Senior Manager, Cloud Architect (Remote)

Date Posted:

2024-05-07

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW208: Connecticut Remote Remote Location , Remote City, CT, 06035 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. 

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole - best - selves at work because trust, respect and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

Pratt & Whitney’s Digital Technology organization has a great remote opportunity for a Senior Manager, Cloud Architect who has demonstrated a successful track record for providing architecture guidance for cloud-based platforms for a set of analytics tools in large complex environments involving multiple outsourced vendor partners. 

What You Will Do:

The Cloud Architecture Sr. Manager will work as an individual contributor on a cloud infrastructure enablement team, will be involved with the design, automation, implementation and management of cloud technology-based business solutions to advance our clients' delivery approach, provide day to day guidance, coach and advise delivery teams on their development and maintenance activities.

The ideal candidate for this position should have exceptional collaboration skills with expert-level understanding of cloud architectures, development and deployment tools and methodologies.  This would best come from rich practical experience designing, developing and deploying cloud applications and end-to-end solutions. A key success criterion is the proven ability to build strong working relationships with Application, Business and Global Infrastructure/Operations teams for end-to-end service delivery, including compute, storage platform teams, Network Services and Service Excellence.

It is imperative the DT organization not only support business operations but also aligns with future business goals, objectives and numerous process improvements. The Cloud Architecture Sr. Manager must develop an intimate understanding of the business issues and competitive challenges facing the Company.

• Reviewing, revising, and delivering architectural guidance for implementation of a cloud-based platform for a set of analytics tools.
• Contributing to and promoting governance processes for enhancement and sustainment of the cloud-based platform.
• Assisting in the development of solution architectures for new applications to run on the platform, ensuring these solution architectures meet the overall architectural vision.
• Acting as a liaison between the multiple business units who jointly implement and operate cloud capabilities across the corporation.
• Coordinating between cloud providers to ensure the right level of support and right mix of cloud utilization exists across environments.
• Establishing and collecting metrics to monitor development and delivery of the multiple solutions deployed on this cloud platform.
• Collaborating across the stakeholder landscape to ensure the platform is meeting, and will continue to meet, critical company goals.
• Acting as a thought leader operating within the Cloud Center of Excellence to help advance and drive Pratt & Whitney’s cloud journey.
• Participating in technology forums and town hall sessions, helping the Pratt & Whitney community understand the value and capabilities of this cloud-based platform.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology and 10+ years of experience in application, infrastructure, development and hosting, including 3+ years of experience in one or more cloud platforms; OR an Advanced Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology and 7+ years of experience in application, infrastructure, development and hosting, including 3+ years of experience in one or more