Sr Cloud Architect

at  Nutrien

Pay Band: J
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.
Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers’ needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

• Lead the creation of a technology framework and provide technical leadership in support of Nutrien’s initiatives in cloud computing with a focus on the design of services that run on both on-premises as well as cloud platforms.
• Work closely with software developers and system/database engineers to understand requirements and participate in design discussions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability).
• Demonstrate knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes.
• Develop a library of deployable and documented cloud design patterns, based on Nutrien’s application portfolio, as a basis for deploying services to the cloud.
• Maintain overall industry knowledge of the latest trends, technology, etc.
• Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public, and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services.
• Contribute to DevOps development activities and complex development tasks.
• Define optimal database design (Structured and unstructured) patterns and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery for applications.
• Conduct performance, scalability, and reliability tests of business tools, and third-party and cloud applications.
• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment.
• Provide support and technical governance, expertise related to cloud architectures, deployment, and operations.
• Demonstrate forward thinking around where the organization is going and how cloud technology can support these efforts.
• Advocate and define cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective, including internal and external platforms, tools, and systems.