job description :
work on a variety of products at the forefront of cloud technology adoption? For applications to be fully optimized, they need to be architected to take advantage of the global scale, elasticity, automation, and high availability features of the AWS cloud. On the AWS platform, services such as API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, SQS, Kinesis, AI and others provide opportunities to design and build cloud-ready applications. SonicWall is looking for talented hands-on technical architects to help accelerate our AWS migration.
Qualifications:
5+ yrs of experience working on any Cloud applications, preferably AWS
Experience working with applications on the cloud
Experience with application modernization strategies and frameworks
Strong knowledge of architecting secure solutions in AWS
Experience with cloud concepts: Infrastructure as a Service, Serverless Architecture, Container Architecture, Platform as a Service, Storage, Infrastructure as Code, and Identity and Access Management
Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
Ability to understand system inter-dependencies and limitations
Strong ability to use data metrics to evaluate assumptions, make recommendations, and decisions
Strong problem-solving characteristics with the ability to think out of the box and understand how to interpret market needs and translate them into requirements that can be used to inform technical designs
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal team members as well as business stakeholders and enjoys working with others in a collaborative fashion
Strong technical leadership skills
Ability to work both independently and with all levels of the organization, including technical and non-technical team members
Good to have working experience with CI/CD pipelines
Experience delivering projects via Agile methodologies (Scrum) preferred
Good to have experience with Restful API and cross browser development
Preferably from Cybersecurity background
Education: Bachelor degree in computer science, information-technology, systems engineering or a related study
Responsibilities:
The role of the Senior Cloud Architect is to work with the business, functional, and technical teams to define, document, educate, implement, and support cloud-based solutions to meet business objectives
In this role, you will: conduct design reviews of new and existing architectures, create reference architectures and standards to enable effective solution delivery, design solutions for performance optimization and design automation solutions for reusability and consistency
The Senior Cloud Architect will be responsible for crafting the organization's cloud application strategy needed to lead the effective adoption of cloud infrastructure and services, as well as designing enterprise applications within the cloud ecosystem
Ensure cloud-based solutions are secure and compliant with relevant regulations and standards
Keep current on cloud technology trends both in the industry as a whole and with the applications deployed in the SonicWall landscape, including researching, and implementing new and/or alternate technologies that will further business goals and provide competitive advantages
Develop cloud migration strategies that help organizations transition from on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based solutions
Architect and oversee the construction of highly scalable, cloud-native, secure applications on the AWS platform using core developer services
Collaborate across all cloud applications to get the right solution delivered and drive feature innovation based on product roadmaps
Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
Actively mentor individuals and the SonicWall developer community on advanced technical issues
Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
Lead technical and design discussions to help SonicWall speed the adoption of modern technologies and practices
Define cloud computing standards, policies, and procedures
Identifies technical risks upfront and bring it to the attention of management