Cloud Platform Architect

Job title: Cloud Platform Architect

Company: UST

Job description: Job Description:

Cloud Platform Architect

Lead II – Software Engineering

Who we are:

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of over 39,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in over 30+ countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career-and the lives of people across the world.

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You Are:

The Cloud Platform Architect II is an expert in the AWS cloud environment, and cloud computing and automation practices. Has a strong overall knowledge of IT logical and technical architecture principles with particular focus on scalable, robust and secure AWS cloud design of enterprise solutions. Responsible for translating business/technical requirements into cloud technical architecture, design and actionable deliverables that will guide the final product. Also responsible for bridging the gaps between complex business problems and solutions in the cloud, as well as among members of a product teams, including software and DevSecOps engineers. Ensures that the right technologies are selected, and re-usable frameworks defined and built to enable and accelerate product development in the cloud.

The Opportunity:

• Decompose current and new business initiatives and capabilities into projects, provide architecture and designs for cloud supported platforms and solutions, and develop order-of-magnitude effort, cost, and operational estimates for proposed initiatives.
• Produce and catalog cloud-based frameworks, models, and patterns that guide and direct the design of cloud infrastructure, applications and services that meet enterprise and industry security and governance practices, while meeting functional and non-functional requirements as well as cost objectives.
• Identify opportunities and drive continuous improvement in cloud solutions and infrastructure with new innovative approaches.
• Lead and/or contribute to the development and adoption of cloud engineering best practices in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Centers-of-Excellence and Operations.
• Availability, Scalability, Reliability, Recoverability, Security, Industry Standards -Use your Cloud expertise to design and to validate solution compliance to industry and CLIENT best practices. Includes knowledge of cloud automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using CloudFormation and Terraform stacks, DevSecOps tool chains and CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform detailed design and code reviews to ensure compliance to company and industry engineering and security best practices and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Support and/or lead active initiatives by providing direction, coaching and updated design documentation to ensure implementations meet functional, non-functional, and compliance and security requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and use knowledge of cloud engineering practices and solutions design to manage and resolve differences and challenges between design and as built.
• Act as change agent and promotor of Cloud adoption and engineering best practices across the CLIENT Platform and Product Teams.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of business processes and systems and use expert knowledge to lead and optimize adoption.
• Serve as end-to-end subject matter expert to internal and vendor architects and engineers in the design of scalable, highly available, and secure enterprise cloud and cloud-hybrid solutions in BCBS Platform and Product Teams.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What you need:

• Certification One or more AWS Certifications in Architecture, DevOps, Security, SysOps, or Databases.
• Proven knowledge of AWS platform and tools
• In-depth knowledge of current Cloud best practices and tool chains, including Software Engineering, DevSecOps and CI/CD, Automated Testing, Operations, Disaster Recovery.
• Strong leadership, team oriented interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be able to collaborate effectively with a group of high performing individuals.
• Act as change agent and promotor of cloud adoption in the enterprise.
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to maintain key relationships to achieve business objectives.
• Demonstrated leadership ability to back decisions and recommendations with research and the why, articulate alternative approaches including the pros and cons for each.
• Ability to research and maintain knowledge in rapidly evolving AWS Cloud and emerging technologies, and its application to the CLIENT business solutions and IT platforms.
• Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer Science or Information Systems
• Required: 8 Years Minimum of 8 years IT work experience in designing and developing scalable and secure enterprise, B2B and B2C solutions.
• Required: 5 years in designing and implementing AWS-based solutions.
• AWS certifications in Architecture, Security, SysOps or equivalent work experience in similar work environments.
• Preferred: 8 years in IT with increases responsibilities as software engineer, solutions architect and/or systems architect
• Preferred: 5 years designing and developing applications in the public cloud (AWS) Preferred Proven experience assessing compute workloads and technology landscape for Cloud suitability, and ability to design effective, reusable AWS Cloud solutions and frameworks based on industry best practices.
• Experience as individual contributor in Cloud software engineering and architecture responsible for developing applications using CI/CD & DevSecOps best practices.
• Experience doing design and code reviews of application logic, as well as supporting IaC and build and deployment pipelines.
• Ability to drive the adoption of corporate and industry standards including code quality, test automation, and DAST/SAST testing tools.
• Past engineering and/or architecture team leadership a plus.
• Experience integrating and/or migrating enterprise Microsoft, Open Source, or Mainframe hosted solutions to/with AWS a plus.
• BCBS or health insurance industry background
• Experience leadership ability to back decisions and recommendations with research and the why, articulate alternative approaches including the pros and cons for each.
• Familiar with AWS Well Architected and its application to Platform and different classes of Cloud solutions workloads.

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. As required by applicable law, UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Remote

Compensation Range: $84,000-$126,000

Our full-time, regular associates are eligible for 401K matching, and vacation accrual and are covered from day 1 for paid sick time, healthcare, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance benefits. Depending on the role, some associates may also be eligible for stock options.

What we believe:

We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity. And today, it’s those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone to champion diversity and inclusion, and to place people at the center of everything we do.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

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Expected salary: $84000 – 126000 per year

Location: USA

Job date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:11:04 GMT

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