Cloud Architect

Provide strategic thinking, cloud solutions and roadmaps while driving architectural recommendations

• Architect end-to-end cloud solutions

• Define pros and cons of solution options to arrive at consensus around architecture decisions

• Define strategic multi-year roadmap, cloud reference architectures and architecture standards

• Lead proof of concept efforts for candidate architectures, products and tools

• Adopt and communicate new concepts, ideas, techniques, best practices and technology assistance at all organizational levels

• Assist in the remediation of application stability and performance

• Work to establish required cloud infrastructures and frameworks

Qualifications

• With 2+ years of experience in solution architecture specific to Public Cloud deployment (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• With 5+ years of experience in application design and delivery

• With 5+ years of experience with Java and Spring framework

• Distinguished for your extensive knowledge of Cloud Security principles and frameworks, DevOps and Server-less Cloud Computing concepts

• Regarded for your experience in and/or knowledge of Private Cloud Platforms (OpenStack, OpenShift, VMWare, Hyper-V, etc.), Workload Migration Automation Tools and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Packer, Puppet, Chef, Ansible)

• Acknowledged for your experience with Container, Orchestration and Micro-Services

• With your AWS, Azure, GCP or other Cloud certification

• Skilled in and/or knowledge of continuous integration and delivery tools (Spinnaker, Jenkins, etc.)

• Confident with your knowledge and understanding of diverse platforms and operating systems, including current and emerging technologies

• Commended for your ability to translate reference architectures into successful solution implementations

• With a knack for effectively communicating to diverse technical and nontechnical audiences, including developers, technical leads, peer architects, delivery owners, business owners, senior leaders, etc.

Great-to-haves

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Experience with Node and JavaScript

• Infrastructure and DevOps experience (AWS or GCP)

• National Consultants Professionals Ltd (NCP)is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by provincial, federal and local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. NCP makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. NCP is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Location - Toronto, Canada
Duration- Contract 6 months
Years of experience – 3-5+ years