Senior Cloud Platform Architect

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Technology Leadership: Looking for someone to take ownership of the managed cloud services platform and design a multi-tenant hybrid multi-cloud platform, keeping current and future needs in mind. Collaborate with product management to develop a solid understanding of EDA customer’s cloud requirements and create a vision for the future of the cloud platform. Demonstrate technological leadership by building a platform with thorough research, evaluating multiple options, considering their pros and cons, and making well-supported decisions. 

Cloud Best Practices: Define, establish, and monitor the implementation of best cloud practices to ensure optimal performance and security.  

Security Best Practices: Ensure compliance with industry security standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, and ISO 27001, working closely with the security team to monitor cloud privacy. 

Qualifications: 

Experience: A minimum of 12 years of experience across at least two disciplines, including technical architecture, application development, cloud technologies, and middleware. Specifically, experience in building a hybrid cloud solution leveraging OpenStack or other similar private cloud solution along with one or more public cloud providers is very desirable. 

Technical Skills: Proficient in cloud service architecture, security, networking, containers, and full stack service development. Well-versed in scalability and reliability principles, cloud computing design patterns, and industry security best practices. 

Cloud Services: Proven ability to build, guide, and manage best-in-class API driven cloud solutions, with hands-on contribution to complex development activities. Should be able to independently build end-to-end cloud services from the ground up. 

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in IaC tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet, along with knowledge of scripting and automation using Python or other similar languages. 

Container Technologies: Expertise in virtualization/container technologies like Docker, and Kubernetes. 

Cloud Certification: Possess relevant cloud certifications. 

Preferred Attributes: 

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. 

- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams. 

The annual salary range for California is $161,000 to $299,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan