Cox Enterprises Raleigh , NC 27611
Posted 3 weeks ago
Company
Cox Communications, Inc.
Job Family Group
Engineering / Product Development
Job Profile
Sr Lead Cloud Architect
Management Level
Sr Manager
Flexible Work Option
Can work remotely anywhere in the specified country
Travel %
Yes, 5% of the time
Work Shift
Day
Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary of $142,100.00 - $236,800.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Job Description
You will work with an experienced professional services team to help customers migrate to and operate in Azure throughout customers' entire cloud adoption lifecycles; assessments, design, proof-of-concepts, documentation, planning, execution, and optimization. This is a primarily customer-facing project delivery role.
What You'll Do:
Assess application portfolios and plan migrations to Azure, and deliver written assessment deliverables including
Total Cost of Ownership models
Application migration patterns (6 R's)
High level project plans/work breakdown structures
High level infrastructure designs and diagrams
Azure Well-Architected Framework reviews
Hands-on execution as a member of implementation teams
Define and maintain the high-level technical vision for the projects, both externally towards the customer and internally towards the project team
Create and maintain detailed diagrams and other written configuration documentation
Educate customers on Azure services and general cloud patterns and anti-patterns
Collaborate with colleagues to refine and enhance the broader cloud Solutions Architecture practice
Assist pre-sales with scoping and estimations
Contribute to the development of processes, templates and other project collateral
Who You Are:
You're passionate about technology and the plethora of options the public cloud offers. You enjoy helping customers solve existing problems while identifying and remediating new problems. You also have the following:
Minimum experience:
A BA/BS Degree with 8 years of relevant overall experience, or a MS degree with 6 years of relevant overall experience, or 12 years of overall relevant experience without a college degree
8+ years of diverse solutions architecture experience, and a minimum of 3 years of relevant public cloud experience
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Certification
Hands-on experience with both lift-and-shift and greenfield Azure migrations.
Intermediate level experience with one or more Infrastructure-as-Code implementations (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
Intermediate to Expert level familiarity with containerization technologies (AKS, Container Apps)
Familiarity with Identity and Access models in on-prem (Active Directory) and public cloud (Entra ID, SAML SSO)
Intermediate to Expert level experience with IP Networking, ExpressRoute, VPN technologies, etc.
Preferred Experience:
AI-102, DP-100, DP-203, AZ-500, AZ-400 Azure Certifications
PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST compliance as related to Cloud Infrastructure
Common Infrastructure as Code and DevOps patterns such as Terraform, ARM/Bicep, Immutable deployments, and CI/CD Pipelines.
Familiarity with AWS and/or GCP
Industry knowledge in any of the following verticals is highly desired:
Healthcare/HealthTech
Financial Services/FinTech
SaaS
E-Commerce
Benefits
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.
About Us
Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that's true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we're creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
Cox Enterprises