29798 - Specialist I - Cloud Solution Architect Engineer POST NUMBER: 431611
Duration : 12 months, renewable (start Jan 6 ideally)
Work Environment: On-site, 5 days working in Mississauga office
Hours: 37.5 Hours
Role Description
• As a Cloud Solution Architect, you will be responsible for supporting the product and delivery teams in deploying new applications, or modernizing existing legacy applications, to cloud-native technologies using event-driven and microservices architectures.
• Review technical designs (Architecture Design Document) and provide feedback to architects and product owners.
• Consult with architects and application development teams when selecting the appropriate cloud technologies for new/modernized applications.
• Evaluate the offerings of cloud service providers (Azure /GCP) and select services that best suit the organization’s needs.
• Provide technical leadership to complex and cross-functional projects to improve Walmart’s technology environment.
• Provide architecture guidance for migrating applications, data, and infrastructure from on-premises environments to the cloud, considering factors like workload dependencies, data sensitivity, and business priorities.
• Hands-on expertise in FinOps on cost optimization, cost analysis, management tools, and optimization strategies
• Provide leadership on the provisioning and deprovision of DEV, QA, and PROD environments as required to support project activities and timelines.
• Provide leadership on deployment of code to cloud environments using a CI/CD methodology.
• Create documentation for knowledge transfer to support teams.
• Provide cloud expertise and consulting to development teams as part of proof of concepts.
• Provide stabilization support post the project go-live.
Skills
• Minimum 3 years of experience using Azure and GCP services including Docker, CI/CD Health, Terraform, GitHub, Airflow, Looper, and ADF.
• Working knowledge and experience with queuing systems like Kafka, ActiveMQ and IBM MQ.
• Working knowledge and experience with SQL and NO-SQL database technologies, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Cassandra, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
• Should have Cloud Certifications (Associate or Expert level) in Microsoft Azure or GCP. (Nice to have)
• Working experience in Cloud Architecture with background in software architecture with a focus on FinOps and cost optimization.
• Working knowledge and experience with GitHub including branching and merging strategies.
• Working knowledge and experience of implementing instances, performance tuning, storage capacity management, and database migration.
• Working knowledge and experience with load balancing in Azure Cloud and GCP.
• Experience with cloud application monitoring and support.
• Highly skilled in analysis and problem-solving experience.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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