Principal Architect

The Cloud Capability is the think-tank and engine of Credera’s cloud expertise. We’re experts in all things cloud, ranging from cloud-native application architecture to cloud migrations and advisory.  We leverage cloud-native technologies in AWS, Azure, and GCP to create solutions for our clients. Within the Cloud Capability, you may work in the following areas: cloud native development, cloud platform engineering, cloud data ingestion, cloud migration & adoption or cloud strategy.

As a Principal Cloud Architect, you will lead one or more teams of skilled technologists, providing the proper leadership, strategic guidance, mentoring and development. You will leverage your expertise and background in delivering successful solutions and recommending additional services to your clients. You will build and nurture relationships with senior-management client stakeholders and actively develop account growth. You will serve an integral role in supporting the development and growth of Credera’s Cloud capability.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You have 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering cloud enterprise solutions across multiple domains in industry or technology consulting.
• You have 5+ years of experience leading teams that develop complex, high-volume, mission critical enterprise solutions built in the cloud.
• You have a deep understanding of cloud solution architecture in one or more major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• You have technical knowledge and experience in many of these areas:
  • Cloud Native Tooling
    • AWS: Lambda, Aurora, EC2, Fargate, S3, etc.
    • Azure: Functions, Queue Storage, Cosmos DB, App Services, etc.
    • GCP: Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, etc.
  • Cloud Platform Engineering
    • Terraform, Cloud Formation,, Azure DevOps, Github Actions, etc.
  • Cloud Data Engineering
    • AWS: Athena, Glue, Redshift, etc.
    • Azure: Blob Storage, Data Lake Analytics, etc.
    • GCP: BigQuery, Looker, Cloud Storage, etc.
  • Cloud Security Engineering
    • AWS: Cognito, IAM, Guard Duty, Security Hub, etc
    • Azure: AD, Advanced Threat Protection, etc.
    • GCP: Chronicle Virus Total, Cloud Monitoring, etc.
  • Cloud FinOps
    • CloudHealth, Cloudability, Billing
  • Cloud Migration Advisor
    • AWS: DMS, Snow cone/ball/mobile, etc.
    • Azure: Database Migration Services, etc.
    • GCP: Migrate for Anthos and GKE, Ramp, Data Transfer Services
• You have a passion for technology and keep yourself up to date on the latest application and cloud development trends across all software development disciplines and processes.
• You are accomplished at mentoring, leading, and developing others. 
• You have effective communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage with customers about their business, as well as their technology. You can handle complex organizational dynamics to deliver solutions to a client’s satisfaction.
• You think about account development strategies and how to grow the customer relationship and satisfaction.

WHO WE ARE:

• Credera is a full-service management consulting, user experience, and technology solutions firm, with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging industry leaders.
• Credera has received a number of state and national awards! Please check out our employer awards at: https://www.credera.com/awards-and-recognition
• Technology Solutions is Credera’s largest practice and focuses on Security and Privacy, Software Engineering, Data Science and Engineering, Cloud, Mobile and Modern Workplace.
• App Architecture & Delivery – We re-architect legacy and build greenfield applications natively on the cloud. We leverage cloud-native services (IAAS, PAAS, and FAAS) in our architectures to achieve superior results.
• Platform Engineering – We build landing zones and account structures. We leverage IAC tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform to provision cloud infrastructure in an automated and repeatable fashion. We provision users, monitor budget and cost, automate security/compliance checks, and perform Well- Architected Reviews to ensure best practices are followed.
• Cloud Data Ingestion – We ingest data into the cloud from global sources in a fast and cost-efficient manner. Working with Data Engineers, we support architectures which transform the data by leveraging cloud native services such as AWS S3 and Athena.
• Cloud Migration & Adoption- We advise clients on how to efficiently move workloads to the cloud (MRA/MRP), platform workload discovery and bundling and guide clients around common ad