Cloud Architect
CLOUD ARCHITECT
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
The Cloud Architect is responsible for the design and delivery of the infrastructure projects across the City National Bank. The individual must possess in-depth knowledge of infrastructure platforms applied towards strategic planning, innovation, solution architecture, and system integration. The Cloud Architect is considered to be a technical expert providing guidance and reusable patterns for core infrastructure services, re-factoring or re-architecting application workloads to be cloud ready, and properly leveraging PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS solutions offered by cloud service providers. The individual also ensures delivery of infrastructure throughout the lifecycle of the project in partnership with engineering teams and project stakeholders.
Technology and Innovation Division
As a member of City National's Technology & Innovation group, you will drive, develop, and maintain solutions for clients and colleagues. This is an exciting time of technology advancement and innovation across the bank, particularly within our technology teams.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- Deliver secure, robust, reusable, repeatable patterns that supports a DevSecOps model, promoting increasing maturity in our adoption of evolving cloud models and capabilities.
- Provide technical consultation to application teams migrating to public cloud based on joint assessment of existing application technology and deployment model. Enable application teams to efficiently migrate their workloads to a third party public cloud, while taking advantage of cloud native technologies and PaaS capabilities.
- Contribute to the creation of and adherence to the best practices of design and standards. Develop and document architecture patterns and best practices to address data protection and security needs.
- Develop and document architecture patterns and best practices to address data protection and security needs. Create viable solutions that align with the business needs while meeting company goals and objectives.
- Keep abreast with market and third party cloud provider services to design the best solution for the customer.
- Define, analyze, and plan all aspects of infrastructure technology including, but not limited to the network, server, storage, database, and application levels.
- Responsible and accountable for delivery of quality infrastructure and associated documentation related to the bank's financial products, services, and processes. Liaison between external systems integrators, engineering teams, application teams, as well as internal project and product managers.
- Create proof-of-concept solutions using native cloud provider technologies and demonstrate capabilities to application teams.
- Partner with the Information Security and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure patterns and best practices meet the standards within City National Bank.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Must-Have*
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- 4 years - Advanced understanding of hybrid and full cloud infrastructure technologies (Preferably Azure - IaaS, PaaS & SaaS solutions) along with private network connectivity implementation experience including (Azure Express Route, or AWS Direct Connect)
- 4 years - Expertise and proficiency in network and security implementation best practices using cloud native offerings to include Azure Application Gateways (AGs) and Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Key Vault (AKV) or AWS equivalent
- 4 years - Migration experience moving applications from on-premise to cloud environments
- 4 years - Experience in designing and implementing cloud-based solutions that leverages cloud best practices for availability and disaster recovery
Skills and Knowledge
- Advanced understanding of hybrid and full cloud infrastructure technologies (Preferably Azure - IaaS, PaaS & SaaS solutions) along with private network connectivity implementation experience including (Azure Express Route, or AWS Direct Connect)
- Experience in designing and implementing cloud-based solutions that leverages cloud best practices for availability and disaster recovery
- Experience working with open source services
- Expertise and proficiency in network and security implementation best practices using cloud native offerings to include Azure Application Gateways (AGs) and Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Key Vault (AKV) or AWS equivalent
- Migration experience moving applications from on-premise to cloud environments
- Working knowledge of Cloud (IaaS, PaaS) storage as well as VM local and block storage options
- Solid working knowledge of virtualization, storage, and networking technologies and concepts
- Solid understanding of various serverless technologies and container-based platforms including Azure Functions, Kubernetes and Docker
- Broad and deep experience with Windows and Linux operating systems
- Familiar with benefits of CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code as well as tooling such as Helm, Terraform, ARM Templates, etc.
- Effective listening, verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to manage vendor relationships and collaborate with internal technical and business oriented teams.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (preferred), Azure Solutions Architect (certification is plus)
- Knowledge of TOGAF or other architecture frameworks (certification is plus)
- Experience with Agile, Agile Release Trains or strong aptitude to work in agile environment
- Experience working with open source services
- Working knowledge of Cloud (IaaS, PaaS) storage as well as VM local and block storage options
- Solid working knowledge of virtualization, storage, and networking technologies and concepts
- Solid understanding of various serverless technologies and container-based platforms including Azure Functions, Kubernetes and Docker
- Broad and deep experience with Windows and Linux operating systems
*To be considered for this position you must meet at least these basic qualifications
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
City National Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.
ABOUT CITY NATIONAL
We start with a basic premise: Business is personal. Since day one we've always gone further than the competition to help our clients, colleagues and community flourish. City National Bank was founded in 1954 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and that legacy of integrity, community and unparalleled client relationships continues to drive phenomenal growth today. City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies.
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