Cloud Architect

GlassHouse Systems

$160K — $200K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
  • IBM Cloud Professional Architect and IBM Cloud Advanced Architect certifications required.
  • 10+ years of IT experience with 4+ years in Cloud/Data Center deployments.
  • Proven experience in cloud migration projects.
  • Familiarity with planning and deploying IBM platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical consultation and leadership for IBM Cloud solution design and implementation.
  • Collaborate with sales to gather customer requirements and create detailed cloud solution designs.
  • Design compute, storage, network, and security capabilities focusing on cost optimization.
  • Establish monitoring practices for availability, performance, and cost management of cloud instances.
  • Lead the architectural implementation of cloud solutions using deployment tools like Terraform and Ansible.
  • Enable cloud managed services through effective configuration management and automation.
  • Utilize native cloud services to ensure system availability and resiliency.

Benefits

  • Health benefits (medical, vision, dental).
  • Life insurance coverage.
  • Pension plan to secure your future.
  • Opportunities for professional development.
  • A positive and inclusive company culture.
Full Job Description
Description

About the Position:

As an IBM Cloud Architect working as part of the technical team, you'll work hand in hand with sales to design, size and assist with implementation of IBM Cloud solutions. You will work together with the broader GHS technical team, planning and delivering Hybrid Cloud solutions, and assist customers in migrating workloads from on-premises to public cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert technical consultation and leadership in the analysis & design, planning, and implementation of IBM Cloud solutions using reference architectures and best practices.
  • Work with the GHS Cloud Sales team to gather customer requirements, create IBM Cloud architectures, detailed Cloud solution designs that include specifications, diagrams, models and presentation material.
  • Design compute, storage, network, security, backup/restore, and disaster recovery capabilities that meet requirements and optimize costs.
  • Establish and assist in the implementation of monitoring and management of the Cloud instances for availability, performance, and cost optimizations.
  • Architect and guide the implementation of IBM Cloud solutions using modern deployment and configuration tools and practices (e.g, Terraform, Ansible, scripting)
  • Enable IBM Cloud managed services through configuration management, monitoring, and incident management using automation and integration.
  • Utilize native cloud services to meet availability and resiliency requirements
  • Establish internal pricing and instance selection model for virtual instances
  • Understand and architect migration of on-premise workloads to a public cloud environment


Requirements

  • A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field.
  • Completion of IBM Cloud Professional Architect and IBM Cloud Advanced Architect certifications
  • 10+ years of experience in IT with at least 4 years supporting Data Center / Cloud deployments.
  • Experience of completing a Cloud migration
  • Experience in planning and deploying IBM platforms


Disclaimer

The rate for this position is $160K-200K. The rate is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

As part of our hiring process, we use AI tools to support resume screening and candidate evaluation.

What you'll get:

Competitive salary

Health benefits (medical, vision, dental)

Life insurance

Pension plan

Professional development

Amazing company culture

Join a team of professionals led by a diverse set of leaders from across the industry.

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