66degrees · 1 day ago
Cloud Architect
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years exp66degrees is an end-to-end AI transformation partner that guides enterprises from complex business challenges to clear, quantifiable outcomes. The Cloud Architect role involves building trusted advisory relationships with clients, providing technical expertise in the Google Cloud ecosystem, and leading solution design and implementation efforts to enhance client infrastructure and service reliability.
Enterprise SoftwareCloud ComputingBig DataBusiness Information SystemsCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData Management
Responsibilities
Build a trusted advisory relationship with strategic accounts and engage with management
Act as a technical subject matter expert, particularly regarding the Google Cloud ecosystem for business users, providing clear and concise explanations of complex concepts
Identify customer priorities, technical objections, and design strategies encompassing the Google ecosystem to deliver business growth and resolve blockers
Lead requirements gathering and project scoping
Solution design, problem-solving, and architecture diagramming
Provide domain expertise around public cloud and enterprise technology, and effectively promote Google Cloud with clients, at conferences, and online
Provide technical expertise to the team on continuous integration/continuous delivery, infrastructure, monitoring, alerting, and security
Provide recommendations on integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms, and application infrastructure needed to implement a complete solution for clients
Assist in delivering technical solutions to meet customer functional needs and improve service reliability, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure builds/migrations
Provide Engineer-to-Engineer and Architect-to-Engineer support, including whiteboard sessions and informal Q&A
Travel to customer sites, conferences, and other related events as required
Qualification
Required
5+ years of GCP experience is a must. Experience in other clouds is beneficial
Proven experience in building, architecting, designing, and implementing globally distributed cloud-based systems, with a strong understanding of API-first design principles and API management platforms like Apigee
Extensive experience with security (zero trust) and networking in cloud environments
Capable of advising and implementing CI/CD practices to clients using tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Cloud Build, and Cloud Deploy and concepts such as GitOps and GitFlow
Experience in containerizing workloads using Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Artifact Registry
Knowledge of technology solutions and ability to learn emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT technology space
Ability to work cross-functionally, engage and influence audiences
Excellent organizational skills and customer-facing communication
Proficiency in documentation and knowledge transfer using remote meetings, written documents, and technical diagrams slide decks
A Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related field
Preferred
Experience in implementing hybrid connectivity using VPN or Cloud Interconnect is a plus
2 Google Cloud professional certifications (GCP Architect Certification, other certifications for Google, Kubernetes, or Terraform a plus.)
Company
66degrees
66degrees is a leading google cloud premier partner that specializes in business consulting and services.
501-1000 employees
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Alex Voorhees
SVP Cloud and Software Engineering
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VP of Sales
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