Infrastructure Architect

Summary

Join Libertex Group as an Infrastructure Architect and help manage our complex infrastructure landscape. Collaborate with IT and Business teams to ensure scalable, efficient growth through deep expertise in AWS services, cloud architecture, infrastructure optimization, cost management, and strategic planning. Develop and enforce infrastructure policies, standards, and best practices. Plan and supervise complex infrastructure migrations. Implement tools and processes to improve monitoring and forecasting of infrastructure expenses. Identify and address workload placement issues. Build the infrastructure part of the Service Catalog. Stay updated on the latest AWS technologies and cost rate economics. Ensure the "build versus buy" principle is considered. Work in a pleasant environment near the Montenegrin sea or mountains.

Requirements

• Working experience of 3+ years as Cloud Architect or Infrastructure Architect
• Practical experience with AWS and K8s
• Strong background in designing architecture and modern application platforms (microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, data pipelines, etc.)
• Ability to determine system reliability and performance problems and discover, validate, and offer solutions
• Clear communication skills & the ability to build strong business relationships; experience in negotiation at a high level
• Good documentation writing skills (specification, policy, requirements, instructions, roadmap)
• Long-term (strategic) thinking
• Ability to communicate effectively in English is required

Responsibilities

• Develop and enforce infrastructure policies, standards, and best practices to improve the processes with the target of optimal infrastructure utilization, software reliability and performance
• Plan and supervise execution of complex infrastructure migrations
• Implement tools and processes (e.g., FinOps) to improve monitoring and forecasting of infrastructure expenses, with cost allocation to the Libertex organization structure. Use cloud economic principles to save costs (saving plans, reservations, commitment options, etc.)
• Identify and address workload placement issues, including under/overutilization, suboptimal infrastructure type choice, misconfiguration, etc
• Build the infrastructure part of the Service Catalog
• Keep an eye on the latest updates in AWS technologies (e.g., new EC2 instance families), cost rate economics (e.g., saving plans, regional changes, etc.)
• Ensure the “build versus buy” principle is always considered to support business needs optimally

Preferred Qualifications

• Practical experience with other public clouds (GCP, Azure) and on-prem
• Understanding network engineering
• Understanding of EA frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, SEI Software Architecture, SAFe Architect)
• Understanding of general software development processes within the Agile framework (Scrum, SAFe)
• Practical experience in building and maintaining medium-big-sized (~ 1k+ components with several thousand deployments in multiple regions) distributed architecture for mission-critical tasks
• Experience in budgeting, contract management, software asset management, and CMDB tools

Benefits

• Quarterly bonuses based on Company performance
• Generous relocation package for the employee and their immediate family/partner
• Medical Insurance Plan with coverage for the employee and their immediate family from day one
• 24 working days of annual leave
• Yearly reimbursement of travel expenses for the employee and family's flight home
• Corporate events and team building activities
• Udemy Business unlimited membership & language training courses
• Professional and personal development opportunities in a fast-growing environment