Senior AWS Cloud Architect
Company: DISH Network L.L.C.
Location: Englewood
Posted on: January 28, 2023
Job Description:
Department SummaryAt DISH, our technology teams challenge the
status quo and reimagine capabilities across industries. Whether
through research and development, technology innovation or solution
engineering, our people play vital roles in connecting consumers
with the products and platforms of tomorrow.The Senior Cloud
Architect is responsible for leading the creation of a technology
framework and providing technical leadership in support of Dish's
initiatives in cloud computing and automation, with a focus on the
design of systems and services that run on cloud
platforms.Additionally, The Senior Cloud Architect will be
responsible for ensuring that critical applications are designed
and optimized for high availability and disaster recovery.The ideal
candidate will have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or
closely related subject; an advanced degree is preferred.In
addition, 7 or more years experience in designing large and complex
IT operations in large organizations, a research or academic
environment is required. The position requires strong leadership
and team-building skills, and must be able to collaborate
effectively with a group of high performing individuals. Job Duties
and ResponsibilitiesJob Duties and ResponsibilitiesCloud
Architecture and Design and Development (50%)
- Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation
features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic
scalability)
- Demonstrate knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for Dish
cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS and future providers,
networking, provisioning, and management
- Develop a library of deployable and documented cloud design
patterns, based on the Dish application portfolio, as a basis for
deploying services to the cloud
- Demonstrate leadership ability to back decisions with research
and the "why," and articulate several options, the pros and cons
for each, and a recommendation
- Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends,
technology, etc.
- Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural
alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including
IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services
- Contribute to DevOps development activities and complex
development tasksDefine optimal design patterns and solutions for
high availability and disaster recovery for applications
Consultation (20%)
- Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and
technical design, application build, product configuration, unit
testing, and production deployment
- Ensure delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and
functional/non-functional requirements
- Provide technical expertise and ownership in the diagnosis and
resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision
of workaround solution or escalation to service owners
- Ensure delivered solutions are realized in time frame
committed; work in conjunction with project sponsors to size and
manage scope and risk
- Provide support and technical governance, expertise related to
cloud architectures, deployment, and operationsThought Leadership
(20%)
- Provide thought leadership in industry and to fellow team
members across business and technical project dimensions solving
complex business requirements
- Demonstrate forward thinking around where the organization is
going and how technology can support these effortsAdvocate and
define cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective,
including internal and external platforms, tools, and systems
Mentoring (10%)
- Act as the coach and mentor to team members and technical staff
on their assigned project tasks
- Develop a cohesive team and ensure their continued success
- Lead the definition and development of cloud reference
architecture and management systems
- Conduct product work reviews with team members Skills,
Experience and RequirementsQualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis or a
related study, or equivalent experience
- 7 + years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines,
including technical architecture, network management, application
development, middleware, database management or operations
- Experience as a team lead preferred
- Experience with AWS and VMWare enterprise implementations
- Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing
environments
- Knowledge of all components of an technical architecture
- Knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and
processes
- Strong understanding of network architecture and application
development methodologies
- Strong understanding of SOA, object-oriented analysis and
design, and/or client/server systems
- Experience with infrastructure and configuration as code
solutions, including Terraform or Cloud Formation.
- Consider yourself a great visual communicator and are able to
create architectural documents that describe systems, integrations,
software delivery approaches, data relationships, invocation
sequencing, networking and other key concepts using tools like
Visio/Draw.io etc.
- Have proven ability in fostering an environment that empowers
teams and facilitates the development of the Technology
organization, setting everyone up to deliver their best work
- Written/verbal communication skills appropriate for frequent
interaction with senior technical and executive leaders.#LI-CS6
Salary RangeCompensation: $115,500.00/Year - $165,000.00/Year
BenefitsFrom versatile health perks to new career opportunities,
check out our benefits on our .Candidates need to successfully
complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug
test.
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