Sr Cloud Architect

at  GFT Technologies SE

ABOUT US

We show commitment to our investors and stand for solid, long-term growth performance. Founded in Germany in 1987 and in American territory since 2008, GFT expanded globally to over 10,000 experts. And to more than 15 markets to ensure proximity to clients. With new opportunities from Asia to Brazil, the international growth story continues. We are committed to grow tech talents worldwide. Because our team’s strong consulting and development skills across legacy and pioneering technologies, like GreenCoding, underpin success. We maintain a family atmosphere in an inclusive work environment.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

A Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure and services to align with organizational goals and technical requirements. This role involves developing cloud architecture strategies, deploying and managing cloud-based solutions, and automating processes to streamline operations. Ensuring the security and compliance of cloud environments is crucial, as is optimizing performance for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

A DAY IN THIS ROLE:

• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, from different business units, guiding architectural
• decisions and ensuring adherence to best practices
• Architect, build, document, and maintain Cloud standards and processes
• Collaborate extensively with centralized architecture, engaging in deep collaboration to align
• cloud strategies with enterprise architecture principles and standards. Additionally,
• demonstrate the ability to flex into Business units, understanding their processes and ways of
• doing things, and integrating cloud solutions to support their specific needs and objectives.
• Lead projects and new application implementations
• Create new Terraform architecture and modules to provision AWS resources
• Guide teams on best practices in the cloud
• Provide mentorship and training to junior and senior engineers, sharing knowledge and
• experience in cloud technologies, system wide architectural design, and best practices.
• Lead project management activities, including decomposing work into manageable tasks, coordinating with stakeholders, and tracking progress.
• Demonstrate expertise in Kubernetes, including cluster management, deployment strategies, and best practices for container orchestration.
• Work with Software Development teams to write and tune their application Helm charts for EKS
• Create, manage, and administrate Kubernetes running on EKS
• Possess advanced skills in AWS, including advanced networking, security,and optimization techniques,
• and stay current with new AWS services and features.
• Create and modify Jenkins pipelines to support CI and automation
• Performance Engineering, load testing, hotspot isolation, and remediation
• POC new solutions and production in the cloud
• Configure APM, SLO, SLA and alerting via Dynatrace
• Configure log metrics and analysis via Splunk
• Build and manage CI deployment process for all environments
• Support and enable teams to migrate from on-prem environments into AWSLearning: Research and explore new cloud technologies, services, and best practices to inform and enhance cloud strategies