Our client is excited to announce that we were named Partner of the Year for Excellence in Innovation by Dell Technologies in 2021. They are a leading multi-cloud services provider that pioneered cloud-adjacent storage powered by patented technology, which provides data access over low latency, high throughput connections to all the major cloud platforms. They are the leading managed provider for VMware Cloud on AWS, and the first company to offer cloud-attached storage solutions. Their private and multi-cloud platforms give clients the ability to move, access, scale and protect data between clouds, without the fear of cloud lock-in. They have built a culture that encourages and celebrates innovation, free thinkers, and the pursuit of excellence
Who We Are Looking For:
Our client is looking for a Cloud Data Services Architect to join our team. You will help productionize their Direct client architecture and help operationalize their Direct solution offering. You will work under Product leadership to help define the emerging Cloud Data Services architecture and technical execution.
What You Will Do:
Work with the Direct team to align on a cloud data services architecture that will enhance the value proposition of our Cloud Control Volumes portfolio.
Expand technical capabilities related to data management services accessible by multiple clouds to horizontally scale across clouds, arbitrage cloud resources, and enable workload portability between the clouds.
Be a technical expert in support to the business with a focus on the design of system interface and services that run on cloud platforms.
Develop thoughtful integrations strategies with cloud native tools and container systems to allow for more turnkey use cases for consumption of the platform.
Develop technical solutions and functionality exposed to API interfaces allowing customers to build programmatic solutions.
Understand the services level pricing of multiple cloud services, those tied to large data sets, such as analytics/AI&ML, and how the future evolution of Faction Direct services can further serve those use cases.
Serve as a cloud data subject matter expert to the technical/developer community, working knowledge of container deployments, and native cloud services.
Work directly with partner product teams to co-develop solutions that support their respective storage solutions and differentiate Faction Direct.
Work closely with internal technical teams, including engineering and development, to create Cloud-DevOps architecture to support user stories and requirements.
Understand, research, and follow technical trends in the industry.
Who You Are:
5+ years relevant cloud architecture or engineering experience, preferably on implementation.
Technical background and experience in compute and storage technologies with high degree of interest in developing multi-cloud product solutions.
BS in Computer Engineering/Science or a related field or equivalent experience; Any major cloud certification (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect) preferred.
Significant experience in Cloud Architecture/DevOps related to cloud, storage, backup and recovery, containers and big data/analytics
Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and VMWare enterprise implementation
Experience applying market analysis to the marketing of products via market research, competitive analysis, market segmentation, and hands on experience of Storage platforms
An understanding of software development, agile methodologies and developing workflow automation
Outstanding communication, presentation, and management skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Collaborative and Customer-Focused
Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
Desirable Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree Cloud or Computer Science/Engineering with demonstrated knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic stability). Demonstrated knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes.