE 16, etc.
• Exert considerable influence on the overall objectives and long-term goals of your team regarding cloud strategy
• Shepherd the definition, documentation, and improvement of our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for high-scale cloud environments
• Represent JLLT Engineering and its values in public communication around broad cloud initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions
• Drive innovation on the team with a willingness to experiment and to boldly confront complex cloud architecture problems
• Actively seek out and address technical debt in our cloud infrastructure, proposing and implementing solutions to enhance team efficiency