Description:

Who we're looking for...

We are currently seeking a Cloud Architect that architects and validates reference architectures, workload driven demos and POCs focused on end-to-end solutions for enabling technology capabilities in Data, Cloud Native Technologies, HPC and AI and Analytics Technologies. The Cloud Architect serves as subject matter expert (SME) and drives product, solution and services development for the Cloud Native Technologies Practice. The ideal candidate is a Cloud Architect as a go-to person within the internal organization tasked with ensuring the company delivers an unparalleled customer experience around delivering cloud native practice capabilities.

What you'll do...

Architect, build and validate scalable and distributed reference architectures that will help enable and power cloud native, AI, HPC, and data infrastructure workflows for AI, ML, and Analytics platforms.
Collaborate with multiple SSG practice teams to understand and define data and compute requirements for various workloads, use cases and verticals.
Be an internal champion for cloud native workflows and technologies among the client’s technical community.
Collaborate with internal research and technical teams at client’s solving complex problems.
Evangelize and test drive new developments in the cloud native technologies, deep learning and artificial intelligence, scouring arXiv, journals, and conferences for new algorithms, techniques, and capabilities.
Document what you know and teach others. This can vary from building targeted training for partners and other cloud architects, to writing whitepapers, blogs, and wiki articles, to simply working through hard problems with a customer on a whiteboard.
Collaborate on solving complex technical challenges in various areas supporting the four SSG practices including Data Technologies, Cloud Native Technologies, High Performance Computing Technologies and AI, ML and Analytics Technologies.

Requirements:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years’ experience with Azure
• 5+ years’ experience with AWS
• Solid technical foundation in distributed computing and storage, including significant experience with most of the following: server systems, storage, I/O, networking, and systems software.
• Highly motivated with strong interpersonal skills, you have the ability to work successfully with multi-functional teams, principles and architects and coordinate effectively across organizational boundaries and geographies.
• Experience with CI/CD, Agile development practices, Configuration Management systems.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with management and engineering.
• Strong time-management and organization skills for coordinating multiple initiatives, priorities and implementations of new technology and products into very complex projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Performance analysis and benchmarking experience.
• Experience in generating design documentation in response to RFPs or similar requirements analysis.
• Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge with at least one of C, C++, Java, Linux Shell Scripting, and Python.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Advanced degrees and education; MS or PhD Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or related fields or equivalent field work or research experience in distributed systems development and design.
• Experience working with modern application deployment practices including but not limited to HPC Schedulers/Orchestration, Docker/Singularity Containers and Kubernetes.
• Ability to create engaging proof-of-concepts communicating complex ideas in an intuitively.
• Demonstrated track record of creative thinking and mentorship.
• Exposure to Kubernetes technology and Rancher, OpenShift, or other Kubernetes platforms.
• Exposure to architecting and deploying public and private cloud architectures.
• Deep learning experience, have project experiences in one of the following: detection, recognition, tracking, translation, big data analysis, speech recognition, etc.
• Parallel programming experience, OpenMP, MPI or other programming languages is a plus.
• Have a go getter attitude to dive deeper and understand technical requirements with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• In-depth software development, data science experience or HPC systems management.
• Knowledge and experience working with software defined networking and cloud infrastructure, such as Cumulus Linux, Zero Touch Provisioning, etc.

The diversity of Cocolevio employees is a tremendous asset. We are firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment based on age, race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, covered veteran status, sexual orientation, status with respect to public assistance, and other characteristics protected under state, federal, or local law and to prevent those who encourage, assist, or induce discrimination or force others to discriminate.
Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: HR@cocolevio.com
Disclaimer: The above description is meant to illustrate the general nature of work and level of effort being performed by individual’s assigned to this position or job description. This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.