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Keyfactor, Inc. Cloud Architect in Independence, Ohio
About Keyfactor
Our mission is to build a connected society, rooted in trust, with identity-first security for every machine and human. Keyfactor helps organizations move fast to establish digital trust at scale - and then maintain it. With decades of cybersecurity experience, Keyfactor is trusted by more than 1,500 companiesacross the globe. We are proud to continually earn recognition as a Best Place to Work, and we achieve that through our amazing people who cultivate our culture as we grow. We hope you will trust your future with Keyfactor!
Title: Cloud Architect
Location: United States; Remote, EST or CST
Experience: Mid-Senior Level
Job Function: Cloud Operations
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Computer and Network Security
About the position
Under the supervision of Cloud Architecture leadership, The Cloud Architect is responsible for architecting, designing, and validating both new cloud architectures, and enhancements to existing architectures.
Applicants must reside in the United States. US Citizenship required.
Responsibilities
- Design new scalable and highly available security focused multi-cloud international hosting solutions.
- Develop comprehensive platform modernization and migration strategies for existing IaaS/PaaS/Container Services environments.
- Work with Architecture teams to conduct proof of concept (POC) and implement the design in cloud-based environments.
- Optimize systems performance, troubleshoot systems problems, and analyze issues of a highly technical nature.
- Create solutions using automation tools such as Bicep and Ansible.
- Document current systems and draft and maintain policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
- Develop test protocols and plans for testing new application versions within our cloud hosted environments.
- Troubleshoot application/database performance issues related to connectivity, access, and security.
Skills and Qualifications
- Experience with architecture, design, configuration, and deployment within the Microsoft Azure platform. (4 or more years)
- Experience creating and presenting architectural concepts and designs
- Experience with automation tools like ARM Templates, Terraform, Ansible, or DSC a plus
- Experience with Kubernetes and associated components such as Istio, ArgoCD, and operationalizing workflows
- OpenSearch, Kafka, and MongoDB experience strongly preferred
- Experience with security tools (Ie; SIEM, WAF, NGAV, Etc...) a plus
- Extensive understanding of networking and firewall design/configuration
- Knowledge of security best practices in infrastructure, application, IAM, or data platform solutions.
- Must possess strong troubleshooting abilities to get to the source of problems and think critically about possible solutions.
- High degree of knowledge relating to Azure SQL, SQL Server, and database technology
- Ability to communicate effectively and work alongside leaders within our organization.
- Azure and other cloud certifications a plus
Travel Requirements
- Up to 10% travel required.
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Compensation
Salary will be commensurate with experience.
Culture, Career Opportunities and Benefits
We build teams that continually strive to get better than the day before. You will be challenged daily and given opportunities to grow personally and professionally. We balance autonomy and structure to create an entrepreneurial environment to spu