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Publix Super Markets · 3 hours ago

Cloud Architect - Platform Architecture

Lakeland, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Publix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., driven by a technology team delivering innovative solutions across numerous stores. As a Cloud Architect, you will design large-scale cloud architectures, ensure efficient resource utilization, and address governance and security challenges in a hybrid work environment.

Food and BeverageGroceryRetail

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provide expert leadership in cloud architecture and implementation (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, scalability)

Oversee cloud strategy development, architecture governance, and foundational standards

Define and enforce cloud operating environment, standards, and supporting tools/frameworks

Shape Publix’s cloud roadmap for cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid solutions

Establish and uphold best practices for availability, resiliency, performance, disaster recovery, and data integration

Recommend cost optimizations and ensure efficient cloud resource utilization

Analyze cloud configurations and partner cross-functionally to implement long-term fixes

Serve as SME for end-to-end cloud architecture, including networking and provisioning

Create and maintain documented cloud design patterns for application deployments

Mentor team members on cloud standards and drive cultural adoption of cloud practices

Lead development of cloud reference architecture and management systems

Escalate and resolve delivery risks, issues, and roadblocks

Validate cloud resource performance post-deployment through monitoring and metrics

Troubleshoot across IaaS, PaaS, applications, network, and security layers

Identify recurring issues and build tools/processes to prevent them

Collaborate with Architecture, Development, Engineering, and Security teams for robust solutions

Qualification

Cloud architectureAzureMulti-cloud solutionsCloud securityAPI designContainerizationDatabase technologiesMentoringCollaborationDocumentation

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience

8+ years of architecture experience

8+ years of experience supporting multi-tier web applications

5+ years of experience handling workloads in large-scale environments

5+ years of experience in design and implementation of cloud workloads in Azure

Preferred

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Experience with analyzing and defining technical requirements & design specifications

Experience with cloud native database design with both relational and document-based database systems

Experience with integrating complex multi-tier applications

Experience with API design and development

Experience with application lifecycle tools (Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, etc.)

Experience with cloud networking and network security, including virtual networks, network security groups, cloud-native firewalls, etc

Able to demonstrate writing shell scripts (Cloud Shell, Bash, PowerShell, or Python)

Have a sound understanding of standard networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and advanced load balancing

Have practical knowledge of application security

Have recent experience supporting hybrid cloud and multi-cloud configuration

Have previous experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc

Recent experience working with database technologies hosted in the cloud such as SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL

Have recent experience with Azure Cosmos DB, MongoDB, or Cassandra

Have passed one or more Azure certification exams

Have recent experience with Azure DevOps or other continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) tools and pipelines

Have recent experience with big data clustering technologies (Spark, HDInsight, Databricks, etc.)

Have experience in design and implementation of cloud workloads in GCP

Have the ability to demonstrate recent experience developing software that is deployed to the cloud

Benefits

Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost

An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock

401(k) retirement savings plan

Group health, dental and vision plans

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Short- and long-term disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria

Company

Publix Super Markets

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Founded in 1930, Publix Super Markets is the largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States.

Founded in 1930

Lakeland, Florida, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.publix.com/

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