REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• 4-6 years of experience in architecting software solutions for a relevant technology or implementing AWS solutions.
• 4-6 years of exemplary experience with the integration of complex, diverse, internally and externally developed implementations of business functions to build scalable systems.
• 4-6 years of demonstrated experience working with “infrastructure as code” DevOps techniques including templating, configuration management, and automated build pipelines.
• 4-6 years - versed in Linux and containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, docker, etc.).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• AWS Solutions Architect (or similar) upon hire.
• Strong conceptual knowledge of broad cloud capabilities and hands-on experience with one or more cloud technology platforms (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Expert knowledge of complex IT systems including understanding of full-stack environments, virtual networking, and storage.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud storage, compute, networking, and how they are used in academic research and libraries.
• Professional knowledge of other related areas of Information Technology Services for research universities, in particular, university libraries and research collaboration.
• Ability to understand business needs and how business systems can support those needs.
• Self-motivated, working independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrates problem solving skills.
• Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
• Thoroughly demonstrated ability to write technical documents targeted at various audiences.
• Exceptional cross-functional team collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to work with others from diverse backgrounds.
• Attention to detail at the expert level, as actions can affect systems across all of UCSB and other UC campuses.

Under the general direction of the Linux & Virtualization Engineering Manager, enhances and optimizes the enterprise infrastructure, including storage, networks, and systems supporting digital programs, research, and broad areas such as the Library; provides technical expertise, architectural leadership and knowledge of best practices; and ensures that critical applications are designed and optimized for appropriate availability and disaster recovery. Drives scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, infrastructure as code (IaC) use, application build pipelines, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment; ensures delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and functional/non-functional requirements; provides technical expertise in the diagnosis and resolution of cloud-related issues, including the determination and provision of workaround solutions or escalation to service owners. Provides tactical planning around current and future technologies within the cloud space; participates on campus teams to further our holistic cloud vision and strategy across multiple UCSB campus groups; serves as a subject matter expert to UCSB Library for cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS (Amazon Web Services) and future providers, networking, provisioning, security, and management; assists in developing solutions architecture and evaluates architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services.